Prof. Dr. Markus Nagler

Assistant Professorship for Labor and Innovation Economics

Curriculum vitae

Markus Nagler studied economics at the University of Munich (BSc 2012), the University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, and at University College London (MSc 2013). He obtained his PhD from the University of Munich in 2018. During his dissertation, he was a visiting student at the Harvard Kennedy School and at the Department of Economics at MIT. He was also a visiting researcher at the NBER, at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, and at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE.

Since November 2019, Markus is a tenure-track assistant professor of economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His research focuses on empirical labor and innovation economics. He is affiliated with CESifo, LASER, the Schöller Foundation, and the Joachim-Herz-Foundation.

2024

Nagler M., Rincke J., Winkler E.:
Working from home, commuting, and gender
In: Journal of Population Economics 37 (2024), Article No.: 58
ISSN: 0933-1433
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-024-01035-6

2023

Hardt D., Nagler M., Rincke J.:
Tutoring in (online) higher education: Experimental evidence
In: Economics of Education Review 92 (2023), Article No.: 102350
ISSN: 0272-7757
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102350
Nagler M., Rincke J., Winkler E.:
High-Pressure, High-Paying Jobs?
In: Review of Economics and Statistics (2023), p. 1-45
ISSN: 0034-6535
DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01362
Nagler M., Schnitzer M., Watzinger M.:
Fostering the Diffusion of General Purpose Technologies: Evidence from the Licensing of the Transistor Patents*
In: Journal of Industrial Economics (2023)
ISSN: 0022-1821
DOI: 10.1111/joie.12311

2022

Hardt D., Nagler M., Rincke J.:
Can peer mentoring improve online teaching effectiveness? An RCT during the COVID-19 pandemic
In: Labour Economics 78 (2022), Article No.: 102220
ISSN: 0927-5371
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102220
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537122001075?via=ihub
(Working Paper)
Wernsdorf K., Nagler M., Watzinger M.:
ICT, collaboration, and innovation: Evidence from BITNET
In: Journal of Public Economics 211 (2022), p. 104678
ISSN: 0047-2727
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104678

2021

Furman JL., Nagler M., Watzinger M.:
Disclosure and Subsequent Innovation: Evidence from the Patent Depository Library Program
In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13 (2021), p. 239-270
ISSN: 1945-7731
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180636
(Working Paper)

2020

Nagler M., Piopiunik M., West MR.:
Weak markets, strong teachers: Recession at career start and teacher effectiveness
In: Journal of Labor Economics 38 (2020), p. 453-500
ISSN: 0734-306X
DOI: 10.1086/705883
Nagler M., Sorg S.:
The disciplinary effect of post-grant review – Causal evidence from European patent opposition
In: Research Policy 49 (2020), Article No.: 103915
ISSN: 0048-7333
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103915
Watzinger M., Fackler T., Nagler M., Schnitzer M.:
How Antitrust Enforcement Can Spur Innovation: Bell Labs and the 1956 Consent Decree
In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12 (2020), p. 328-359
ISSN: 1945-7731
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20190086
West MR., Nagler M., Piopiunik M.:
How the coronavirus crisis may improve teacher quality
In: Education Next 20 (2020)
ISSN: 1539-9672

2017

Becker SO., Nagler M., Woessmann L.:
Education and religious participation: city-level evidence from Germany’s secularization period 1890–1930
In: Journal of Economic Growth 22 (2017), p. 273-311
ISSN: 1381-4338
Open Access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10887-017-9142-2