Anna Montén

(born 1980)

Junior Economist and Doctoral Student

Ifo Institute

Poschingerstraße 5
81679 München

Phone: +49(0)351/26476-29
Fax: +49(0)351/26476-20

E-Mail:

Monten Anna

Main focus:

Public Finance

Employed at the Ifo Institute since 2009.

Academic Background:

07/2006	-		Technische Universität Dresden
10/2003	-	06/2006	Studies in Economics, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, M.Sc. Economics and Management Science
09/1998		05/2002	Studies in Economics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, B.A.

Languages:

English, Swedish, German, Finnish

Working Experience:

09/2005	-	06/2006	Research Assistant and Intern, empirica Forschung und Beratung AG, Berlin
08/2002	-	05/2003	Substitute Teacher, Kyskslätts svenska högstadieskola (secondary school), Kyrkslätt, Finland
01/2002	-	05/2002	Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, Department of Economics, Minneapolis, USA

Scholarships, awards and prizes:

07/2006 - 06/2009

PhD Scholarship at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (IOER) financed by the German Ministry of Education and Research

Projects

Economic Growth and Employment in Dresden (2011)

Municipal fees, property and business tax rates in the Leipzig chamber district of the IHK’s: an intra and interregional comparison of the burden of public fees and taxes on businesses (2010)

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

2011

Montén, Anna (with Christian Thater), "Determinants of efficiency in child-care provision", FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis 4 (67), 2011, 378-403

2010

Montén, Anna (with Marcel Thum), "Ageing Municipalities, Gerontocracy and Fiscal Competition", European Journal of Political Economy 26 (2), 2010, 235-247

Monographs (Authorship)

2010

Montén, Anna (with Joachim Ragnitz, Christian Thater, Birgit Friedrich, Felix John), Öffentliche Abgaben als Belastungsfaktoren der Unternehmen : dargestellt am Beispiel der Region Leipzig ; Gutachten im Auftrag der Industrie- und Handelskammer (IHK) zu Leipzig, ifo Dresden Studien 56, ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Dresden, 2010 ( Abstract )

Papers in academic volumes

2011

Montén, Anna, "Arbeitskräftemigration in Europa: Es könnten viele kommen", in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel und Hans-Werner Sinn (Hrsg.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser, München, 2011, 92-93

Articles in non-refereed journals

2010

Montén, Anna (with Christian Thater), "Belastungsanalyse der Unternehmen durch kommunale Abgaben", ifo Dresden berichtet 17 (05), 2010, 11-20 ( Abstract / Download )

Montén, Anna (with Christian Thater), "Unternehmensbelastung durch kommunale Abgaben in der Stadt Leipzig", Statistischer Quartalsbericht IV/2010 [01/11], 2010, 32-38

Montén, Anna (with Christian Thater), "Ursachenanalyse für unterschiedliche kommunale Abgabenniveaus am Beispiel des Kammerbezirkes der IHK zu Leipzig", ifo Dresden berichtet 17 (04), 2010, 31-42 ( Abstract / Download )

2009

Montén, Anna, "Effizienzanalyse kommunaler Ausgaben im Freistaat Sachsen", ifo Dresden berichtet 16 (06), 2009, 3-12 ( Abstract / Download )

2008

Montén, Anna (with Mandy Kriese, Ulrike Mandalka), “Frauenbildung, Fertilität und Familienpolitik“, ifo Dresden berichtet 15 (4), 2008, 54-59 ( Abstract / Download )

2007

Montén, Anna (with Mandy Kriese, Stefan Siedentop), "Bevölkerungsentwicklung in Sachsen: Der Einfluss von Wanderungen und Geburten", ifo Dresden berichtet 14 (3), 2007, 40-45 ( Abstract / Download )

Working Papers

2010

Montén, Anna (with Christian Thater), "Determinants of efficiency in child care provision", Ifo Working Paper Nr. 83, 2010 ( Abstract / Download )

2008

Montén, Anna (with Marcel Thum), “Ageing Municipalities, Gerontocracy and Fiscal Competition”, CESifo Working Paper Series Nr. 2469, 2008 ( Abstract / Download )

Teaching

Introduction to LaTeX, Technische Universität Dresden, Summer term 2008-Winter term 2009/2010

Presentations at International Conferences

Anna Montén (with Katja Baum), "Economic and Demographic Trends in Saxony“, Atlantikbrücke e.V., 27 Sept. 2010, Meißen

Anna Montén, "Determinants of efficiency in child care provision", 24th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, 09.-12 June 2010, Essen

Anna Montén, "Determinants of efficiency in the provision of day care services", 49. European Congress of the Regional Science Association (ERSA), 25 - 29 Aug. 2009, Lodz, Poland

Anna Montén, "Spatial interdependence in local government efficiency", Western Regional Science Association 48th Annual Meeting, 22 - 25 Feb. 2009, Napa, California, USA