Prof. Dr. Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

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

Gebäude 24.31 Raum 01.16
Tel.: +49 211 81-14318

Educational Background
2004-2008	Doctoral Studies in economics, Munich Graduate School of Economics, Germany
2006	Visiting researcher, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
2002-2003	University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. classes, USA
2001-2004	MSc in economics (Diplom-Volkswirtin), University of Mannheim, Germany
1999-2001	Studies in economics, political sciences and environmental studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Positions
Since 9/2016	Professor, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Since 7/2013	IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor) Research Fellow
5/2009 – 8/2016	Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Applied Microeconomics, University of Bonn, Germany
3/2008 – 4/2009	Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Berlin, Germany
5/2004 – 2/2008	Research and teaching assistant, Institute for Economic Theory, University of Munich (LMU), Germany

Representative Publications
Falk, A., Kosse, F., Pinger, P., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Deckers, T., "Socio-Economic Status and Inequalities in Children’s IQ and Economic Preferences", Journal of Political Economy 129 (9) (2021), 2504–2545. Kosse, F., Deckers, T., Pinger, P., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Falk, A., "The formation of prosociality: Causal evidence on the role of social environment", Journal of Political Economy 128 (2020), 434-467. Schildberg-Hörisch, H., “Are risk preferences stable?", Journal of Economic Perspectives 32 (2018), 135-154. Gerhardt, H., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Willrodt, J., "Does self-control depletion affect risk attitudes?", European Economic Review 100 (2017), 463-487. Kube, S., Khachatryan, E., Schaube, S. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H.,"Institution formation and cooperation with heterogeneous agents", European Economic Review 78 (2015), 248-268. Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Is the veil of ignorance only a concept about risk? An experiment", Journal of Public Economics 94 (2010),1062–1066.

Representative Publications

Falk, A., Kosse, F., Pinger, P., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Deckers, T., "Socio-Economic Status and Inequalities in Children’s IQ and Economic Preferences", Journal of Political Economy 129 (9) (2021), 2504–2545.
Kosse, F., Deckers, T., Pinger, P., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Falk, A., "The formation of prosociality: Causal evidence on the role of social environment", Journal of Political Economy 128 (2020), 434-467.
Schildberg-Hörisch, H., “Are risk preferences stable?", Journal of Economic Perspectives 32 (2018), 135-154.
Gerhardt, H., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Willrodt, J., "Does self-control depletion affect risk attitudes?", European Economic Review 100 (2017), 463-487.
Kube, S., Khachatryan, E., Schaube, S. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H.,"Institution formation and cooperation with heterogeneous agents", European Economic Review 78 (2015), 248-268.
Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Is the veil of ignorance only a concept about risk? An experiment", Journal of Public Economics 94 (2010),1062–1066.

Recent Research
Petrishcheva, V., Riener, G. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Loss aversion in social image concerns", forthcoming Experimental Economics. Cobb-Clark, D., Dahmann, S., Kamhöfer, D. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "The predictive power of self-control for life outcomes", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 197 (2022), 725-744. Cobb-Clark, D., Dahmann, S., Kamhöfer, D. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Determinants of self-control", IZA Discussion Paper 15175. Trieu, C., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Willrodt, J., "Perceived Fairness and Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies", IZA Discussion Paper 13202. Falk, A., Kosse, F., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Zimmermann, F., "Self-Assessment: The Role of the Social Environment", CESifo Working Paper No. 8308. Kiessling, L., Chowdhury, S., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Sutter M., "Parental paternalism and patience", IZA DP 14030. Cobb-Clark, D., Dahmann, S., Kamhöfer, D. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Sophistication about self-control", IZA DP 14609.

Recent Research

Petrishcheva, V., Riener, G. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Loss aversion in social image concerns", forthcoming Experimental Economics.
Cobb-Clark, D., Dahmann, S., Kamhöfer, D. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "The predictive power of self-control for life outcomes", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 197 (2022), 725-744.
Cobb-Clark, D., Dahmann, S., Kamhöfer, D. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Determinants of self-control", IZA Discussion Paper 15175.
Trieu, C., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Willrodt, J., "Perceived Fairness and Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies", IZA Discussion Paper 13202.
Falk, A., Kosse, F., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Zimmermann, F., "Self-Assessment: The Role of the Social Environment", CESifo Working Paper No. 8308.
Kiessling, L., Chowdhury, S., Schildberg-Hörisch, H. & Sutter M., "Parental paternalism and patience", IZA DP 14030.
Cobb-Clark, D., Dahmann, S., Kamhöfer, D. & Schildberg-Hörisch, H., "Sophistication about self-control", IZA DP 14609.

Teaching and Research Interests
Applied microeconomics Economics and psychology Public economics Experimental economics Applied microeconometrics

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