13th CGDE Doctoral Workshop: Program
Wednesday – February 25, 2026
10:10–10:20 Welcome Address
10:20–12:00 Session 1: Labor Markets, Work, and Human Capital
Work from Home and Labor Market Trajectories in the Long Run
Maike Steffen (TUD, IAB)
Discussant: Steffen Müller (IWH, OvGU)
The Impact of High Skilled Migration on Innovation
Hao Wei (FSU)
Discussant: Michael Kvasnicka (OvGU)
12:00–13:00 Lunch
13:00–14:00 Keynote Lecture: Causal Effects of Stricter Monitoring and Job Search Requirements on Job Search Outcomes
Arne Uhlendorff (Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistiques)
14:00–14:30 Coffee break
14:30–17:00 Session 2: Political Economy, Institutions, and Market Power
Does Populism Cause Economic Outcomes?
Frank Simmen (UL)
Discussant: Michael Koetter (IWH, OvGU)
Platform Price-matching Guarantees
Maren Hahnen (UL)
Discussant: Dennis Hutschenreiter (IWH)
A New Keynesian Model with Employer Market Power
Florian Blomberg (FSU)
Discussant: Thomas Steger (UL)
17:00–18:00 Q&A: Arne Uhlendorff
From 18:30 Get Together at “Wenzel” – Gr. Nikolaistraße 9 (at own expenses)
Thursday – February 26, 2026
09:30–12:00 Session 3: Inequality, Wealth, and Long-Run Distributional Forces
Passing the Keys: How Public Policy Can Shape Intergenerational Homeownership
Madalina Patru (IWH)
Discussant: Malte Rieth (MLU)
Global Inequality and the Legacy of Historical Climate Change
Julia Bobrzyk (UL)
Discussant: Roland Winkler (FSU)
The Demand for Information Provision about Inequality: Evidence from a Survey Experiment
Clara-Marie Pache (UL)
Discussant: Sabrina Jeworrek (IWH, OvGU)
12:00–13:30 Lunch
13:30–16:00 Session 4: Firms, Investment, and Economic Constraints
Do Business Tax Rates Affect Real Investment?
Kevin Eljezi (UL)
Discussant: Uwe Cantner (FSU)
When Two Constraints Meet: The Role of Political and Financial Frictions on Firm Investment
Arsène Buzima Dunia (IWH)
Discussant: Valentin Lindlacher (TUD)
The Limits of Local Laws in Global Supply Chains: Cutting Ties or “Edutrading” Procurement Partners?
Hendrik Keilbach (IWH)
Discussant: Philipp Mundt (UL)
16:00–16:20 Coffee break
16:20–18:00 Session 5: Health Economics and the Organ Donation System
The Fentanyl Shock: Synthetic Opioids and the Supply of Organ Donors
Omar Fieles-Ahmad (OvGU)
Discussant: Kamila Cygan-Rehm (TUD)
Impact of Prompted Choice on Organ Donor Registrations: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Italy
Selina Schulze Spuentrup (ifo Dresden, TUD)
Discussant: Sebastian Schweighofer-Kodritsch (UL)
18:00–18:10 Concluding Remarks
Contact: cgde@iwh-halle.de
Local committee: Andrej Drygalla and Michael Koetter