Jan Sauermann

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Jan Sauermann is PhD-student and researcher at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University. He holds a Diploma in Economics from Mannheim University where he graduated in 2004. Before joining ROA, he worked at the Halle Institute for Economic Research as research associate. Jan is affiliated with the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and the Network Social Innovation (NSI).
Jan's research focuses on labour economics and applied micro-econometrics. He is interested in topics such as the effects of work-related training, learning-on-the-job, incentives, and peer effects in the workplace.

Recent papers

Andries de Grip, Jan Sauermann, Inge Sieben (2011). The role of peers in estimating tenure-performance profiles: Evidence from personnel data, ROA-RM-2011/14

Andries De Grip, Jan Sauermann, Inge Sieben (2008). Human Capital Investments and Technology Use in Call Centres.

Jan Sauermann (2006). Who Invests in Training if Contracts are Temporary? Empirical Evidence for Germany Using Selection Correction, IWH-Discussion Paper 14/06.

Recent publications

Andries de Grip, Jan Sauermann (2011). The effects of training on own and co-worker productivity: evidence from a field experiment, The Economic Journal, Forthcoming (working paper version: ROA-RM-2011/9).

Lex Borghans, Margo Romans, Jan Sauermann (2010). What makes a good conference? Analysing the preferences of labour economists, Labour Economics, 17(5), pp. 868-874 (working paper version: ROA-RM-2010/5).

Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge, Jan Sauermann (2010). What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 19(5), pp. 407-421 (working paper version: ROA-RM-2008/6).

Eva Reinowski, Jan Sauermann (2008). Hat die Befristung von Arbeitsverträgen einen Einfluss auf die Weiterbildung geringqualifiziert beschäftigter Personen?, Journal for Labour Market Research 41(4), pp. 489-499.

Recent Dutch publications

Andries de Grip, Jan Sauermann (2011). Het effect van ervaring op productiviteit, Economisch Statistische Berichten, jaargang 96 (4621).

Andries De Grip, Didier Fouarge, Jan Sauermann (2009). De betekenis van internationale mobiliteit en allochtone bètatechnici voor de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt, PlatformPocket 9, Den Haag: Platform Bètatechniek.