Dr. Micha Kaiser

Research Assistant

Consulting Hours

Any time on appointment.

Vita

2018 - 2019	Further training in Data Science and programming, MITX and HarvardX
2016 - 2018	Participation at the Ph.D. program in Economics, University of Hohenheim. Focus on Numerical Methods, Advanced Econometrics and Machine Learning
2017	Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hohenheim
08 - 09/2016	Research stay at "The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing" at the University of Oxford
	Summer Schools: University of Maine (2016), University of Macedonia (2016), Graduate School of Economics (2017), London School of Economics (2015, 2018). Topics covered: Dynamic programming, Data Science, DSGE modelling
2014	Studies of Economics, University Hohenheim, M.Sc.

Research interests

Health Economics
Health Policy Evaluation
Consumer Behavior
Econometrics, statistical methods and machine learning

Selected publications

	Kaiser, M. (2019). Benford’s law as an indicator of survey reliability – Can we trust our data? Accepted for publication in Journal of Economic Surveys.
	Kaiser, M., & Bauer, J. M. (2019). Preschool child care and child well-being in Germany: Does the migrant experience differ? Social Indicators Research, 144(3), 1367-1390.
	Sunstein, C. R., Reisch, L. A., Kaiser, M. (2018). Trusting Nudges? Lessons from an International Survey, Journal of European Public Policy. Online available at doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2018.1531912.
	Buchmann, T., Kaiser, M. (2018). The effects of R&D subsidies and network embeddedness on R&D output. Evidence from the German biotech industry, Industry & Innovation. Online available at doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2018.1438247.
	Kaiser, M., Reutter, M., Sousa-Poza, A., Strohmaier, K. (2018). Smoking and the Business Cycle. Evidence from Germany, Economics and Human Biology, 29, 138-147.
	Kaiser, M., Schiller, J., & Schreckenberger, C. (2018). The effectiveness of a population-based skin cancer screening program: evidence from Germany. The European Journal of Health Economics, 19(3), 355-367.
	Mburu, S., Kaiser, M., Sousa-Poza, A. (2017). Livestock asset dynamics among pastoralists in Northern Kenya,Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 25-2017, University of Hohenheim.
	Kaiser, M., Bauer, J. M., & Sousa-Poza, A. (2016). Does unemployment lead to a less healthy lifestyle? Applied Economics Letters, 24(12), 815-819, available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2016.1231888.