Labor MarketsProf. Dr. Ferdinand Rauch

Kontakt

Labor Economics
Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
Bergheimer Str. 20
69115 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 54-5057
E-Mail: ferdinand.rauch@awi.uni-heidelberg.de

Office Hours: Wednesday, 9:30 - 11:30, upon appointment via christina.bommas@awi.uni-heidelberg.de

Research Interests

Arbeitsmärkte
Stadtökonomie
Handel

Working Papers

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Market Access and the Arrow of Time, with Marius Klein.
Identity in Trade - Evidence from the Legacy of the Hanseatic League, with Max Marczinek and Stephan Maurer.
Asymmetric Trading Costs and Ancient Greek Cities, with Yuxian Chen and Yannis Ioannides.
Within-City Roads and Urban Growth, with Paul Brandily.
Older Working Papers
Technical Note: An Eaton and Kortum (2002) Model of Urbanization and Structural Transformation, with Guy Michaels and Stephen Redding.
Innovation Responses to Import Competition, with Leonardo Iacovone and Wolfgang Keller.
The distance elasticity at short distances - A study of the library choice of Oxford students, with Kristiina Tuomikoski.

Selected News Coverage

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Advertising expenditure and consumer prices	Article in the Washington Post.
Resetting the Urban Network: 117-2012	Discussion on Paul Krugman's New York Times blog.
	Article in the Economist.
The Benefits of Forced Experimentation: Striking Evidence from the London Underground Network.	Summary on voxeu. Discussion in Science Magazine, Editor's Choice. Tim Harford's column in the Financial Times. Article in the Financial Times. Further comment in the Financial Times. Article in the Economist. Article in the NZZ. Article in the Times. Article in the Independent. Article in the Evening Standard. Comment in the Spectator. Article in The Stack. Article in The Week. Article in The New York Times. Comment in the Financial Times. Another comment in the Financial Times. Again in the Financial Times.
Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880-2000.	Article in the Atlantic.
Flooded Cities.	Article in the Financial Times. Letter in the Financial Times.
Of Mice and Merchants - Trade and Growth in the Iron Age.	Article in Quartz.