Publications

This page lists selected publications together with a fuller chronological record of journal articles. For working papers and older versions, see the IDEAS/RePEc author page or the CV (PDF).

Selected Publications

Crime, Policing, and Neighbourhoods

• Crime prevention through private actors: Evidence from a policy change at a large UK supermarket chain (with Wednesday Croft). Forthcoming in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
• Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location (with Arnaud Chevalier and Tanya Wilson). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 16(4), 2024, 144-160.
• Racial Disparities in Civilian Response to Police Use of Force: Evidence from London. British Journal of Criminology 65(1), 2025, 182-201.

Labour Markets and Worker Adjustment

• Mass layoffs and voting behaviour: Evidence from the UK (with Wessel Vermeulen). British Journal of Industrial Relations 61(4), 2023, 922-950.
• Worker adjustment to unexpected occupational risk: Evidence from COVID-19 (with Barbara Eberth and John Wildman). European Economic Review 150, 2022, 104325.
• Do higher education strikes affect university outcomes? Evidence from pension disputes in UK universities (with Barbara Eberth). Industrial Relations 65(1), 2026, 45-63.

Urban Change and Local Economies

• Austerity, welfare cuts and hate crime: Evidence from the UK’s Age of Austerity (with Kerry Bray and John Wildman). Journal of Urban Economics 141, 2024, 103439.
• Housing subsidies and property prices: Evidence from England (with Stephen McDonald). Regional Science and Urban Economics 80, 2020, 103374.

