Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauernschuster • The University of Passau

Professor Stefan Bauernschuster

Stefan Bauernschuster (personal website) is a Full Professor of Public Economics at the University of Passau, Research Professor at the Ifo Institute Munich, CESifo Research Fellow, and IZA Research Fellow. In his research, Stefan Bauernschuster uses micro-econometric methods to answer policy relevant questions in the fields of labor, population, and health economics. His research has been published in journals such as the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Journal of Health Economics, or the Journal of Public Economics. CV

Job Announcement: Doctoral Position

You have an excellent master's degree in Economics or about to finish your master's studies? You are interested in applied microeconomic questions in the fields labor, population, health, education, or environmental economics? Then, this PhD position might be worth considering. We are looking forward to receiving your application to dpe@uni-passau.de. Please do not hesitate to contact me in case of any remaining questions via stefan.bauernschuster@uni-passau.de.

Inspection of decentralized exams

Registration for viewing our decentralized exams is possible from 20. March - 02. April 2023. Please write an email to bianca.bittner@uni-passau.de with the following information: the exam(s) in question, your name, your matriculation number.

The inspection will take place from 03. April 2023. You will receive an appointment by email.

News from the chair

How birth control impacted maternal and infant mortality rates

Drawing on an analysis of exceptionally rich historical data, we show that the birth control clinics of the US-American women rights advocate Margaret Sanger succeeded not only in reducing birth rates but also had a massive impact on health at the beginning of the 20th century.

There's mail for you from the White House

he Office of US President Joe Biden sent Stefan Bauernschuster, Professor of Public Economics at the University of Passau, a thank-you e-mail after one of his studies was cited in the new US Economic Report.

NOeG Dissertation Fellowship 2022 for PhD student

Katharina Drescher, PhD student at the Chair, receives the NOeG Dissertation Fellowship 2022!
The fellowship was awarded by the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) for her work on "Unsafe Temperatures: Evidence from Workplace Accidents".

Chair of Public Economics