Welcome!

I am a PhD-Student at the Ruhr-University Bochum. I work at the chair of Social Policy and Public Economics of Prof. Dr. Zohal Hessami. Before starting the PhD, I was working as an economist at the German Economic Institute in Cologne. I hold a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Cologne.

My research is on local political economy, political selection, and migration. In particular, I examine the role of politician’s characteristics on local spending and on electoral outcomes. I use fine-grained data and micro-econometric methods to establish causal relationships.