Dr. Benjamin Lochner studied economics at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). He received PhD scholarships from the Dieter and Erika Schumburg-Foundation and the joint graduate program of the FAU and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). He won the Hermann Gutmann award for his dissertation. He had research visits at the University of Aarhus and the University of Hong Kong. Currently, he is a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair of Macroeconomics at FAU. In addition, he is a senior researcher at the IAB. His research interests cover the fields of labor economics, macroeconomics, and labor-finance.
Gender-Specific Job Search and the Earnings Gap
How do women and men differ in their application behavior at high- and low-wage firms? How is the application behavior related to the residual gender earnings gap? Do high-wage firms compensate workers for greater flexibility requirements? How do marriage and children affect job application decisions? These questions are to be answered in this research project. For this purpose, gender-specific search behavior and the effects on the following labor market decisions are analyzed: 1) participation in the job search, 2) search intensity, 3) the decision to which firms job seekers should apply..