Fabian Waldinger
Working Papers
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Gender Gaps in Academia: Global Evidence over the Twentieth Century
(with Alessandro Iaria and Carlo Schwarz)
revise and resubmit Econometrica
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​Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia
(with Ran Abramitzky, Lena Greska, Santiago Pérez, Joseph Price, and Carlo Schwarz)​
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Major Publications
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Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent
(with Sebastian Hager and Carlo Schwarz)
American Economic Review, , vol. 114, no.12, pp. 4052–90, 2024
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Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany
(with Sascha Becker, Volker Lindenthal, and Sharun Mukand)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1-45, 2024 [lead article]
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Discrimination, Managers, and Firm Performance: Evidence from "Aryanizations" in Nazi Germany
(with Kilian Huber and Volker Lindenthal)
Journal of Political Economy, vol. 129, no. 9, pp. 2455-2503, 2021 [lead article]
Online Appendix [here]
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Frontier Knowledge and Scientific Production: Evidence from the Collapse of International Science
(with Alessandro Iaria and Carlo Schwarz)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 133, no. 2, pp. 927-991, 2018
Online Appendix [here]
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The Selection of High-Skilled Emigrants (with Matthias Parey, Jens Ruhose and Nicolai Netz)
The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 99, no. 5, pp. 776-792, 2017
Online Appendix [here]
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The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 811-831, 2016 [lead article]
Online Appendix [here]
German-Jewish Émigrés and U.S. Invention (with Petra Moser and Alessandra Voena)
American Economic Review, vol. 104, no. 10, pp. 3222-3255, 2014
Online Appendix [here]
Peer Effects in Science – Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany
The Review of Economic Studies, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 838-861, 2012
Online Appendix [here]
Studying Abroad and the Effect on International Labour Market Mobility – Evidence from the Introduction of ERASMUS (with Matthias Parey)
The Economic Journal, vol. 121, no. 551, pp. 194-222, 2011
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Journal of Political Economy, vol. 118, no. 4, pp. 787-831, 2010
Policy Reports & Book Chapters
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War and Science in Ukraine (with Ina Ganguli)
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, vol. 3, pp. 165-188, 2024​
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The Glass Ceiling in the Ivory Tower: A Century of Gender Gaps in Academia Across the Globe
(with Alessandro Iaria and Carlo Schwarz)
VoxEU Column, CEPR, 2023
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Discrimination, Managers, and Firm Performance (with Kilian Huber and Volker Lindenthal)
CATO Research Brief in Economic Policy, No. 270, 2021
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Wie Diskriminierung der Wirtschaft Schadet
(with Kilian Huber and Volker Lindenthal)
Harvard Business Manager, 2019
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The Cost of Discrimination Against Senior Jewish Managers in Nazi Germany
(with Kilian Huber and Volker Lindenthal)
LSE Business Review, 2019
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What Can We Learn About the Economics of Discrimination from a Chilling Study of 1930s Germany
(with Kilian Huber and Volker Lindenthal)
Harvard Business Review, 2018
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Should Chinese Citizens Be Kept Away From Sensitive Research at US Universities
(with Alessandro Iaria and Carlo Schwarz)
LSE Business Review, 2018
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The Economic Costs of a Discriminatory Ideology (with Kilian Huber and Volker Lindenthal)
VoxEU Column, CEPR, 2018
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Skilled Migrants Have Higher Earning Potential In Countries With More Inequality
(with Matthias, Parey, Jens Ruhose, and Nicolai Netz)
LSE Business Review, 2018
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The Importance of Frontier Knowledge for the Generation of Ideas
(with Alessandro Iaria and Carlo Schwarz)
VoxEU Column, CEPR, 2018
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Effects of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Invention: Evidence from German-Jewish Émigrés
(with Petra Moser and Alessandra Voena)
in The Long Shadow of History Vol. III. Europe and the Americas, CEPR Press, eds. Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou, 2017
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Studying Abroad and International Labour Mobility (with Matthias Parey)
VoxEU Column, CEPR, 2011
ERASMUS und Auslandserfahrungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt (with Matthias Parey)
in Mit ERASMUS im Ausland lernen und lehren (1987 – 2021), DAAD, 2011
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Older Working Paper
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Does Ability Tracking Exacerbate the Role of Family Background for Student's Test Scores?
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