Steffen Sirries updated: February 25, 2015 University of Bayreuth Universitätsstr. 30 D-95447 Bayreuth B steffen.sirries@gmail.com Research Assistant Chair of Empirical Economics Personal Born April 5th 1984 in Erkelenz, Germany Citizenship German Research Interests International Trade and Migration, especially New Quantitative Trade Models and Structural Estimation. Applied Econometrics, especially Program Evaluation Methods, Identification Strategies, and Research Design. Education since 10/2011 PhD Student, University of Bayreuth, Economics, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mario Larch. 12/2009 04/2012 PhD Student, RWTH Aachen University, Economics, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Urban (*21.12.1968 07.03.2011). 10/2003 11/2009 Diploma (M.Sc. Administration. equiv.), RWTH Aachen University, Business 09/1994 06/2003 Abitur, Cusanus Gymnasium Erkelenz. Refereed Publications Exchange Market Pressure and Monetary Policy in Emerging Market Economies - New Evidence from Treatment-Effects Estimations (with Christian Bauer, Alexander Erler und Bernhard Herz), Review of Development Economics, forthcoming. Heterogeneous Firms, Globalization and the Distance Puzzle, (with Mario Larch, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Dieter Urban) - The World Economy, forthcoming. Working Papers and Work in Progress International Trade and Migration: A Quantitative Framework, with Mario Larch - in progress. Electoral Rules, Opposition and Defeated: Effects on Politician Behavior, with Simon Loretz and Philipp Wollburg - in progress.
Employment Effects of Offshoring and FDI - Comparing Measures and Methods, with Dieter Urban and Christoph Moser - mimeo. Conference Presentations 09/2014 16 th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), LMU Munich and Ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich, Germany. 09/2014 Annual Meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik 2014, Helmut- Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg, Germany. 08/2014 29 th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA), Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France. 03/2014 5 th Workshop "Economic Geography and International Trade (EGIT)", Ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich, Germany. 02/2014 16 th Goettinger Workshop "Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen", Georg-August-Universität Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. 09/2013 15 th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 08/2013 28 th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. 09/2012 14 th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), Université Catholique de Louvain, Leuven, Belgium. 04/2011 4 th User Conference of the Research Data Center (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA), Institute of Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany. 11/2010 International Workshop on "Global and Local Firm Linkages. Micro-level Evidence on the Structure and Dynamics of Enterprise Activity", IAW (Institut fuer angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung e.v.), Tuebingen, Germany. 09/2010 12 th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. 03/2010 MAGKS Doktorandenkolloquium (Economics Ph.D. colloquium of the universities of Marburg, Aachen, Giessen, Goettingen, Kassel, and Siegen), Rauischolzhausen, Germany. Invited Seminar Talks 04/2014 Research Seminar of the School of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. 03/2013 Research Seminar of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics, IFN Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Participation in third-party funded projects 2011 2014 Gravity with Unemployment: Empirical Analysis of the Effects of International Trade in the Presence of Labor Market Imperfections, Prof. Dr. Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth, funded by German Research Foundation (DFG). 2010/2011 Optimal Complexity of Production Processes: A Non-Parametric and Atomistic Model of Production, Prof. Dr. Urban and Prof. Dr. Kampker, RWTH Aachen University IMP Projekthaus, funded by German Research Foundation (DFG). since 10/2011 Experience Vocational Research Assistant, Chair of Empirical Economics, Prof. Dr. Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth. 12/2009 04/2012 Research Assistant, Chair of Applied Economics with Empirical Focus, Prof. Dr. Dieter Urban, RWTH Aachen University. since 2010 since 2010 Lecturer, Haus der Technik e.v. (dep. of the RWTH Aachen University. Lecturer, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. 09/2009 12/2009 Student Assistant, Chair of Applied Economics with Empirical Focus, Prof. Dr. Dieter Urban, RWTH Aachen University. 04/2009 09/2009 Student Assistant, Chair of International Economics, Prof. Dr. Oliver Lorz, RWTH Aachen University. 01/2009 05/2009 Student Assistant, Chair of Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Madlener, EON Energy Research Center, RWTH Aachen University. 01/2006 12/2009 Executive Assistant, Autohaus Sirries GmbH & Co. KG, Erkelenz, Automotive Retail. Teaching 2014/15 Lectures and Tutorials in Econometrics of Panel Data and Time Series, University of Bayreuth, undergraduate 2014/15 Seminar in Empirical International Trade, University of Bayreuth. 2014/15 Seminar in International Migration, University of Bayreuth. 2014/15 Lecture in Methods and Techniques of Economics, University of Bayreuth, undergraduate 2014 Seminar in International Migration, University of Bayreuth. 2013/14 Lectures and Tutorials in Econometrics of Panel Data and Time Series, University of Bayreuth, undergraduate 2013/14 Seminar in Distribution of Economic Activity over Space, University of Bayreuth. 2013 Seminar in International Migration, University of Bayreuth. 2013 Lectures in Introductory Econometrics, Haus der Technik e.v. (dep. of the RWTH Aachen University), undergraduate
2012/13 Tutorials in Econometrics of Panel Data and Time Series, University of Bayreuth, undergraduate 2012 Lectures in Introductory Econometrics, University of Bayreuth, undergraduate 2012 Tutorials in Econometrics, University of Bayreuth, undergraduate 2012 Tutorials in Empirical Labor Economics, University of Bayreuth, graduate 2011/12 Tutorials in Econometrics of Panel Data and Time Series, University of Bayreuth, undergraduate 2011/12 Lectures in Introductory Econometrics, Haus der Technik e.v. (dep. of the RWTH Aachen University), undergraduate 2010/11 Lectures and Tutorials in Econometrics, RWTH Aachen University, graduate 2010/11 Lectures in Introductory Econometrics, Haus der Technik e.v. (dep. of the RWTH Aachen University), undergraduate 2010/11 Lectures and Tutorials in Applied Econometrics, RWTH Aachen University, undergraduate 2010 Seminar in Applied Labor Econometrics, RWTH Aachen University. 2010 Tutorials in Multinational Enterprises, RWTH Aachen University, undergraduate 2010 Tutorials in Introductory Macroeconomics, RWTH Aachen University, undergraduate 2010 Lectures in Introductory Microeconomics, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, undergraduate 2009/10 Tutorials in Treatment Evaluation Methods, RWTH Aachen University, graduate 2009/10 Tutorials in Applied Econometrics, RWTH Aachen University, undergraduate 2009 Tutorials in Intermediate Microeconomics, RWTH Aachen University, undergraduate Awards and Scholarships 2014 Verein für Socialpolitik Award for Presentation at International Scientific Conferences.. Ph.D. Courses, Seminars and Workshops 2013 The Economics of Migration, by Christian Dustmann. 2011 International Trade Theory and Policy (within Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics), by Peter Egger. 2011 Econometric Methods to Estimate Causal Effects, by Sascha O. Becker. 2010 Introductory Data Analysis with R, by Holger Steinmetz. 2010 Lectures on Evaluation Methods, by Guido Imbens.
2010 4th Annual Meeting of the Impact Evaluation Network (IEN), University of Miami. 2010 Empirical Economics, by Bernd Hayo. 2010 Finance, Growth and Business Cycles, by Michael Klein. 2010 Advanced Econometrics, by Dieter Urban. 2010 Lectures on Cartels, by Joe Harrington. 2009 Topics in Industrial Organization, by Georg Goetz. Languages German English Latin native fluent Latinum Microsoft Office, LaTeX STATA, GRETL, GAMS, MATLAB Computer Skills excellent excellent R, EViews, SPSS good command Interests trekking, snowsports, tennis, mountainbiking and experimental music