Dr Markus Gehrsitz
Reader
Economics
Personal statement
I am an applied micro-econometrician whose research interests include health economics, labor and education economics, the economics of law and crime, and environmental economics. I have written on the economic causes and consequences of risky behaviors, such as overeating, smoking, drug abuse, speeding, and crime. I am primarily an empiricist who utilizes the quantitative tools of applied microeconometrics and 鈥� if possible 鈥� large administrative data sets.
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Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 2019
Qualifications
2012-2016: Ph.D in Economics at the City University of New York Graduate Center (USA)
2012-2016: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
2005-2011: BA and MA in Economics at the University of Cologne (Germany)
Publications
- , Grant Sam,
- (2026)
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- Review of Economics and Statistics Vol 107, pp. 1754-1763 (2025)
- Saffer Henry, , Grossman Michael
- National Tax Journal Vol 77, pp. 787-811 (2024)
- Borbely Daniel, , , Rossi Gennaro
- Economics of Education Review Vol 103 (2024)
- Borbely Daniel, , , Rossi Gennaro, Roy Graeme
- Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Vol 85, pp. 1295-1319 (2023)
- Borbely Daniel, , , Rossi Gennaro, Roy Graeme
- British Educational Research Journal Vol 50, pp. 162-182 (2023)
Teaching
Applied Microeconometrics
Economics of Human Resources (Labor, Health, Crime)
Microeconomics
Research Interests
In particular I am interested in applied research in the following fields:
- Health Economics
- Economics of Crime
- Labor Economics
- Environmental Economics
Professional Activities
- Host
- 22/1/2026
- Speaker
- 13/1/2026
- Speaker
- 5/12/2025
- Speaker
- 26/11/2025
- Speaker
- 16/9/2025
- Invited speaker
- 10/3/2025
Projects
- Gehrsitz, Markus (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2026
- Gehrsitz, Markus (Principal Investigator) Borbely, Daniel (Co-investigator) Roy, Graeme (Co-investigator)
- ESRC Secondary Data Initiative: 拢298,116
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Gehrsitz, Markus (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Gehrsitz, Markus (Principal Investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Principal Investigator)
- Research Excellence Award (REA): 拢71,000
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
- Gehrsitz, Markus (Principal Investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Principal Investigator)
- ESRC/SGSSS Open Studentship Competition: 拢90,000
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
- Gehrsitz, Markus (Co-investigator) Traxler, Christian (Principal Investigator)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): 鈧�141,400
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2025