Andrey Launov

Junior Professor of Econometrics
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Jakob Welder Weg 4, D-55128 Mainz

Office: 01-146, ReWi II
Phone: +49 (0) 6131 39 23233
E-mail: andrey.launov(at)uni-mainz.de

CV

My CV is here. I also coordinate activities of Mainz Labour Research Group (LaRGe), and I'm a member of editorial board at the Review of Income and Wealth.

Research Interests

Econometrics, Applied Microeconometrics, Labour Economics, Development Economics

Publications

º  Informal employment in developing countries: Opportunity or last resort?, Journal of Development Economics, 97(1), 2012, p.88-98, (with Isabel Günther), [pdf]
º  Search equilibrium and social and private returns to education, European Economic Review, 54(1), 2010, p.39-59, (with Christian Holzner), [pdf]
º  Publish or perish? The increasing importance of publications for prospective economics professors in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, German Economic Review, 9(4), 2008, p.457-472, (with Michael Graber and Klaus Wälde), [link]
º  Analysis of the determinants of fertility decline in the Czech Republic, Journal of Population Economics, 19(1), 2006, p.25-54, (with Stephan Klasen), [pdf]

Working Papers

º Estimating incentive and welfare effects of non-stationary unemployment benefits, (with Klaus Wälde), International Economic Review, revise and resubmit, [pdf]
¤ Estimation: Data, code [zip] and instructions [pdf]
¤ Numerical solution: Code [zip] and instructions [pdf]

º  Monitoring, sanctions and front-loading of job search in a non-stationary model, (with Bart Cockx, Muriel Dejemeppe and Bruno Van der Linden), [pdf], (also available at CESifo [WP 3660], IRES [DP 2011-42] and IZA [DP 6181])
    ¤ Internet Appendix [pdf]
    ¤ Estimation: Data, code [zip] and instructions [pdf]

Work in Progress

º Empirical model of matching, saving and individual wealth dynamics, (with Tobias Nagel and Klaus Wälde)
º Surprising diversity of informal employment opportunities in Latin America, (with Isabel Günther and Stephan Klasen)