PhD candidate in Economics

University of Cologne

I am a researcher in economics at University of Cologne. My research interests lie in the area of public economics, political economy, and normative economics.

My doctoral studies at LMU Munich were complemented by long-term research stays at Columbia University and University of California, Berkeley.

Research Topics

  • Inequality Measurement
  • Optimal Taxation
  • Redistributive Preferences
  • Tax Evasion

Education

  • MSc. in Quantitative Economics, 2019

    LMU Munich

  • BSc. in International Economics, 2017

    University of Tübingen

Publications

(in press). Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Inequality and Fairness. Annual Review of Economics.

Ungated Version (Apr. 2025) CEPR Discussion Paper

(2022). Lower and upper bound estimates of inequality of opportunity for emerging economies. Social Choice and Welfare 58 (3), pp. 395 - 427.

Publication

Other Writing

Book Chapters

(2023). Equality of Opportunity: Fairness Preferences and Beliefs About Inequality. Handbook of Equality of Opportunity.

Publication

Unpublished Manuscripts

(2023). The Taxation of Couples.

Ungated Version (July 2023) CEPR Discussion Paper VoxEU Column

Policy Work (in German)

(2021). Mehrheitsfähige und wohlfahrtssteigernde Reformen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems: Von Entzugsraten, Mittelstands- und Wohlstandsbäuchen. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 22 (3), pp. 191–202.

Publication Podcast

(2018). Intergenerationelle Einkommensmobilität: Schlusslicht Deutschland?. ifo Schnelldienst 71 (20), pp. 20–28.

Publication Media Coverage