Johannes Schmieder

Professor of Economics

Boston University

My research focuses on labor economics, with particular emphasis on unemployment insurance, job displacement, wage dynamics, and the effects of labor market institutions on employment outcomes.

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Working Papers (2)

fevc: Leave-out bias-corrected variance decompositions in StataWorking Paper

Johannes Schmieder

October 2026

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Geschlechtsspezifische Arbeitsmarktwirkung der Covid-19-PandemieWorking Paper

Hannah Illing, Michael Oberfichtner, Nico Pestel, Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle

IAB Kurzbericht, 2022

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Publications (23)

When Institutions Interact: How the Effects of Unemployment Insurance are Shaped by Retirement PoliciesConditionally accepted

Matthew Gudgeon, Pablo Guzman, Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle, Han Ye

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, conditionally accepted, 2026

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Job Search, Unemployment Insurance and Active Labor Market ProgramsPublished

Thomas Le Barbanchon, Johannes F. Schmieder, Andrea Weber

Handbook of Labor Economics, 5th edition, 2024

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The Effects of UI Caseworkers on Job Search EffortPublished

Amelie Schiprowski, Julia Schmidtke, Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle

American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 114: 567-571, 2024

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The Gender Gap in Earnings Losses after Job DisplacementPublished

Hannah Illing, Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle

Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 22, Issue 5: 2108-2147, 2024

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The Costs of Job Displacement over the Business Cycle and Its Sources: Evidence from GermanyPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter, Joerg Heining

American Economic Review, Vol. 113, No. 5: 1208-1254, 2023

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Establishment Age and WagesPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder

Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 233, Issue 2: 424-442, 2023

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Inequality and Income Dynamics in GermanyPublished

Moritz Drechsel-Grau, Andreas Peichl, Johannes F. Schmieder, Kai D. Schmid, Hannes Walz, Stefanie Wolter

Quantitative Economics, Vol. 13, Issue 4: 1593-1635, 2022

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Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in GermanyPublished

Stefano DellaVigna, Joerg Heining, Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 137, Issue 2: 1181-1232, 2022

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Disincentive Effects of Unemployment Benefits and the Role of CaseworkersPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 182, 2020

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Optimal Income Taxation with Unemployment and Wage Responses: A Sufficient Statistics ApproachPublished

Kory Kroft, Kavan Kucko, Etienne Lehmann, Johannes F. Schmieder

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 12(1): 254-292, 2020

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The Effect of Infrastructure on Worker Mobility: Evidence from High-Speed Rail Expansion in GermanyPublished

Daniel F. Heuermann, Johannes F. Schmieder

Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 19, Issue 2: 335-372, 2019

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The Rise of Domestic Outsourcing and the Evolution of the German Wage StructurePublished

Deborah Goldschmidt, Johannes F. Schmieder

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 132, No. 3: 1165-1217, 2017

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Reference-Dependent Job Search: Evidence from HungaryPublished

Stefano DellaVigna, Attila Lindner, Balazs Reizer, Johannes F. Schmieder

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 132, No. 4: 1969-2018, 2017

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A Context-robust Measure of the Disincentive Cost of Unemployment InsurancePublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter

American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 5: 343-348, 2017

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Identifying Couples in Administrative DataPublished

Deborah Goldschmidt, Wolfram Klosterhuber, Johannes F. Schmieder

Journal for Labor Market Research, Vol. 5, No. 1: 29-43, 2017

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The Effects of Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence and InterpretationPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 8: 547-581, 2016

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The Effect of Unemployment Benefits and Nonemployment Durations on WagesPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter, Stefan Bender

American Economic Review, Vol. 106, No. 3: 739-777, 2016

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Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover: Evidence from German Administrative DataPublished

Tanja Hethey-Maier, Johannes F. Schmieder

Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 133, No. 4: 477-510, 2013

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The Longterm Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on EmploymentPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter, Stefan Bender

American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 102, No. 3: 520-525, 2012

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The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates over 20 YearsPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter, Stefan Bender

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 127, No. 2: 701-752, 2012

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Does Wage Persistence Matter for Employment Fluctuations? Evidence from Displaced WorkersPublished

Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 2, No. 3: 1-21, 2010

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Air Pollution and Infant Health: Lessons from New JerseyPublished

Janet Currie, Matthew Neidell, Johannes F. Schmieder

Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 28, No. 3: 688-703, 2009

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Fetal Exposures to Toxic Releases and Infant HealthPublished

Janet Currie, Johannes F. Schmieder

American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 99, No. 2: 177-183, 2009

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Work in Progress (6)

Why do Firms Outsource? Evidence from Norway

Work in Progress

Johannes F. Schmieder, Benjamin Schoefer, Marte Strom, Mirjam Wentzel

Domestic Outsourcing in the United States

Work in Progress

David Dorn, Johannes F. Schmieder, Jim Spletzer, Lee Tucker

The Effects of Franchising on Workers: Evidence from the United States

Work in Progress

Rosemary Batt, Andrew Green, Savannah Kochinke, Johannes F. Schmieder

Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies using a Spatial Regression Discontinuity DesignWork in Progress

Daniel F. Heuermann, Johannes F. Schmieder, Philipp vom Berge

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Do Employment Dynamics Explain the Black-White Earnings Gap? The Dual Roles of the Wage and Separation Gaps

Work in Progress

Adrien Bilal, Savannah Kochinke, Johannes F. Schmieder, Lily Seitelman

Job Separations and Income Inequality

Work in Progress

Adrien Bilal, Joerg Heining, Hugo Lhullier, Johannes F. Schmieder