The Transmission of Inequality Across Multiple Generations

This paper shows that across multiple generations, the persistence of occupational and educational attainment in Germany is larger than estimates from two generations suggest.

The Economic Journal
January 2018 · Sebastian T. Braun, Jan Stuhler · published

Nuclear Power Plant Closures and Local Housing Values

This paper studies how Fukushima and the subsequent nuclear power plant closures in Germany affected local housing prices using data from Germany’s largest real estate internet platform.

Journal of Urban Economics
May 2017 · Thomas K. Bauer, Sebastian T. Braun, Michael Kvasnicka · published

Implementing Quotas in University Admissions

This paper studies the implementation of quotas in matching markets, comparing a sequential procedure used in Germany’s university admissions clearinghouse with a simultaneous mechanism based on a modified deferred acceptance algorithm.

Games and Economic Behavior
May 2014 · Sebastian T. Braun, Nadja Dwenger, Dorothea Kübler, Alexander Westkamp · published