About
Applied Labor Economics · Policy Evaluation · Family Economics · Education · Migration · Digital Transformation
I am an applied labor economist with a passion for data and econometric methods of causal inference and policy evaluation. My aim is to conduct relevant research that enables policymakers to make evidence-based decisions. In addition to topics in migration economics, I am particularly interested in the blessings and curses of the digital transformation, which includes the impact of technology diffusion on local economies and the impact of telework and digital media in families.
Work from Home & Family
Estimating the Effect of Working from Home on Parents' Division of Childcare and Housework: A New Panel IV Approach. Labour Economics, 99, 102866, 2026.
Homeoffice als Gleichstellungsinstrument. Kausale Evidenz zur Arbeitsteilung in Elternpaaren. DJI Policy Brief, August 2026.
Dads Working from Home. What Really Changes Parents' Division of Care Work. DJI Policy Brief, August 2026.
Homeoffice und Care-Arbeitsteilung im Elternpaar, in: AID:A 2023 Blitzlichter – Zentrale Befunde des DJI-Surveys zum Aufwachsen in Deutschland, DJI (ed.), S. 87–90, 2024, wbv, Bielefeld.
Germany's Capacities to Work from Home. European Economic Review, 151, 104354, 2023 (with Jean-Victor Alipour and Oliver Falck).
Wiring the Labor Market Revisited: Working from Home in the Digital Age. CESifo Forum, 21(3), 10–14, 2020 (with Jean-Victor Alipour, Oliver Falck, and Alexandra Mergener).
Homeoffice während der Pandemie und die Implikationen für eine Zeit nach der Krise. ifo Schnelldienst, 73(7), 30–36, 2020 (with Jean-Victor Alipour and Oliver Falck).
Digital Media & Family
Gaming Behavior Changes in Families: Mothers and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Family Relations, 2026 (with Claudia Zerle-Elsäßer, Öykü Camligüney, Alexandra Langmeyer, and Thorsten Naab).
Von solitären Interneteltern und gemeinschaftsorientierten Fernsehfamilien. Eine Typologie digitaler Mediennutzung in Familien. Journal for Sociology of Education and Socialization, 41(4), 413–431, 2021 (with Claudia Zerle-Elsäßer, Alexandra Langmeyer, Thorsten Naab, and Stefan Heuberger).
Digital Transformation
Internet and Voting in the Social Media Era: Evidence from a Local Broadband Policy. Research Policy, 49(1), 2020 (with Samuele Poy).
Broadband Upgrade and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: Quasi-experimental Evidence. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 77, 87–103, 2019 (with Giulia Canzian and Samuele Poy).
Digitale Kompetenzen – Ist die deutsche Industrie bereit für die Zukunft? Ifo Institut; LinkedIn, 2019 (with Nina Czernich, Thomas Fackler, Oliver Falck, Sebastian Wichert, Kristin Keveloh, and Ramanujam Macharla Vijayakuma).
Querschnittstechnologie Internet – Universallösung für den Arbeitsmarkt der Zukunft? Wirtschaftsdienst, 96(8), 609–613, 2016 (with Oliver Falck).
Immigrant Integration
Birthright Citizenship and Youth Crime. American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 116, 331–336, 2026 (with Leander Andres, Stefan Bauernschuster, Gordon B. Dahl, and Helmut Rainer). Video presentation.
Prevention at Birth: Birthright Citizenship Reduces Youth Crime. CEPR, VoxEU Column, June 2026 (with Leander Andres, Stefan Bauernschuster, Gordon B. Dahl, and Helmut Rainer).
Benefits of Early Integration. Birthright Citizenship and Youth Crime. EconPol Forum, 27(2), 45–50, 2026 (with Clara Albrecht, Leander Andres, Gordon B. Dahl, Helmut Rainer, and Stefan Bauernschuster)
Frühestmögliche Prävention durch Integration. Staatsbürgerschaft bei Geburt und Jugendkriminalität. ifo Schnelldienst, 79(3), 41–45, 2026 (with Clara Albrecht, Leander Andres, Stefan Bauernschuster, Gordon B. Dahl, and Helmut Rainer)
Ethnic Spatial Dispersion and Immigrant Identity. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 22(2), 205–230, 2024 (with Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann).
Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Economic Integration. IZA World of Labor, 287, 2022 (with Tanika Chakraborty).
