Benjamin Elsner

Research Fellow

University College Dublin

benjamin.elsner@ucd.ie

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Ben Elsner is Assistant Professor of Economics at University College Dublin.

He is an applied microeconomist with particular interest in education, migration, and microeconometrics. His work has been published in the Journal of International Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics and the Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics.

Before joining UCD in 2018, Ben spent five years at IZA as a Senior Research Associate. He remains involved with IZA as Deputy Director of the program area "Mobility and Migration" and became a Research Fellow in 2018.

Ben holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin, and a Diplom/M.A. from the University of Regensburg/Germany.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15850

Forced Migration and Social Cohesion: Evidence from the 2015/16 Mass Inflow in Germany

Emanuele Albarosa, Benjamin Elsner

R&R at World Development

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14718

Air Pollution Affects Decision-Making: Evidence from the Ballot Box

Luna Bellani, Stefano Ceolotto, Benjamin Elsner, Nico Pestel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14320

Achievement Rank Affects Performance and Major Choices in College

Benjamin Elsner, Ingo E. Isphording, Ulf Zölitz

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 640 (131), 3182 - 3206.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13676

Immigration and Redistribution

Benjamin Elsner, Jeff Concannon

forthcoming in: Robert M. Sauer (ed.): Encyclopedia of Global Migration

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11725

Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State

Arnaud Chevalier, Benjamin Elsner, Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel

revised version conditionally accepted as 'Forced Migration and Local Public Policies: Evidence from Post-War West Germany' in: Journal of the European Economic Association

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11408

The Human Capital Cost of Radiation: Long-Run Evidence from Exposure Outside the Womb

Benjamin Elsner, Florian Wozny

published as 'Long-run exposure to low-dose radiation reduces cognitive performance' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 118, 102785

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11033

Tax Refunds and Income Manipulation Evidence from the EITC

Florian Buhlmann, Benjamin Elsner, Andreas Peichl

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2018, 25(6), 1490-1518

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10275

The Gain from the Drain: Skill-biased Migration and Global Welfare

Costanza Biavaschi, Michal Burzynski, Benjamin Elsner, Joël Machado

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, 102317; Substantially revised version here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9478

Rank, Sex, Drugs, and Crime

Benjamin Elsner, Ingo E. Isphording

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53(2), 356-381