For Researchers

A special focus of our research is the study of inclusion in school. In a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, we have developed a database that allows us to estimate the effects of school inclusion on cognitive performance and the school-to-work transition.

Our research covers various topics of empirical health economics, such as the effect of age at school entry on the development of special needs, the effect of gun prevalence on suicide, and the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs.

We study factors that promote the economic and social inclusion of people with disabilities. For example, we analyze the effects of the design of social security systems on labor market participation. In a broader context, we are also interested in the effects of cultural factors on unemployment, redistribution, and taxation.

Our projects apply empirical methods to large data sources. This includes modern methods for estimating causal effects as well as machine learning methods for the analysis of structured data (e.g. administrative records) and unstructured data (e.g. text).