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Prof. Dr. Bernhard Boockmann

Phone: +49 7071 9896 20

Fax: +49 7071 9896 99

eMail: bernhard.boockmann@iaw.edu

Bernhard Boockmann joined the IAW as managing director in November 2007. He studied economics and philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim and economics at University College London. Bernhard Boockmann received his Ph.D. in 1998 and the post-doctoral habilitation in 2004. From 1998 to 2007 he was a researcher at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim. Since 2002, he was also vice head of department, labour economics, personnel management and social security, at the ZEW.

His research centres on labour market issue such as treatment effects of labour market policies, the analysis of individual work histories, labour market regulations and wage determination. Other fields of his research are the economic analysis of political decision-making and the policies of international organisations.

Bernhard Boockmann coordinated several large-scale projects on labour market policies commissioned by different bodies and sponsors. He is a member of the standing committee on social policy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), has been a referee for about 20 academic journals and teaches at the Universities of Mannheim and Tübingen.

Current Projects:

  • Supporting and Evaluating the Implementation of the Second Stage of the Federal Programme "Perspective 50plus". Commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (2008/2012).
  • The Effects of Caseworker Discretion and Caseworker Strategies in the German Unemployment Insurance and Basic Social Assistance Systems. Commissioned by: Institute for Employment Research - The Research Institute of the Federal Employment Agency (IAB) (2008/2012).
  • Evaluation of the Job Entry Guidance Programme (Berufseinstiegsbegleitung, § 421s SGB III). Commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (2009/2014).
  • Evaluation of the pilot project "Bürgerarbeit" ("Citizen’s Work"). Commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (2011/2015).
  • Trade in tasks – potentials for internationalisation and their effects on the wage structure and composition of employment. Commissioned by: German Research Foundation (DFG) (2011-2013).
  • Empirical Studies on the Basis of the IAB Firm Panel for Baden-Württemberg (2000-2010). Commissioned by: Ministry of Finance and Economics and Federal Agency of Labour, Directorate Baden-Württemberg (since 2008).
  • Progress Report "Altersgerechte Arbeitswelt" (Age-compliant working environment). Commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (2011/2013).

Selected IAW - Publications:

IAW-Kurzberichte / IAW Brief Reports

IAW-Diskussionspapiere / IAW Discussion Papers

IAW Policy Reports

Abgeschlossene IAW-Gutachten

  • Zwischenbericht 2010 zur Evaluation der Berufseinstiegsbegleitung nach § 421s des Dritten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch  –  Erstellt im Auftrag des BMAS durch das Forschungskonsortium IAW/SÖSTRA/SOKO/IfE; BT-Drucksache 17/3890 ​
    with u.a.


Selected Publications in refereed Journals:

  • Bayesian Estimation of Cox Models with Non-Nested Random Effects: An Application to the Ratification of ILO Conventions by Developing Countries  –  Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2008, 89 193-214 ​
    with Guillaume Horny, Dragana Djurdjevic, Francois Laisney
  • Fixed-Term Contracts as Sorting Mechanisms: Evidence from Job Durations in West Germany  –  Labour Economics, 15, 2008, 984-1005 ​
    with Tobias Hagen
  • Cohort Effects and the Returns to Education in West Germany  –  Applied Economics, 38, 2006, 1135-1152 ​
    with Viktor Steiner
  • Flexibility Provisions in Multilateral Environmental Treaties  –  International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 6, 2006, 113-135 ​
    with Paul W. Thurner
  • Do Human Rights Offenders Oppose Human Rights Resolutions in the United Nations?  –  Public Choice, 2011, 146, 443-467 ​
    with Axel Dreher
  • Participation and Voting in Committees: Evidence from the ILO  –  Public Choice, 126, 2006, 405-427 ​
  • Partisan Politics and Treaty Ratification: The Acceptance of ILO Conventions by Industrialised Democracies, 1960-1996  –  European Journal of Political Research, 45, 2006, 153-180 ​
  • Heterogenität der Beschäftigungsdynamik und Segmentierungsphänomene auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt  –  Zeitschrift für AbeitsmarktForschung, im Erscheinen ​
    with Susanne Steffes
  • Die Wirkung des Kündigungsschutzes auf die Stabilität junger Beschäftigungsverhältnisse  –  Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 41, 2008, 347-364 ​
    with Daniel Gutknecht, Susanne Steffes
  • Befristete und andere 'atypische' Beschäftigungsverhältnisse: Wird der Arbeitsmarkt funktionsfähiger?  –  Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 38, 2005, 305-324 ​
    with Tobias Hagen
  • Betriebliche Determinanten der Beschäftigung älterer Arbeitnehmer  –  Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, 37, 2004, 53-63 ​
    with Thomas Zwick
  • Works Councils and Fixed-Term Employment: Evidence from West German Establishments  –  Schmollers Jahrbuch, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 123, 2003, 359-381 ​
    with Tobias Hagen
  • Mixed Motives: An Empirical Analysis of ILO Roll-Call Voting  –  Constitutional Political Economy, 14, 2003, 263-285 ​
  • The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom  –  European Journal of Political Economy, 19, 2003, 633-649 ​
    with Axel Dreher
  • Arbeitsplatzdynamik und befristete Verträge: Empirische Evidenz aus dem IAB-Betriebspanel für Baden-Württemberg  –  Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 35, 2002, 385-396 ​
    with Tobias Hagen
  • The Ratification of ILO Conventions: A Hazard Rate Analysis  –  Economics and Politics, 13, 2001, 281-309 ​
  • Agenda Control by Interest Groups in EU Social Policy  –  Journal of Theoretical Politics, 10, 1998, 210-231 ​
  • Aktivierung der erwerbsfähigen Hilfebedürftigen mit arbeitsmarktpolitischen Maßnahmen  –  Wer wird gefördert?, AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 4,2011, 269-292 ​
    with Stephan L. Thomsen, Thomas Walter
  • The combined employment effects of minimum wages and labor market regulation - a meta-analysis  –  Applied Economics Quarterly, 56, 2010, 156-188 ​
  • The Theory of Raising Rivals' Costs and Evidence from the International Labour Organization  –  The World Economy, 32, 2009, 862-887 ​
    with Roland Vaubel
  • Workers, Firms or Institutions: What Determines Job Duration for Male Employees in Germany?  –  Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 64, 2010, 853-871 ​
    with Susanne Steffes
  • The Effect of ILO Minimum Age Conventions on Child Labour and School Attendance  –  World Development, 38, 2010, 679-692 ​
  • Do Hiring Subsidies Reduce Unemployment Among Older Workers? Evidence from two Natural Experiments  –  Journal of the European Economic Association, zur Veröffentlichung angenommen ​
    with Thomas Zwick, Andreas Ammermüller, Michael Maier
  • Die Veränderung individueller Beschäftigungsfähigkeit durch arbeitsmarktpolitische Interventionen.  –  Sozialer Fortschritt, 59, 2010, 279-289 ​
    with Martin Brussig, Thomas Walter, Matthias Knuth


Selected Publications in non-refereed Journals:

  • Fördern und Fordern aus Sicht der Vermittler  –  IAB-Kurzbericht Nr. 25/2010 ​
    with Martin Rosemann, Hans Verbeek, Susanne Koch, Michael Stops
  • Mikroökonomische Wirkungs- und Effizienzanalyse: Ergebnisse aus dem Untersuchungsfeld 3  –  ifo-Schnelldienst, 1/2009, 39-47 ​
    with Martin Brussig


Selected Articles, Monographs and Anthologies:


Habilitation:

  • The Political Economy of International Rules and Standards  –  unveröffentlichte Habilitationsschrift ​


Selected external Discussion Papers / Working Papers:

  • Seniority and Job Stability: A Quantile Regression Approach Using Matched Employer-Employee Data  –  ZEW Discussion Paper 07-14 ​
    with Susanne Steffes
  • Chancen trotz befristetem Arbeitsvertrag? Die Wirkung befristeter Beschäftigung im individuellen Erwerbsverlauf  –  Arbeitspapier Nr. 121, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung ​
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