Dr. Fabian Paetzel April, 2014 Senior Researcher fpaetzel@uni-bremen.de Personal Information Dr. Fabian Paetzel Centre for Social Policy Research Mary-Somerville-Str. 5 28359 Bremen, Germany Married, two daughters Tel: +49 (421) 218 58582 Fax: +49 (421) 218 58624 fpaetzel@uni-bremen.de Current Position Senior Researcher (Akademischer Rat) Centre for Social Policy Research, Administrator of Experimental Laboratory Department of Economics, 2011 - present 2011 - present Education Visiting scholar at University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria by Prof. Rupert Sausgruber Oct 2012 - Nov 2012 Bremen, Germany PhD student in Economics Jan 2007 - Jan 2011 PhD Thesis: Inequality, Growth and Social Preferences Degree: Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude) Sino-German Summer School of Experimental Economics Chengdu, China by Prof. Reinhard Selten, Prof. Rosemarie Nagel and Prof. Fangfang Tang. Oct 2008 - Oct 2008 Barcelona LeeX Summer School in Experimental Macroeconomics Barcelona, Spain by Prof. John Duffy, Prof. Rosemarie Nagel and Prof. Frank Heinemann. Jul 2007 - Jul 2007 Strategic Intercation Group: Spring Workshop Jena, Germany by Prof. Werner Güth. Mar 2007 - Mar 2007 University of Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden Visiting Student in Economics Aug 2005 - Feb 2006 Kiel, Germany Graduate student in Economics Oct 2001 - Oct 2006 Diploma Thesis: Wage subsidies (supervisor: Prof. Dennis Snower) Degree: Diploma in Economics with distinction
Awards and Scholarships Nominated for German Thesis Award Hamburg, Germany Köber-Stiftung Jul 2012 - Jul 2012 Scholarship for Nobel-prize meeting Lindau, Germany Lindau Foundation Aug 2011 - Aug 2011 Scholarship for Sino-German Summer School Bonn, Germany University of Bonn Oct 2008 - Oct 2008 Work Experience Student assistent at the chair of Macroeconomics Support of the research group Jan 2005 - Nov 2006 Research-project at the chair of Innovation Management Research projects in innovation management Mar 2006 - Apr 2006 Entrepreneurship-project at the chair of Innovation Management Student project in innovation management Sep 2004 - Apr 2005 Internship in the Ministry of Economics Schleswig-Holstein Research projects in labor economics Aug 2004 - Oct 2004 Teacher at school Kiel Subjects: Math and Sports Oct 2002 - Oct 2004 Presentations and Talks Research Seminar at University of Giessen Giessen, Germany Title: Dynamic Effects of Redistribution: A Real-Effort Experiment Jan 2013 Annual Congress of European Economic Association Malaga, Spain Title: Inequality, Social Preferences, and Growth: Some Experimental Evidence Aug 2012 New York, USA Title: Dynamic Effects of Redistribution: A Real-effort Experiment Jun 2012 Seminar of Public Finance Wuppertal, Germany Title: Reaching for the Stars: An Experimental Study of Social Approval Jan 2012 Chicago, USA Title: Reaching for the Stars: An Experimental Study of Social Approval Jul 2011 Workshop: Positive and Normative Aspects of Distributive Justice Bremen, Germany Title: Inequality and Growth: Are Social Preferences the Transmission? Mar 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark Title: Inequality, Social Preferences, and Growth Jul 2010 Seminar of Public Finance Marburg, Germany Title: Inequality, Social Preferences, and Growth: A Macro-experiment Jun 2009 Invited Talk at the University of Clausthal Clausthal, Germany Title: Inequality, Social Preferences, and Growth: A Macro-experiment Dec 2008
3rd Nordic Conference of Exp. and Behavioral Economics Copenhagen, Denmark Title: Inequality, Social Preferences, and Growth: A Macro-experiment Nov 2008 GfeW-Conference Mannheim, Germany Title: Inequality and Growth: Are Social Preferences the Transmission? Oct 2008 European Regional Meeting of Economic Science Association Lyon, France Title: Inequality and Growth: Are Social Preferences the Transmission? Sep 2008 LABSI International Conference Salerno, Italy Title: Inequality, Social Preferences, and Growth: Some Experimental Findings Sep 2008 Conference: Dynamics of Human Happiness Bremen, Germany Title: Inequality, Social Preferences, and Growth: A Macro-experiment Sep 2008 Teaching Lecture and classes: Growth Theory Level: Bachelor, Diploma Spring 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 Seminar: Experimental Research in Decision Making Level: Master, PhD Fall 2012 Lecture: International Economics School of Management Science, Bremen Level: Bachelor Spring 2009, Spring 2008 Seminar: Public Finance Level: Diploma Fall 2008 Seminar: Tax Theory Level: Diploma Spring 2008 Classes for: Introduction of Macroeconomics Level: Bachelor Fall 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 Classes for: Social Policy Level: Master Fall 2010, Fall 2009 Classes for: Public Finance Level: Master Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007 Languages and Computer Skills Languages: - Native speaker in German - Fluent in English - Basics in Spanish and Swedish Computer Skills: - Mathematica, Stata, Limdep, MatLab, SPSS - LaTeX, HTML - z-tree
Publications Papers Social Preferences and Voting on Reform An Experimental Study (2014), [jointly with Rupert Sausgruber and Stefan Traub]. (Accepted for publication in the European Economic Review) Lorenz J, Paetzel F, Schweitzer F (2013): Redistribution Spurs Growth by Using a Portfolio Effect on Risky Human Capital. PLoS ONE 8(2): e54904. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054904. Dissertation Ungleichheit, Wachstum und Soziale Präferenzen (2011), Campus Verlag, Frankfurt und New York. Working Papers Reaching for the Stars: An Experimental Study of the Consumption Value of Social Approval (2012), [jointly with Matthias Greiff]. (Revise and resubmit, B Journal) Skewness-adjusted Social Preferences as a Transmission Channel between Inequality and Growth: Experimental Evidence on Elite-behavior (2012), [jointly with Stefan Traub]. (Under review, B Journal) The Importance of Knowing Your Own Reputation (2012), [jointly with Matthias Greiff]. (Under review, B Journal) