Dr. Fabian Könings
Office: Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, Room 5.13, 5th floor
Phone: +49 (0) 3641 / 9-43233
Fax: +49 (0) 3641 /9-43232
Email: Fabian.Koenings@uni-jena.de
Office hours: by appointment
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Research Interests
- Economics of Education
- Development Economics
- Migration
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Education
- 01/2022–03/2022
Postdoc in Economics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena - 04/2017–12/2021
PhD Candidate in Economics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena - 10/2014–04/2017
Master of Science, Economics, Leipzig University - 08/2010–12/2013
Bachelor of Science, Economics, University of Mannheim - 07/2012–11/2012
Visiting Student, School of Economics, University of Adelaide
- 01/2022–03/2022
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Publications
- Coming to stay or to go? Stay intention and involved uncertainty of international students External link(with T. Haussen, S. Toepfer, and S. Uebelmesser) (2021), Journal of Regional Science 61(2), 329-351.
- Economics education, childhood socialization, and the transmission of allocation preferencesExternal link (with B. Suessmuth and B. Gawellek) (2021), International Review of Economics Education 38, 100224.
- Framing of economic news and policy support during a pandemic: Evidence from a survey experimentExternal link (with P. Bareinz) (2022), European Journal of Political Economy, 102249 (online first).
- Non-academic involvement of international students and its role for academic progress (J. Peter and S. Uebelmesser) (2022) im Erscheinen in Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung
- University rankings as information source: do they play a different role for domestic and international students?External link (with G. Di Meo and S. Uebelmesser) (2020), Applied Economics 52(59), 6432-6447.
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Working Papers
- Can there be Too Much Information? Heterogenous Responses to Information from Language ProficiencyExternal link, Jena Economic Research Papers (JERP) 2021-016, Jena, 2021.
- Accounting for intergenerational social immobility in low- and middle-income countriesExternal link (with J. Schwab), Jena Economic Research Papers (JERP) 2020-008, Jena, 2020. (R&R: Journal of Human Resources)
- Can there be Too Much Information? Heterogenous Responses to Information from Language ProficiencyExternal link, Jena Economic Research Papers (JERP) 2021-016, Jena, 2021.
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Work in Progress
- Does information on an implemented policy simplifying international students' labor market entrance increase international students' intention to stay in the host country?
- New national socialist terror in Germany and its effect on political and social attitudes - A matching approach (with P. Bareinz)
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Conferences and Workshops
- 2021
- Verein für Socialpolitik - Jahrestagung (online, September 2021)*
- EEA-ESEM Congress (European Economic Association) (online, August 2021)*
- 77th Annual Congress of the IIPF (online, August 2021)*
- SMYE (Spring Meeting of Young Economists) (online, June 2021)
- GCEE (SVR Wirtschaft) Staff Member Seminar (online, February 2021)*
- Empirical Micro Workshop (online, January 2021)* - 2020
- Verein für Socialpolitik - Jahrestagung (online, September 2020)
- 76th Annual Congress of the IIPF (online, August 2020)
- Empirical Micro Workshop (online, July 2020)
- ZEW Public Finance Conference - Mutual Review Process (online, May 2020)
- Annual Meeting of the EPCS (Lucerne, April 2020) cancelled due to Corona
- CGDE - Doctoral Workshop (Halle, March 2020) - cancelled due to Corona
- Jena Economic Research Workshop (Jena, February 2020) - 2019
- 18. Finanzwissenschaftliches Seminar (Berlin, December 2019)
- Empirical Micro Workshop (Jena, December 2019)
- 9th ifo Dresden Workshop on Regional Economics (Dresden, September 2019)
- 75th Annual Congress of the IIPF (Glasgow, August 2019)
- ESPE - Annual Conference (Bath, June 2019)
- Development Economics Seminar (Göttingen, April 2019)
- Conference on Skilled Migration and Labor Shortage in Non-Metropolitan Areas (Jena, March 2019)
- Empirical Micro Workshop (Leipzig, March 2019)*
- CGDE - Doctoral Workshop (Leipzig, March 2019)
- Paris School of Economics Applied Lunch Seminar (Paris, February 2019)* - 2018
- PEGNet Conference 2018 (Cotonou, October 2018)
- 20th INFER Annual Conference (Göttingen, September 2018)
- Verein für Socialpolitik - Jahrestagung (Freiburg, September 2018)
- 12th Summer Academy on 'Innovation and Uncertainty' (Jena, July 2018)
- Volkswirtschaftsliches Doktorandenseminar (Leipzig, July 2018)
- Development Studies Association 2018 Conference (Manchester, June 2018)
- Empirical Micro Workshop (Bamberg, June 2018) - 2017
- Jena Economic Research Workshop (Jena, November 2017)
- Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik - Research Seminar (Bonn, October 2017)
- Empircal Micro Workshop (Leipzig, July 2017)
* co-author presented
- 2021
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Media Coverage
- Research on Framing of Economic News During the Corona Crisis: https://www.uni-jena.de/210415_CoronaExperimentFramingExternal link (only available in German)
- Presentation of "Accounting for Intergenerational Social Mobility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: https://germanyinafrica.diplo.de/zadz-en/-/2156680External link (German Version: https://www.dandc.eu/de/article/gute-bildung-fuer-alle-hilft-soziale-ungleichheit-zu-ueberwindenExternal link)
- Research on International Student Migration in Thuringia: https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/wirtschaft/bachelor-studenten-bleibengern-in-thueringen-id224645701.htmlExternal link (only available in German)
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Teaching
Bachelor level
- Tutorial Basismodul Finanzwissenschaft (Introcudtion to Public Economics)
- Tutorial Vertiefungsmodul Finanzwissenschaft (Advanced Public Economics)
- Organisation and Supervision of Bachelor Seminars with varying topics, e.g. causal inference, recent topics in public economics
- Tutorial Makroökonomik (Introduction to Macroeconomics) [Leipzig University]
Master level
- Lecture and Tutorial Advanced Public Economics II: Education Economics
- Tutorial Advanced Public Economics IV: Education and Population Economics
- Organisation and Supervision of Master Seminars with varying topics, e.g. causal inference, recent topics in public economics
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Additional Positions
- Since 09/2021
Referee for Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung - 10/2019–09/2022
Elected PhD representative in faculty council - Since 05/2020
Mentor for international students
- Since 09/2021