Chair of Empirical Economics

Welcome to the Website of the Chair of Empirical Research in Economics of Prof. Dr. Lea Cassar!

Here you will find information about the chair, the courses offered and the main research topics.

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NEWS

Prof. Cassar, Denise Feigl and co-authors win the 2nd Education Research Grant 2024

Prof. Lea Cassar is the principal investigator of the project?"Improving Early Horizontal Tracking: An RCT on Boosting Cooperative Decision-Making Between Parents and Children",?which won the?2nd Education Research Grant 2024, sponsored by the UniCredit Foundation. Besides her co-authors?Christina Felfe de Ormeno and Maximilian M¨¹ller, Denise Feigl from the Chair of Empirical Economics is involved in this project.

You can find the official announcement here.

01.08.2023

Secretary's Office on Holidays

The secretariat will be closed from 7th to 27th of August 2023.

After this period?all requests will again be processed as quickly as possible by e-mail.

Guest Lecture

Michele Bonanno from Impakter will give a guest lecture on "A green future: How to build a sustainable startup" as part of the Course Social Entrepeneurship on the 15.06.2023. The presentation will take place via Zoom. You can find the link on grips (link for the tutorial in this time slot).

Guest Lecture

Jens Eckberg will give a guest lecture on Thriving Green as part of the Course Social Entrepeneurship on the 04.05.2023. The presentation will take place via Zoom. You can find the link on grips (link for the tutorial in this time slot).?

Secretary's Office on Easter Holidays

The secretariat will be closed from 6th to 16th of April 2023 due to the Easter Holidays.

After this period?all requests will again be processed as quickly as possible by e-mail.

Christmas Holidays

The Chair of Empirical Economics is on Christmas Holidays from the 22.12.2022 to 08.01.2023!

We wish you all MERRY CHRISTMAS and a good start into the NEW YEAR 2023!

Secretary's Office on Vacation

The secretariat will be closed from 8th to 29th of August 2022 due to holidays.

After this period?all requests will again be processed as quickly as possible by e-mail.

Secretary's Office on Vacation

The secretariat will be closed from 3rd June to 13th June 2022 due to holidays.

From 14th of June 2022 all requests will again be processed as quickly as possible by e-mail.

Secretary's Office on Vacation

The secretariat will be closed from 28th February to 4th March 2022 due to holidays.

From 7th of March 2022 all requests will again be processed as quickly as possible by e-mail.

Prof. Lea Cassar on Research Sabbatical

The course "Social Entrepreneurship" will NOT take place in the summer semester 2022 due to a research sabbatical of Prof. Lea Cassar.

Secretariat on Christmas holiday

The secretariat will be closed from 22.12.21 to 09.01.22.?

Stay well!

Prof. Lea Cassar in the Handelsblatt Young Economist Ranking: Among the Top 10 Percent

Prof. Lea Cassar is listed in this year's Young Economist Ranking of the Handelsblatt, which every two years evaluates the research performance of German-speaking economists below the age of 40.

At 62nd place, Prof. Lea Cassar is among the top 10 percent of German-speaking economists worldwide.?Referring to the publications "A and A+", she is even among the top 5 percent (29th rank). Prof. Lea Cassar is one of only 8 women listed in this year's ranking.

You can find the complete Young Economist Ranking here.

WHK (35 hrs / month) wanted, starting 16.11.2021

Photo: Chase Clark on Unsplash

Dear students,

For the upcoming winter semester our chair is looking for a WHK (working student with a bachelor's degree), starting 16.11.2021. In their role as WHK, the successful candidate will support Prof. Cassar in conducting her research as well as with administrative tasks. The person is required to work 35 hrs / month and will be compensated with 420 € monthly.

For further information please have a look at the job description.

Please submit your CV, transcript of records (flexnow) and a short cover letter via email (sekretariat.cassar@ur.de) by 24.09.2021.

We're looking forward to having you on board! :)

Dr. Helena Fornwagner to win "Euregio Young Researcher Award"

Photo: Land Tyrol/Sedlak

We have great news to share: Dr. Helena Fornwagner was able to win the "Euregio Young Researcher Award" for her joint project with Dr. Oliver Hauser (University of Exeter) - "Climate Action for (my) children".

She prevailed against 23 other young researchers from all scientific disciplines with her written application and performance at a competitive final presentation round.

The award is very prestigious in the Tyrol - South Tyrol - Trentino region ("Euregio"). It was awarded to her at a big ceremony during the European Forum Alpbach by the three provincial governors and is worth 5,000 €.

Congratulations, Helena!

Video of "Regensburg Research Hour" with Dr. Helena Fornwagner online

As announced earlier, Dr. Helena Fornwagner gave a presentation on "Auf die Pl?tze, fertig, los! ?ber Wettbewerbsverhalten aus ?konomischer Sicht" as part of the "Regensburg Research Hour". A video of the event can be watched here.

Secretary's Office on Vacation

The secretary's office won't be occupied from 13th August until 5th September 2021.

Mrs. Gilg will repsond to your emails as soon as possible upon her return.

Please note that due to the Covid-19 pandemic the secretary's office is still not occupied physically. Please continue sending your requests via email to:?sekretariat.cassar@ur.de .

Thank you for your understanding and stay healthy!

Prof. Dr. Lea Cassar's paper featured in The Guardian

The paper "Macroeconomic Conditions When Young Shape Job Preferences for Life" written by Lea Cassar, Stephan Meier, Maria Cotofan and Robert Dur was featured in an article by The Guardian.

Read the whole article "Our First Economic Experiences Affect our Relationship with Work for Life" here.

Tutors wanted for "Einf¨¹hrung in die ?konometrie"! (German speakers only)

Liebe Studierende,

Ihnen macht ?konometrie Spa?? Sie sind auf der Suche nach einer Stelle im Wintersemester? Und Sie wollten schon immer einmal wissen, wie es ist, die Seiten zu wechseln und zu unterrichten, statt unterrichtet zu werden? Dann sind Sie hier genau richtig!

Unser Lehrstuhl ist auf der Suche nach ?bungsleiter/innen f¨¹r den Kurs