Full Publication List

Refereed Journal Articles

• 2026. Crime prevention through private actors: Evidence from a policy change at a large UK supermarket chain (with Wednesday Croft). Forthcoming in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
• 2026. Do higher education strikes affect university outcomes? Evidence from pension disputes in UK universities (with Barbara Eberth). Industrial Relations 65(1), 45-63.
• 2026. Energy price shocks and the demand for energy-efficient housing: Evidence from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (with Bahadir Dursun and Harry Pickard). Economica 93(369), 30-51.
• 2025. Do Social Interaction Mechanisms Affect University Reputation? Evidence from the UK Higher Education Sector (with Rasha Abdelbabie and Aly Salama). Abacus 61(1), 53-92.
• 2025. Racial Disparities in Civilian Response to Police Use of Force: Evidence from London. British Journal of Criminology 65(1), 182-201.
• 2025. Spatial inequality in unsolved crime: Evidence from small neighbourhoods (with Bahadir Dursun and Diego Zambiasi). Journal of Regional Science 65(1), 258-283.
• 2024. Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location (with Arnaud Chevalier and Tanya Wilson). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 16(4), 144-160.
• 2024. Austerity, welfare cuts and hate crime: Evidence from the UK’s Age of Austerity (with Kerry Bray and John Wildman). Journal of Urban Economics 141, 103439.
• 2024. Unions as insurance: Workplace unionisation and workers’ outcomes during COVID-19 (with Boris Hirsch). Industrial Relations 63(2), 152-171.
• 2023. Residential turnover and crime: Evidence from administrative data for England and Wales. British Journal of Criminology 63(6), 1460-1481.
• 2023. Mass layoffs and voting behaviour: Evidence from the UK (with Wessel Vermeulen). British Journal of Industrial Relations 61(4), 922-950.
• 2022. Worker adjustment to unexpected occupational risk: Evidence from COVID-19 (with Barbara Eberth and John Wildman). European Economic Review 150, 104325.
• 2022. Does stop and search reduce crime? Evidence from street-level data and a surge in operations following a high-profile crime. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 185(3), 1370-1397.
• 2021. Immigration status uncertainty and mental health: Evidence from Brexit. Industrial Relations 60(4), 521-548.
• 2021. The Effects of Collective Bargaining Systems on the Productivity Function of Firms: An Analysis of Bargaining Structures and Processes and the Implications for Policy Making (with Bernd Brandl). Industrial Relations Journal 52(3), 218-236.
• 2021. The performance effects of collective and individual bargaining: A comprehensive and granular analysis of the effects of different bargaining systems on company productivity (with Bernd Brandl). International Labour Review 160(1), 43-64.
• 2021. Variable Pay and/or Collective Wage Bargaining? Complements or Substitutes? (with Barbara Bechter and Bernd Brandl). Industrial and Labor Relations Review 74(2), 443-469.
• 2020. VAT Rebate As Trade Policy: Evidence from China (with Bo Gao and Sara Maioli). China Economic Review 63, 101536.
• 2020. Housing subsidies and property prices: Evidence from England (with Stephen McDonald). Regional Science and Urban Economics 80, 103374.
• 2019. Immigration and the property market: Evidence from England and Wales. Real Estate Economics 47(2), 509-533.
• 2018. Company closures and the erosion of the political center: Evidence from Germany. British Journal of Industrial Relations 56(4), 835-858.
• 2017. The link between crime risk and house prices: Evidence from UK street-level data. Urban Studies 54(8), 1990-2007.
• 2017. Are immigrants in favour of immigration? Evidence from England and Wales (with Muhammad Waqas and John Wildman). B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 17(1), 20160029.
• 2016. Reconsidering the impact of family size on labour supply: The twin-problems of the twin-birth instrument (with John Wildman). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 179(4), 1093-1115.
• 2014. Cannabis consumption, crime and victimization: Evidence from the 2004 cannabis declassification in the UK (with Simon Jones). Social Science and Medicine 115, 29-37.
• 2014. The consequences of own and spousal disability on labor market outcomes and subjective well-being: Evidence from Germany. Review of Economics of the Household 12(4), 717-736.
• 2013. The long-term impact of international experiences on objective and subjective career success (with Torsten Biemann). International Journal of Human Resource Management 24(8), 3438-3456.
• 2013. What determines wage inequality among young German university graduates?. Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik) 233(2), 130-158.
• 2012. How do individuals deal with victimization and victimization risk? Longitudinal evidence from Mexico. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 84(1), 335-344.
• 2011. The causal relationship between education, health and health related behaviour: Evidence from a natural experiment in England. Journal of Health Economics 30(4), 753-763.
• 2011. Product Differentiation and Profitability in German Manufacturing Firms (with Joachim Wagner). Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik) 231(3), 326-335.
• 2011. Product Diversification and Stability of Employment and Sales: First Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms (with Joachim Wagner). Applied Economics 43(27), 3977-3985.
• 2011. How does economic integration influence employment and wages in border regions? The case of the EU-enlargement 2004 and Germany’s eastern border (with Alexander Vogel). Review of World Economics 147(2), 303-323.
• 2010. Islamistic terror and the Job Prospects of Arab Men in Britain: Does a Country’s Direct Involvement Matter?. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 57(4), 430-454.
• 2010. Fields of training, plant characteristics and the gender wage gap in entry wages among skilled workers: Evidence from German administrative data. Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik) 230(1), 27-41.
• 2010. The impact of the 2004 EU-enlargement on enterprise performance and exports of service enterprises in the German eastern border region (with Alexander Vogel). Review of World Economics 146(1), 75-89.
• 2009. Is there a compensating wage differential for high crime levels? First evidence from Europe. Journal of Urban Economics 66(3), 218-231.
• 2009. The impact of September 11th, 2001 on the employment prospects of Arabs and Muslims in the German labor market. Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik) 229(1), 2-21.
• 2008. Wirkungen der Beschaeftigungspflicht schwerbehinderter Arbeitnehmer - Erkenntnisse aus der Einfuehrung des “Gesetzes zur Bekaempfung der Arbeitslosigkeit Schwerbehinderter”. Journal for Labour Market Research 41(1), 9-24.

Other Publications

• 2013. Labor Market Adjustments after a Large Import Shock: Evidence from the German Clothing Industry and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (with Joachim Wagner). In Daten in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung.
• 2008. Struktur und Erfolg von Ich-AG-Gruendungen - Ergebnisse einer Umfrage im Arbeitsagenturbezirk Lueneburg. In Mittelstand 2008.
• 2008. Die Einfuehrung der fachkundigen Stellungnahme bei der Ich-AG. In Neue Ansaetze der MittelstandsForschung.