Assoc. Prof. Anna Lisa Ahlers
Languages, Social and behavioural sciences, Modern Chinese Studies / Sinology; Political Science; Political Sociology
Business and Administration, Education, Health, Social and behavioural sciences
Empirical Labour Economics, Empirical Family Economics, Human Capital and Early Child Development, Gender Economics, Empirical Industrial Economics
Empirical Policy Evaluation
Interdependence of the Family and the Labour Market
Gender Economics
Child Development
Mental health, Subjective Well-being and Job Satisfaction
Economic Uncertainty
Poverty and Inequality
Competition and Innovation
Prize for outstanding academic achievement awarded by the Society for the Promotion of Economic Research (Friends of the Ifo Institute), 2017
Nomination for the Future Leaders’ Program at the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum in Kyoto, Japan (30/9 – 3/10/2017)
Leibniz Mentoring Programme 2017/2018
Prize for Exceptional Achievements in Third-party Funded Research 2013 awarded by the ifo Institute (Project: Ex-Post-Evaluation of Monetary Family Related Benefits in Germany)
Prize for Exceptional Achievements in Third-party Funded Research 2012 awarded by the ifo Institute (Project: Ex-Post-Evaluation of Public Subsidies for Child Care)
Special Award for Exceptional Achievements 2012 awarded by the ifo Institute (Project: Coordination of the 8th Report on Family Affairs of the Federal Government of Germany)
Thomas Holloway Research Scholarship 2008-2011 (plus fee waiver), UK
Best Paper Award at the Annual DSA Conference 2007, Sussex, UK
Scholarship of the Landesstiftung Foundation of the German Federal State Baden- Württemberg (2002/2003)
English, German, Russian
PARENTAL LEAVE, (IN)FORMAL CHILDCARE AND CHILDREN’S LONG-TERM OUTCOMES. accepted for publication in the Journal of Human Resources (with M. Halla, N. Schneeweis and M. Zweimüller), forthcoming.
JOB SATISFACTION AND SORTING INTO THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM A NATURAL EXPERIMENT. Labour Economics, 2019, Vol. 57: 46-62.
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE AND CHILDREN’S SCHOOLING OUTCOMES. The Economic Journal, 2018, Vol. 128 (608): 81-117 (with V. Lavy)
THE LONG-RUN CONSEQUENCES OF CHERNOBYL: EVIDENCE ON SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE. Journal of Public Economics, 2016, Vol. 135: 47–60. (with A. Danzer)
FIXED-TERM EMPLOYMENT AND FERTILITY: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN MICRO DATA. CESifo Economic Studies, 2016, Vol. 62 (4): 595-623. (with W. Auer)
POVERTY DURING TRANSITION: HOUSEHOLD SURVEY EVIDENCE FROM UKRAINE. Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010, Vol. 38, 2: 123-145. (with T. Brück, A. Danzer, A. Muravyev)
LABOUR MARKET RESTRUCTURING AND POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM UKRAINE. In: Brück, T. and H. Lehmann (Hrsg.): In the Grip of Transition: Economic and Social Consequences of Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012: 173-204. (with T. Brück, A. Danzer, A. Muravyev)
FOSTERING GROWTH IN CEE COUNTRIES: A COUNTRY-TAILORED APPROACH TO GROWTH POLICY. In: Radosevic, S. and A. Kaderabkova (Hrsg.): Challenges for European Innovation Policy. Cohesion and Excellence from a Schumpeterian Perspective. Cheltenham (UK), Northhampton (US): Edward Elgar, 2011: 47-76. (with P. Aghion and H. Harmgart)
FOSTERING GROWTH IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES. In: Growth in transition. EBRD: Transition Report 2008, Chapter 3: 48-63. (with P. Aghion and H. Harmgart)
CHILD BENEFIT AND CHILD ALLOWANCES IN GERMANY: THEIR IMPACT ON FAMILY POLICY GOALS (with Rainer, Helmut, Stefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner and Janina Reinkowski), CESifo DICE Report 12 (1), 2014, 37-45
CHILD BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES IN GERMANY: EVALUATING THEIR IMPACT ON FAMILY-POLICY RELATED GOALS [Original Title: Kindergeld und Kinderfreibeträge in Deutschland: Evaluierung der Auswirkungen auf familienpolitische Ziele.] ifo Schnelldienst 66 (09), 2013, 28-36. (with H. Rainer, S. Bauernschuster, A. Fichtl, T. Hener, Ch. Holzner and J. Reinkowski)
PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE IN GERMANY: EVALUATING THE EFFECT ON THE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF MOTHERS [Original Title: Öffentlich geförderte Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland: Evaluierung der Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung von Müttern.] ifo Schnelldienst 66 (07), 2013, 31-40. (with H. Rainer, W. Auer, S. Bauernschuster, A. Fichtl, T. Hener, Ch. Holzner, J. Reinkowski and M. Werding)
POVERTY IN UKRAINE DURING RECESSION AND RECOVERY. [Original Title: Armut in der Ukraine in Rezession und Aufschwung.] In: Ukraine-Analysen, 2010, No. 78: 2-7. (with A. Danzer)
Economic Uncertainty and the Family (EcUFam); Junior research group leader (PI); funded by the Leibniz Association (Leibniz Competition 2015); Project period: 07/2015 – 06/2020
Uncertainty in the labour market: How does fixed-term employment affect fertility and mental health of the young generation?; Research project supported by a grant from the IBS Foundation in Warsaw, under the program Network for JOBS AND DEVELOPMENT, realized with The World Bank; Project period: 08/2014 – 01/2015
Coordination of the 8th Report on Family Affairs of the Federal Government of Germany; Client: German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs; Project period: 2010 – 2012
Ex-Post Evaluation of Monetary Family Related Benefits in Germany (Child Benefits and Allowances); Client: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth; Federal Ministry of Finance; Project period: December 2010 – April 2012
Ex-Post-Evaluation of Public Subsidies for Child Care; Client: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Federal Ministry of Finance; Project period: October 2010 – December 2011
Economic and Social Consequences of Industrial Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine (ESCIRRU); Client: European Commission (6th Framework Programme); Project period: February 2006 – February 2009
since 02/2021 Member of the Standing Field Committee “Population Economics” of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomik)
since 08/2017 IZA Research Fellow (Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn; IZA Affiliate 2008 – 2017)
since 09/2016 CESifo Research Network Affiliate
since 05/2014 Member of AcademiaNet
Aamulehti (Finland), Daily Mail (UK), Information Dänemark (Denmark), Neue Züricher Zeitung (Switzerland), Rebublic.ru (Russia), The Guardian (UK); German media coverage: Berliner Zeitung, Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandfunk, Donaukurier, Evangelischer Pressedienst, FAZ, Handelsblatt, Spiegel Online, Stuttgarter Zeitung/Sonntag Aktuell, Süddeutsche Zeitung, TAZ, Welt, Wirtschaftsblatt, 3Sat.
married, two children (*2011, *2014)
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Languages, Social and behavioural sciences, Modern Chinese Studies / Sinology; Political Science; Political Sociology
Business and Administration, Behavioural Economics
Social and behavioural sciences, Organization Theory, Gender studies, Entrepreneurship
Biological and related sciences, Health, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Vascular Biology, Tumour Biology