Steffen Altmann

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Steffen Altmann is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen and Team Leader of the IZA research team "Personalized Labor Policy". He studied Economics at the University of Mannheim and received his Ph.D. from the University of Bonn in 2009. Before joining the University of Copenhagen, he worked at IZA as a Resident Research Affiliate (2005-2007), Research Associate (2007-2010), and Senior Research Associate (2010-2014). From 2007 until 2014, he also served as Deputy Program Director for IZA's research program area "Behavioral and Personnel Economics".

His research interests include behavioral and experimental economics as well as labor and organizational economics. In his research, he investigates how psychological motives and economic incentives shape workplace behavior and aggregate labor market outcomes. He is also interested in applying insights from behavioral economics to questions in public policy.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 15830
The Direct and Indirect Effects of Online Job Search Advice
Steffen Altmann, Anita Marie Glenny,Robert Mahlstedt,Alexander Sebald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15747
Do Job Seekers Understand the UI Benefit System (And Does It Matter)?
Steffen Altmann,Sofie Cairo,Robert Mahlstedt,Alexander Sebald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12337
Passive Choices and Cognitive Spillovers
Steffen Altmann,Andreas Grunewald,Jonas Radbruch
published as 'Interventions and Cognitive Spillovers' in:Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (5), 2293-2328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11129
Deadlines and Cognitive Limitations
Steffen Altmann,Christian Traxler,Philipp Weinschenk
substantially revised version published in:Management Science, 2022, 68 (9), 6733-6750
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9040
Learning about Job Search: A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany
Steffen Altmann,Armin Falk,Simon Jäger,Florian Zimmermann
published in:Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 164, 33-49
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8680
Defaults and Donations: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Steffen Altmann,Armin Falk,Paul Heidhues,Rajshri Jayaraman
substantially revised versionpublished in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (5), 808-826
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Incentives and Information as Driving Forces of Default Effects
Steffen Altmann,Armin Falk,Andreas Grunewald
substantially revised version forthcoming in:Review of Economics and Statistics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6699
Nudges at the Dentist
Steffen Altmann,Christian Traxler
revised versionpublished in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 19-38
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5727
Equity and Efficiency in Multi-Worker Firms: Insights from Experimental Economics
Johannes Abeler,Steffen Altmann,Sebastian J. Goerg,Sebastian Kube,Matthias Wibral
published in: Analyse & Kritik, 2011, 33(1), 325-347
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5001
Implicit Contracts, Unemployment, and Labor Market Segmentation
Steffen Altmann,Armin Falk,David B. Huffman
substantially revised versionpublished in: Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81 (1), 30-56
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