Applied Work

Field Experiment on Workplace Incentives

How to attract talents? Field-Experimental Evidence on Emphasizing Flexibility and Career Opportunities in Job Advertisements

IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 18310

Over the course of a four-year collaboration with a European technology firm, we designed and implemented a randomized field experiment
Identified how job ad design causally shapes applicant behavior and diversity
Translated findings into actionable recruitment and talent attraction strategies

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IWH Discussion Paper No. 09/2024

Climate Stress Tests, Bank Lending, and the Transition to Net-Zero

Analysis of how climate supervision shapes bank lending and firm behavior
Evidence from French climate stress tests and firm-level emissions data
Trade-off: more lending to high-carbon firms, but at higher cost
Simultaneous expansion of green lending and improved firm outcomes

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CRC Discussion Paper No. 633, 2025

Gender Gaps in STEM: Performance and Educational Choices

Analysis of how relative STEM performance shapes field-of-study decisions
Evidence from administrative and survey data in Germany
Stronger effects for men than for women
Limited role of performance in explaining female STEM choices

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Working paper

An Intersectional Analysis of STEM Disparities in German Higher Education

Analysis of how gender and socioeconomic status shape STEM study choices
Evidence from German high school students using Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Educational decisions driven by self-concept, career aspirations, and performance
Intersectional patterns: different pathways into and out of STEM
Insights into the “leaky pipeline” and unequal access to STEM pathways

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Interviews. Articles.

Algorithmic Fairness in Hiring

As part of the EU-funded FAIR Project, I worked in an interdisciplinary data science team to develop a bias-reducing CV screening algorithm.
I designed and validated the “FAIR Index” to measure both algorithmic and human discrimination, and conducted statistical modeling to evaluate fairness in hiring decisions.
The Women in Economics Initiative

I co-founded the Women in Economics Initiative to promote gender equality in economics. I led finance and later served as Vice Chair, helping to grow the organization, organize conferences, and build a network for mentoring and exchange. I also contributed to the development of the WiE Index, a data-driven measure of gender representation in the field.
Fairness and Prediction in Personnel Selection – A Zero-Sum Game?

Here is an article on the nexus of fairness and prediction in hiring decision for Persoblogger. You can read about it here (german).
No equality of opportunity without gender equality?

A part of the interview can be found here (German), Jobmensa Talk Studitemps
Where bright minds are shaped

Explore the interview series to learn more about my research on AI and fairness, my journey through academia, and what drives me. Read here (german), Cologne Alumni
Mit Sprache gegen den Fachkäftemangel

Ökonomen haben untersucht, wie die Wortwahl in Stellenanzeigen die Zahl der Bewerbungen beeinflusst. Dabei zeigten sich auch Unterschiede zwischen Berufsanfängern und erfahrenen Fachkräften. Der ganze Artikel ist hier in der FAZ.