Dr. Jana Willrodt

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany

Building 24.31 Room 01.11

Tel.: +49 211 81-10235

Educational Background
10/2012 - 12/2018	Dr. rer. pol., Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn
10/2010 - 09/2012	M.Sc. Economics, University of Bonn
04/2008 - 09/2010	B.Sc. Volkswirtschaftslehre (Economics), University of Bonn

Positions
Since 10/2017	Research Associate, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf (parental leaves in 2019/20 and 2021/22)
10/2016 - 09/2017	Research Associate, Institute for Applied Microeconomics, University of Bonn
10/2015 - 06/2016	Research Assistant for Prof. Dr. Ulrike Malmendier
10/2014 - 02/2016	Various Teaching Assistant Positions, University of Bonn
02/2012 - 05/2012	Internship (Deutsche Telekom AG, Market Research Europe)
07/2010 - 01/2012	Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Institute for Empirical Economics, University of Bonn

Representative Publications
Dohmen, T., S. Quercia. & J. Willrodt (2023), "A note on salience of own preferences and the consensus effect", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 209, p.15-21. Gerhardt, H., H. Schildberg-Hörisch & J. Willrodt (2017), "Does self-control depletion affect risk attitudes?", European Economic Review 100, p. 463-487.

Recent Research

On the Psychology of the Relation between Optimism and Risk Taking." (with Thomas Dohmen & Simone Quercia; forthcoming at Journal of Risk and Uncertainty); Working paper version: IZA DP No. 15763, 2022.
Perceived Fairness and Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies (with Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Marco Schwarz & Chi Trieu; forthcoming at The Economic Journal; Working Paper version: "Perceived Fairness and Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies", DICE DP No.338.)
Preferences for Affirmative Action (with Sabrina Herzog, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch & Chi Trieu, mimeo)

Teaching and Research Interests
Behavioral Economics Experimental Economics Formation and Malleability of Preferences and Beliefs

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