Beyond the Average: Ethnic Capital Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 163, 551–569, 2019 (with Tanika Chakraborty and Klaus F. Zimmermann).
The Drowning-Refugee Effect: Media Salience and Xenophobic Attitudes. Applied Economics Letters, 24(16), 1167–1172, 2017 (with Silvia De Poli and Niklas Jakobsson).
The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education. Kyklos, 69(4), 604–632, 2016.
The 9/11 Conservative Shift. Economics Letters, 135, 80–84, 2015.
Parental Ethnic Identity and Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants. Journal of Population Economics, 28(4), 965–1004, 2015.
Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap. International Migration Review, 49(3), 757–789, 2015 (with Annabelle Krause and Ulf Rinne).
Ethnic Diversity and Labor Market Success (Ethnische Vielfalt und Arbeitsmarkterfolg). Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 44(1/2), 81–89, 2011 (with Ulf Rinne and Klaus F. Zimmermann).
Schulkarrieren: Die soziale Herkunft ist wichtiger als der Migrationshintergrund. PERSONALquarterly, 03/13, 21–25, 2013. (with Annabelle Krause and Ulf Rinne).
COVID-19 & Family
Working from Home and Parental Childcare Division: Evidence from Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 32(4), 780–806, 2025 (with Christina Boll, Dana Müller, and Christopher Osiander).
Neither Backlash nor Convergence: Dynamics of Intra-Couple Childcare Division during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany. Journal for Labour Market Research, 57, 27, 2023 (with Christina Boll and Dana Müller).
Family Climate in Pandemic Times: Adolescents and Mothers. Social Inclusion, 11(1), 282–294, 2023 (with Thomas Eichhorn, Hannah S. Steinberg, and Claudia Zerle-Elsäßer).
Parents under Stress: Evaluating Emergency Childcare Policies during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany. Labour Economics, 78, 102217, 2022 (with Hannah S. Steinberg).
Zementiertes Rollenverhalten in der Fürsorge für Kinder, trotz Pandemie – Eine Herausforderung für die Familien- und Gleichstellungspolitik. ifo Schnelldienst, 75(10), 28–33, 2022 (with Christina Boll and Dana Müller).
Aufteilung der Sorge- und Erwerbsarbeit zwischen Frauen und Männern: In der Pandemie ändern sich Geschlechterrollen kaum. IAB-Kurzbericht, 5/2022. (with C. Globisch, D. Müller, M. Fuchs, B. Christoph, V. Danneck, S. Dummert, M. Volkert, A. Abendroth, S. Anger, C. Boll, T. Carstensen, L. Fervers, L. Hipp, M. Jacob, V. Knize, M. Kreyenfeld, Y. Lott, T. Naujoks, A. Sauermann, and L. Tobler).
Quo vadis paarinterne Arbeitsteilung post coronam? Wirtschaftsdienst, 100(7), 556–558, 2020 (with Christina Boll).
Post-Separation Families
Enhancing Potentials for Research on Post-Separation Families Using the Growing up in Germany Panel. Journal of Family Research, 38, 110–129, 2026 (with Claudia Recksiedler, Diana Schacht, Christina Boll, Christine Entleitner-Phleps, Alexandra Langmeyer, Sabine Walper, and Claudia Zerle-Elsäßer).
Alleinerziehende in der Betreuungsplatzvergabe: Status quo und Handlungsempfehlungen. Wirtschaftsdienst, 104(5), 336–342, 2024 (with Hannah S. Steinberg, Yasmin Öztürk, Thilo Klein, and Pia Schober).
The Economic Well-Being of Nonresident Fathers and Custodial Mothers Revisited: The Role of Paternal Childcare. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 44, 836–853, 2023 (with Christina Boll).
Other
Linking AID:A Survey Data and Administrative Labor Market Biography Data from the Institute for Employment Research (AID:A-ADIAB 7523). IAB FDZ-Methodenreport 07|2025 EN, 2025 (with Manfred Antoni, Christina Boll, and Sandra Dummert).
Evidence and Persistence of Education Inequality in an Early-Tracking System – The German Case. Scuola Democratica, 2, 2014 (with Annabelle Krause).
Contact
Dr. Simone Schüller
German Youth Institute (Deutsches Jugendinstitut, DJI)
Department of Families and Family Policies
Nockherstraße 2
81541 Munich, Germany
Email: schueller@dji.de