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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Till Braun
Faculty of Law, Business and Economics
Chair Economics VII: Empirical Economic History
Biography
Sebastian Braun is a Professor of Economics at the University of Bayreuth where he holds the chair for Quantitative Economic History (VWL VII). He is also affiliated with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Before joining the University of Bayreuth, Sebastian was an Associate Professor at the University of St Andrews. He also held visiting positions at Copenhagen Business School, University College London, and University of Melbourne. Sebastian received his Doctorate in Economics from the Humboldt University of Berlin in December 2009.
Curriculum Vitae
You can find a detailed CV here.
Faculty of Law, Business and Economics
Chair Economics VII: Empirical Economic History
Research Interests
Sebastian Braun works at the intersection of international economics, labour economics, and economic history. His main current research is on the economic effects of immigration and the evolution of intergenerational mobility, with a focus on Germany in the 19th and 20th century.
Faculty of Law, Business and Economics
Chair Economics VII: Empirical Economic History
Publications
Article in a journal (peer-reviewed)
Braun, Sebastian Till; Rad, Soroush Rafiee; Roy, Olivier
Anchoring as a Structural Bias of Deliberation
in Erkenntnis (2024) . - pp. 1-29
doi:10.1007/s10670-024-00814-7 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Stuhler, Jan
The economic consequences of being widowed by war: A life-cycle perspective
in Journal of Public Economics vol. 239 (2024)
doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105241 ...
Berbée, Paul; Braun, Sebastian Till; Franke, Richard
Reversing fortunes of German regions, 1926–2019 : Boon and bane of early industrialization ...
in Journal of Economic Growth (2024)
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00008271 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Franke, Richard
Railways, Growth, and Industrialization in a Developing German Economy, 1829–1910
in The Journal of Economic History vol. 82 (2022) issue 4. - pp. 1183-1221
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006798 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Franke, Richard
A County-Level Database on Expellees in West Germany, 1939–1961
in Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte vol. 108 (2021) issue 4. - pp. 522-540
doi:10.25162/vswg-2021-0017 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Weber, Henning
How do regional labor markets adjust to immigration? A dynamic analysis for post-war Germa ...
in Journal of International Economics vol. 129 (2021)
doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103416 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Kramer, Anica; Kvasnicka, Michael; Meier, Philipp
Local labor markets and the persistence of population shocks : evidence from West Germany, ...
in Journal of Economic Geography vol. 21 (2021) issue 2. - pp. 231-260
doi:10.1093/jeg/lbaa013 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Dwenger, Nadja
Settlement location shapes the integration of forced migrants : Evidence from post-war Ger ...
in Explorations in Economic History vol. 77 (2020)
doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2020.101330 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Stuhler, Jan
The Transmission of Inequality Across Multiple Generations : Testing Recent Theories with ...
in The Economic Journal vol. 128 (2018) issue 609. - pp. 576-611
doi:10.1111/ecoj.12453 ...
Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian Till; Kvasnicka, Michael
Nuclear power plant closures and local housing values : Evidence from Fukushima and the Ge ...
in Journal of Urban Economics vol. 99 (2017) . - pp. 94-106
doi:10.1016/j.jue.2017.02.002 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Omar Mahmoud, Toman
The employment effects of immigration : Evidence from the mass arrival of German expellees ...
in The Journal of Economic History vol. 74 (2014) issue 1. - pp. 69-108
doi:10.1017/S0022050714000035 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Kvasnicka, Michael
Immigration and structural change : Evidence from post-war Germany
in Journal of International Economics vol. 93 (2014) issue 2. - pp. 253-269
doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2014.03.006 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Dwenger, Nadja; Kübler, Dorothea; Westkamp, Alexander
Implementing quotas in university admissions : an experimental analysis
in Games and Economic Behavior vol. 85 (2014) issue 1. - pp. 232-251
doi:10.1016/j.geb.2014.02.004 ...
Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian Till; Kvasnicka, Michael
The Economic Integration of Forced Migrants : Evidence for Post-War Germany
in The Economic Journal vol. 123 (2013) issue 571. - pp. 998-1024
doi:10.1111/ecoj.12023 ...
Braun, Sebastian Till; Kvasnicka, Michael
Men, women, and the ballot : Gender imbalances and suffrage extensions in the United State ...
in Explorations in Economic History vol. 50 (2013) issue 3. - pp. 405-426
doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2013.04.001 ...
Faculty of Law, Business and Economics
Chair Economics VII: Empirical Economic History
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Till Braun
Chair
E-Mail: sebastian.braun@uni-bayreuth.de
Tel: +49 (0) 921 / 55 - 62 56
Building: RW II, Room: 1.68
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