Empirical Public Economics
Professor Steiner's research interests are in the area of Applied Microeconometrics, in particular in Public Economics and Labor Economics. More specifically, his interests lie in the development and application of microeconometric and microsimulation models for the empirical analyses of the allocation and distribution effects of economic policies. Examples include tax reforms, disincentive effects of the welfare state, active labor market programs, education and training programs. His articles have appeared in journals like the Review of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Labour Economics, the German Economic Review and others.
