Markus Nagler
Assistant Professor of Economics
Fields
Education
Innovation
Labor
Welcome!
I am an assistant professor of economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. I am also an affiliate member of the CESifo Research Network, an associate member of the LASER Research Network at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and a fellow of the Schöller Research Center for Business and Society.
You can find my CV here and my Google Scholar Profile here.
Current Papers
Working From Home, Commuting, and Gender: Experimental Evidence
(with Erwin Winkler and Johannes Rincke)
Abstract: Working from home (WFH) has become ubiquitous around the world, reducing the need for long commutes for many workers. This may especially improve the economic situation of women, who show a higher aversion against commuting. Using a stated-preference experiment among German employees, we estimate workers' valuation of WFH and its impact on willingness-to-pay to avoid commuting. We show that workers are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for WFH on average. The willingness-to-pay for WFH steeply increases with commuting distance. Importantly, we find that WFH reduces, but does not close the gender gap in willingness-to-pay to avoid commuting.
Based on CESifo Working Paper No. 10073
Publications
High-Pressure, High-Paying Jobs?
(with Erwin Winkler and Johannes Rincke)
The Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming
Coverage: World Bank Jobs and Development Blog, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German), Investors' Chronicle, Klement on Investing
Tutoring in (Online) Higher Education: Experimental evidence
(with David Hardt and Johannes Rincke)
Economics of Education Review 92: 102350 (2023)
Fostering the Diffusion of General Purpose Technologies: Evidence from the Licensing of the Transistor Patents
(with Monika Schnitzer and Martin Watzinger)
The Journal of Industrial Economics 70(4): 838-866 (2022)
Coverage: VoxEU, FAU alexander (in German)
Can Peer Mentoring Improve Online Teaching Effectiveness? An RCT During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(with David Hardt and Johannes Rincke)
Labour Economics 78: 102220 (2022)
Coverage: Press Release (German), Bayerischer Rundfunk (in German), The Education Exchange, Ökonomenstimme (in German)
ICT, Collaboration, and Innovation: Evidence from BITNET
(with Kathrin Wernsdorf and Martin Watzinger)
Journal of Public Economics 211: 104678 (2022)
Coverage: Ökonomenstimme (in German)
Disclosure and Subsequent Innovation: Evidence from the Patent Depository Library Program
(with Jeffrey L. Furman and Martin Watzinger)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13(4): 239-270 (2021)
Coverage: Brookings, Written Description, CATO Research Brief, VoxEU, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report "Safeguarding the Bioeconomy", Matt Clancy's New Things Under the Sun, AEA Chart of the Week, Update in Matt Clancy's New Things Under the Sun
How Antitrust Enforcement Can Spur Innovation: Bell Labs and the 1956 Consent Decree
(with Martin Watzinger, Thomas Fackler, and Monika Schnitzer)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12(4): 328-359 (2020)
AEJ:Policy Best Paper Award 2021
Coverage: YouTube-EEA, Vox, Latest Thinking, New York Times, The Register, The American Prospect, Center for American Progress, Wired, Gilbert: "Innovation Matters: Competition Policy for the High-Technology Economy", AEA Chart of the Week, FAU alexander (in German), ifo Schnelldienst (in German), Works in Progress
Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness
(with Marc Piopiunik and Martin R. West)
Journal of Labor Economics 38(2): 453-500 (2020)
Coverage: BBC News, Washington Post, Education Week, Elite Network of Bavaria (in German), Harvard GSE News, The 74, NBER Reporter: Education Program Report, National Council on Teacher Quality, The Economist, Education Next, The Education Exchange, Haaretz (in Hebrew)
The Disciplinary Effect of Post-Grant Review: Causal Evidence from European Patent Opposition
(with Stefan Sorg)
Research Policy 49(3): 103915 (2020)
Education and Religious Participation: City-Level Evidence from Germany’s Secularization Period 1890-1930
(with Sascha O. Becker and Ludger Woessmann)
Journal of Economic Growth 22(3): 273–311 (2017)
Contact me
You can reach me at markus.nagler _at_ fau.de
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