| Date/year of birth |
1965 in Schwerte/Ruhr, Germany |
| Marital status |
Married |
| Academic qualification |
2005 venia legendi for Econometrics and Statistics from the department of Economics and Business Administration of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Title of habilitation thesis: „Determinants of social assistance – Econometric studies concerning incentive ethics and simultaneity in means-tested benefits“ (in German)“ |
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1999 Ph.D. at the department of Economics and Business Administration, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Title of doctoral thesis: „Hybrid models for cross-section data“ (in German) |
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1992 Diploma in statistics (TU Dortmund University) |
| Current occupation |
Professor of Econometrics and Statistics at Osnabrück University |
| Previous positions |
Chief econometrician and –statistician at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (2005-2008) |
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Senior researcher and lecturer (similar to assistant professor) at the Chair of Econometrics, Department of Economics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (1999-2005) |
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Research and teaching assistant at the Chair of Econometrics, Department of Economics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (1994-1999) |
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Research and teaching assistant at the Chair of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (1992-1994) |
| Referee |
Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, Economics Letters, Empirical Economics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Statistical Papers, Schmollers Jahrbuch – Journal of Applied Science Studies |
