Current position

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel, Switzerland. I obtained my PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Basel in October 2022. In spring 2022 I visited the Center for Labor Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Fields of interest

• Labor Economics
• Social Spillovers and Networks
• Applied Microeconometrics
• Causal Mediation Analysis

Work in Progress

• Peer Effects in Active Labour Market Policies
• Macroeconomic Effects of Active Labour Market Policies: Evidence from Germany
  (with Conny Wunsch)
• Hours Mismatch and Income Tax Incentives for Low-Earning Workers
  (with Véra Zabrodina)
• The Performance of Estimators for Causal Mediation Analysis in Double Randomization Designs (with Renate Strobl, Conny Wunsch and M.H. Clark)

Current Working Papers

• Unterhofer U., C. Welteke und K. Wrohlich (2017) "Das Elterngeld hat soziale Normen verändert" DIW-Wochenbericht No. 34
• Unterhofer U. and Wrohlich, K. (2017) “Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms” DIW-Discussion Paper No. 1657
   

Education

• PhD in Applied Economics, Universität Basel (Supervisors: Conny Wunsch and Rafael Lalive)
• M.Sc. Economics, Freie Universität Berlin
• B.Sc. Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
   

Teaching Assistance

• HS 2021 & 2022, Lecture: Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation (Master’s and PhD Level)
• HS 2020, Lecture: Applied Empirical Analysis (Master’s and PhD Level)
• HS 2018 & 2019, Lecture: Arbeitsmarktökonomie (Bachelor Level)
• FS 2019, Seminar: Bachelorarbeit in empirischer Arbeitsmarkt- und Gesundheitsforschung (Bachelor Level)
• FS 2019, 2020 & 2021, Seminar: Aktuelle Themen der Ökonomie (Bachelor Level)