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Prof. Dr. Fabian T. Dehos

Assistant Professor of Economics
School of Business, Social & Decision Sciences
Email Address
fdehos@constructor.university
Office
Campus Ring 1, Research IV, Office 91
Research Interests

I am an applied Economist using the methodological toolkit of causal inference. My research interests are in health, labor, and family economics, with a particular focus on policy evaluations.

Positions

 

Since Apr 2024Assistant Professor 
Constructor University, Bremen, Germany
Jan 2017 - Mar 2024Researcher  
RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen, Germany
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024Researcher 
Heidelberg University 
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Germany
Jan 2019 - Mar 2023Researcher and Teaching Assistant  
Chair of Quantitative Methods in Economics  
Mercator School of Management 
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Oct 2014 - Dec 2016Research Assistant  
RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen, Germany
University Education
2014 - 2021 Dr. rer. oec. (Ph.D. Economics)
Ruhr University Bochum 
2013 - 2016Post-Graduate Studies
Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, Germany
Sept 2012 - Sept 2013Master of Science in Economics
University College London, UK
2008 - 2012Bachelor of Science in Economics
University of Konstanz, Germany
Publications

 

Peer-Reviewed PublicationsPublic Transport Pricing: An Evaluation of the 9-Euro Ticket and an Alternative Policy Proposal (with Mark A. Andor, Kenneth T. Gillingham, Sven Hansteen, Lukas Tomberg), Economics of Transportation, 42, 100415 (2025). 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecotra.2025.100415

The Effects of After-School Programs on Maternal Employment (with Marie Paul), Journal of Human Resources, 58 (5) 1644-1678, (2023).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.5.0120-10651R1

Underage Access to Alcohol and Its Impact on Teenage Drinking and Crime, Journal of Health Economics, 81, 102555 (2022).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102555

The Refugee Wave to Germany and Its Impact on Crime, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 88, 103640 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103640
 
Policy BriefsGesundheitliche Auswirkungen der Mutterschaft (with Marie Paul, Karolin Süß), Informationsdienst 'beziehungsweise', Austrian Institute for Family Studies (2024). https://www.oif.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_oif/beziehungsweise/2024/_bzw_Okt-Nov_2024.pdf

Germany: Luring Drivers Onto Public Transport (with Mark A. Andor, Kenneth T. Gillingham, Sven Hansteen, Lukas Tomberg), Nature, 618, 907 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02034-5 

Hat der Flüchtlingszuzug die Kriminalität erhöht? (with Katja Fels), RWI Impact Notes (2018). https://www.rwi-essen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/RWI/Publikationen/Impact_Notes/rwi_impact-note_fluechtlinge_kriminalitaet.pdf
 
Working PapersThe Impact of Family Policies on Maternal Health (with Marie Paul, Wiebke Schäfer, Karolin Süß), IZA Discussion Paper, #17998 (2025). https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/17998

Time of Change: Health Effects of Motherhood (with Marie Paul, Wiebke Schäfer, Karolin Süß), IZA Discussion Paper, #12456 (2024). https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/16942

Binge Drinking and Alcohol Related Hospital Stays – Does a Legal Drinking Age Matter for Minors? (with Anne Mensen),  Ruhr Economic Papers #958 (2022). DOI: https//doi.org/10.4419/96973122
 
Work in ProgressThe Effects of After-School Programs in Secondary Schools (with  Marie Paul and Max Schäfer)
Don’t Drink and Drive: The Short- And Long-Term Effects of Germany’s Zero Tolerance Limit for Novice Drivers (with Raffael Kamalow) 
ReportsMachbarkeitsstudie für ein Forschungsvorhaben Sonn- und Feiertagsarbeit in sog. Callcentern (with Sandra Schaffner, Philipp Breidenbach, Rebecca Fehn, Laura Janisch), RWI Projektbericht, 2017.