Dr. Jakob Alfitian

 

My research lies at the nexus of management research and labor economics. In particular, I examine the causal effects of human resource management (HRM) practices on employee behavior. To this end, I conduct field experiments in collaboration with firms and analyze firm data using data science methods. A key area of interest in my research is absenteeism.

 

 

2024 - present: Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany

2018 - 2024: Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude), University of Cologne, Germany

2015 - 2018: M.Sc. Economics, University of Cologne, Germany

2012 - 2015: B.Sc. Business Administration, University of Cologne, Germany

 

 

Alfitian, Jakob, Dirk Sliwka, and Timo Vogelsang (2024). “When Bonuses Backfire: Evidence from the Workplace”. Management Science 70 (9): 6395–6414.

 

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