Research

My research interest is in market design, with a specific focus on matching markets. Matching is like marriage: both sides have to choose each other and prices don’t do (all) the work. The economic discipline of market design examines the reasons why markets institutions fail and considers the properties of alternative mechanisms. I seek to combine microeconomic theory and microeconometrical analysis to gain insights about the design of market rules and institutions.

Articles

Intermediation in Peer-to-Peer Markets: Evidence from Auctions for Private Loans, ZEW Discussion Paper # 17-073, Centre for European Economic Research.
Analysis of Stable Matchings in R: Package matchingMarkets. Vignette to R package matchingMarkets, The Comprehensive R Archive Network, 2017.

Access to New Data Sources for Statistics: Business Models and Incentives for the Corporate Sector, OECD Statistics Working Paper # 17/06, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2017. (with S. Verhulst)
Public-Private Partnerships for Statistics. Lessons Learned, Future Steps, OECD Development Co-operation Working Paper # 27, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2016. (with N. Robin and J. Jütting)
Making Data Portals Work for SDGs: A View on Deployment, Design and Technology, PARIS21 Discussion Paper # 8, Paris, 2016. (with G. Greenwell et al.)
An Indicator for Statistical Literacy Based on National Newspaper Archives, IASE 2016 Roundtable Paper, International Association for Statistical Education, Berlin, 2016. (with A. Galdin and E. Mohamedou)
Does Anti-Diversification Pay? A One-Sided Matching Model of Microfinance. Cambridge Working Papers in Economics # 1521, University of Cambridge, 2015.

Policy briefs

How Big Data Generated by Companies Can Be Used to Protect the Environment, ZEW News, Economic Policy Analysis, Issue 02/2018.
Matching Practices for Childcare in Germany, Matching-in-Practice Country Profile # 26, 2018. (with S. Herzog)
How Can Cities Handle the Stampede for Nursery Places?, ZEW News, 3. Juli 2017.
How to Measure Global Statistical Literacy, OECD Statistics Newsletter, Issue 66, OECD Publishing, 2017.
Measuring Support to Statistics in Developing Countries, OECD Statistics Newsletter, Issue 65, OECD Publishing, 2016. (with J. Jütting)

Dezentrale Kitaplatzvergabe ohne Warteschlange: Ein Leitfaden, ZEW policy brief # 4, October 2017. (with Fugger and T. Riehm)
Wie Städte dem Ansturm auf Kindertagesstätten begegnen können, Ökonomenstimme, 30 June 2017.

Reports

The Role of National Statistical Systems in the Data Revolution, Chapter 3: 2017 Development Co-operation Report, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2017. (with S. Badie et al.)
Rethinking Donor Support for Statistical Capacity Development, Chapter 4: 2017 Development Co-operation Report, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2017. (with S. Badie et al.)
Measuring the Value of Official Statistics, Chapter 5: UNECE Recommendations on the Value of Official Statistics, United Nations ECE, 2017. (with P. van de Ven)
Data for Development: A Needs Assessment for SDG Monitoring and Statistical Capacity Development, Technical Report, United Nations SDSN, 2015. (with J. Espey et al.)
2017 Partner Report on Support to Statistics, Technical Report, Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21).
2016 Partner Report on Support to Statistics, Technical Report, Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21).
2015 Partner Report on Support to Statistics, Technical Report, Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21).

Books

Matching for Credit: Implications for Market Design and Econometric Analysis. Dissertation, University of Cambridge, 2015.
Why Do India’s Urban Poor Choose to Go Private? Health Policy Simulations in Slums of Hyderabad. Ibidem Press, 2012. [working paper version]
Microfinance 2.0 - Group Formation & Repayment Performance in Online Lending Platforms. Ibidem Press, 2010.