Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Westphal

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E-Mail: matthias.westphal

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Ausgewählte Publikationen

Peer-Reviewed Publikationen

• Schmitz, H. and Westphal, M. (2015). Short- and Medium-term Effects of Informal Care Provision on Female Caregivers’ Health. Journal of Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.03.002
• Schmitz, H. and Westphal, M. (2017). Informal Care and Long-term Labor Market Outcomes. Journal of Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.09.002
• Kamhöfer, D. A., Schmitz, H., and Westphal, M. (2019). Heterogeneity in Marginal Non-monetary Returns to Higher Education. Journal of the European Economic Association, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx058
• Westphal, M., Kamhöfer, D. A., and Schmitz, H. (2022). Marginal College Wage Premiums Under Selection Into Employment. The Economic Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac021
• Freise, D., Schmitz, H., and Westphal, M. (2022). Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities. Journal of Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102689
• Monsees, D. and Westphal, M. (2025). The Effects of Resigning GPs on Patient Healthcare Utilization and Some Implications for Health. Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4941
• Westphal, M. (2025). Becoming a teacher when teacher labor markets expand: are there adverse long-term effects on students’ learning outcomes? Education Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2025.2602505
• Hollenbach, J., Schmitz, H., and Westphal, M. (2026). Gene-environment interactions with essential heterogeneity. The Economic Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueag010
• Bergschneider, H., Kottmann, R., Schmitz, H., and Westphal, M. (2026). Retirement and cognitive abilities: Evidence from the German early retirement age reform for women. Journal of Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2026.103161
• Sonnabend, H., Westphal, M. (2026) Family first: the causal effect of family size on cultural participation. Journal of Cultural Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-026-09597-x
• Boelmann, B., Dehos, F., Westphal, M. (2026) Quasi-experimental designs. Reference Module in Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-26629-4.00245-8

Ausgewählte Arbeitspapiere

• Cygan-Rehm, K. and Westphal, M. (2024). School Starting Age and the Gender Pay Gap over the Life Cycle. CESA Working Papers. IGAS, DE.
• Krumme, A. and Westphal, M. (2025). Monetary returns to upper secondary schooling, the evolution of unobserved heterogeneity, and implications for employer learning. CESA Working Papers. IGAS, DE.