Nicolas R. Ziebarth

Research Fellow

ZEW

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Nicolas Ziebarth is head of ZEW’s Research Unit "Labour Markets and Social Insurance" and a professor of economics at the University of Mannheim. Before joining ZEW in July 2022, he was a tenured associate professor at Cornell University. Dr. Ziebarth earned his PhD in economics at TU Berlin/DIW Berlin in 2011; his advisors were Gert Wagner and Regina Riphahn.

Nicolas Ziebarth's research is in the field of applied health and labor economics. In particular, he analyzes the interaction of social insurance systems with labor markets and population health. Another focus of his work is the driving forces and implications of health-related behavior.

Nicolas Ziebarth's work has been published in leading economic journals but also in multidisciplinary and policy journals.

Nicolas Ziebarth joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2011.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8907
Behavioral Responses to Taxation: Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamp Take-Up
Kyle Rozema, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published as 'Taxing Consumption and the Take-Up of Public Assistance: The Case of Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamps' in: Journal of Law & Economics, 2017, 60 (1), 1-27.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8850
The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: A Method to Test for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior
Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published as 'The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Noncontagious Absenteeism Behavior' in:Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 156, 14-33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8590
Successful Scientific Replication and Extension of Levitt (2008): Child Seats Are Still No Safer than Seat Belts
Lauren E. Jones, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31(5), 920-928
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7875
The Short-Term Population Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications of Climate Change
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Maike Schmitt, Martin Karlsson
revised version published as: Karlsson, M.; Zierbarth, N.R., 'Population health effects and health-related costs of extreme temperatures: Comprehensive evidence from Germany' in:Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 91, 93-117
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7691
Natural Disaster, Policy Action, and Mental Well-Being: The Case of Fukushima
Jan Goebel, Christian Krekel, Tim Tiefenbach, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published as 'How Natural Disasters Can Affect Environmental Concerns, Risk Aversion, and Even Politics: Evidence from Fukushima and Three European Countries' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28(4), 1137-1180
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7428
A Model of Worker Investment in Safety and Its Effects on Accidents and Wages
José R. Guardado, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published as 'Worker Investment in Safety, Workplace Accidents, and Compensating Wage Differentials' in: International Economic Review, 2019, 60 (1), 133-155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7409
Analyzing Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization Using (Rich) Household Microdata
Peter Eibich, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Health Policy, 2014, 114 (1), 41-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7279
Top?Down vs. Bottom?Up: The Long?Term Impact of Government Ideology and Personal Experience on Values
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Gert G. Wagner
published as 'Inevitable? Doping Attitudes among Berliners in 2011: The Role of Socialist State Socialisation and Athlete Experience' in: European Journal of Public Health, 2016, 26 (3), 520-522
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7250
The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Martin Karlsson
short version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29(2), 208-230
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6241
In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice
Hendrik Schmitz, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published as: 'Does Price Framing Affect the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52(1): 89-128
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