Guido Schwerdt

(born 15.01.1977)

Economist

Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Poschingerstraße 5
81679 München

Phone: +49(0)89/9224-1310
Fax: +49(0)89/9224-1460

E-Mail:

Schwerdt Guido

Main focus:

Education Economics, Labour Economics

Employed at the Ifo Institute since 2007.

Academic Background:

Oct. 2002	-	April 2007	Ph.D. in Economics, European University Institute , Florence, Italy
Oct. 2002	-	Sept. 2003	M.Res. in Economics, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Oct. 1997	-	Sept. 2002	M.Sc. in Economics (Diplom Volkswirt), University of Bonn, Germany

Languages:

German, English, Italian.

Professional Experience:

July 2006	-	Aug. 2006	Economist (short-term contract) at the European Central Bank (ECB) Frankfurt, Germany
Nov. 2005	-	Dec. 2005	Consultant at the European Central Bank (ECB) Frankfurt, Germany

Stipendiary, awards and prize:

2002 - 2004	Doctoral Scholarship of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2004/2005	Marie Curie Fellowship for doctoral students in the European Doctoral Program Network (EDNET)
2006 - 2007	European University Institute Completion Grant
2006	Scholarship of the Swiss National Bank for the presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association in 2006
2008	SAP Fellow at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economics at Lindau

Projects

National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

Human Capital Production and Labour Market Success (Habilitation project)

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

2010

Schwerdt, Guido (with Martin Schlotter, Ludger Woessmann), "Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide", Education Economics, 2010, in press ( Working paper version available as: CESifo Working Paper 2877 (PDF) )

Schwerdt, Guido (with Andrea Ichino, Oliver Ruf, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Josef Zweimueller), "Does the color of the collar matter? Employment and earnings after plant closure", Economics Letters 108 (2), 2010, 137-140

Schwerdt, Guido (with Jarkko Turunen), "Labor Quality Growth in Germany", Economics Letters 108 (3), 2010, 280-282

Schwerdt, Guido, "Labor Turnover before Plant Closure: ‘Leaving the Sinking Ship’ vs. ‘Captain Throwing Ballast Overboard’", Labour Economics, 2010, in press

2007

Schwerdt, Guido (with Jarkko Turunen), "Growth in Euro Area Labour Quality", Review of Income and Wealth 53 (4), 2007, 716–734

2005

Schwerdt, Guido, "Why Does Consumption Fall at Retirement? Evidence from Germany", Economics Letters 89 (3), 2005, 300-305

Papers in academic volumes

2009

Schwerdt, Guido (with Jarkko Turunen), "Changes in Human Capital: Implications for Productivity Growth in the Euro Area", in: Julien Dupont und Pierre Sollberger (eds.): Productivity Measurement and Analysis: Proceedings from OECD workshops, OECD, Paris, 2009, 259-279

Working Papers

2009

Schwerdt, Guido (with Martin Schlotter, Ludger Woessmann), "Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide", CESifo Working Paper Nr. 2877, 2009 ( Abstract / Download )

Schwerdt, Guido (with Jarkko Turunen), "Labor Quality Growth in Germany", Ifo Working Paper Nr. 77, 2009 ( Abstract / Download )

Schwerdt, Guido (with Amelie C. Wuppermann), "Is Traditional Teaching really all that Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach", CESifo Working Paper Nr. 2634, 2009 ( Abstract / Download )

2008

Schwerdt, Guido (with Andrea Ichino, Oliver Ruf, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Josef Zweimueller), "Does the color of the collar matter? Firm specific human capital and post-displacement outcomes", IZA Discussion Paper 3617, 2008

Schwerdt, Guido, "Labor Turnover before Plant Closure: ‘Leaving the Sinking Ship’ vs. ‘Captain Throwing Ballast Overboard’", CESifo Working Paper Nr. 2252 , 2008 ( Abstract / Download )

2007

Schwerdt, Guido (with Andrea Ichino, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Josef Zweimueller), "Too Old to Work, too Young to Retire?", CESifo Working Paper Nr. 2118, 2007 ( Abstract / Download / also available as CEPR Discussion Papers 6510, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers, IZA Discussion Paper 3110 and Institute for Advanced Studies Economics Series 220 )

Schwerdt, Guido (with Jarkko Turunen), "Changes in Human Capital: Implications for Productivity Growth in the Euro Area ", Ifo Working Paper Nr. 53, 2007 ( Abstract / Download )

Schwerdt, Guido, "Labor Turnover before Plant Closure: 'Leaving the sinking ship' vs. 'Captain throwing ballast overboard'", Economics Working Papers ECO200 22, 2007

2006

Schwerdt, Guido (with Jarkko Turunen), "Growth in Euro Area Labour Quality", CEPR Discussion Paper 5509, 2006

Teaching

Lecture, Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets (with Oliver Falck), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Summer Semester 2010

Lecture, Economics of Education (with Prof. Ludger Wößmann), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Winter Semester 2008/09

Ph.D. Course, Econometric Evaluation of Education Policy (with Ludger Wößmann and Oliver Falck), Munich Graduate School of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Winter Semester 2007/08

Seminar, Efficiency and Equal Opportunities in Educational Systems, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Summer Semester 2007

Presentations at International Conferences

Guido Schwerdt, European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) meeting, 2010, Essen

Guido Schwerdt, Tagung des Billdungspolitischen Ausschusses im Verein für Socialpolitik, 2010, Trier

Guido Schwerdt, North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2009, San Francisco

Guido Schwerdt, Tagung des Billdungspolitischen Ausschusses im Verein für Socialpolitik, 2009, Landau

Guido Schwerdt, Spring Meeting of Young Economists, 2009, Istanbul

Guido Schwerdt, CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, 2009, Munich

Guido Schwerdt, European Economics Association (EEA) meeting, 2009, Barcelona

Guido Schwerdt, Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik, 2009, Magdeburg

Guido Schwerdt, European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) meeting, 2009, Talinn

Guido Schwerdt, Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET), 2008, Florence

Guido Schwerdt, Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS), 2008, Graz

Guido Schwerdt, European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), 2008, Amsterdam

Guido Schwerdt, European Economic Association (EEA), 2008, Mailand

Guido Schwerdt, Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference, 2008, Perth, Scottland

Guido Schwerdt, Royal Economic Society Meeting, 2008, Warwick

Guido Schwerdt, Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Oct. 2007, München

Guido Schwerdt, 2nd Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, Rimini, 2007

Guido Schwerdt, European Economics Association (EEA) meeting, Vienna, 2006

Guido Schwerdt, European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) meeting, Prague, 2006

Guido Schwerdt, Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik, Bayreuth, 2006