Boris Hirsch

Research Fellow

Universität Lüneburg

hirsch@leuphana.de

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Boris Hirsch has been Full Professor of Economics, in particular Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation, at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg since August 2016. He studied economics and mathematics at the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Hagen. In 2009, he received his doctorate degree from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg where he was postdoctoral researcher from 2009-2016.

His research interests lie in the theory and empirics of imperfectly competitive labour markets, empirical labour economics, industrial relations, and migration. His research appeared in outlets such as the Economic Journal, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Human Resources, and the ILR Review. He further serves as an editor to the German Economic Review and as an associate editor to the Journal for Labour Market Research.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in August 2014.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8417

How Selective Are Real Wage Cuts? A Micro-Analysis Using Linked Employer-Employee Data

Boris Hirsch, Thomas Zwick

published in: Labour, 2015, 29 (4), 327-347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8317

The Levelling Effect of Product Market Competition on Gender Wage Discrimination

Boris Hirsch, Michael Oberfichtner, Claus Schnabel

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 3:19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8242

Centralized vs. Decentralized Wage Formation: The Role of Firms' Production Technology

Boris Hirsch, Christian Merkl, Steffen Müller, Claus Schnabel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7776

The Cyclical Behaviour of Employers' Monopsony Power and Workers' Wages

Boris Hirsch, Elke J. Jahn, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published as "Do employers have more monopsony power in slack labor markets?" in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2018, 71(3), 676-704

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7240

Does Better Pre-Migration Performance Accelerate Immigrants' Wage Assimilation?

Boris Hirsch, Elke J. Jahn, Ott Toomet, Daniela Hochfellner

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 212-222

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6472

Is There Monopsonistic Discrimination against Immigrants? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Boris Hirsch, Elke J. Jahn

substantially revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68 (3), 501-528

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5875

Let's Take Bargaining Models Seriously: The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009

Boris Hirsch, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published as 'What Can We Learn from Bargaining Models about Union Power? The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009' in: Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 347-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5154

Women Move Differently: Job Separations and Gender

Boris Hirsch, Claus Schnabel

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2012, 33 (4), 417-442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4231

Is There a Gap in the Gap? Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap

Boris Hirsch, Marion König, Joachim Möller

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 60 (4), 412-439

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4126

Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects

Boris Hirsch, Thorsten Schank, Claus Schnabel

published in: Industrial Relations, 2010, 49 (4), 566-592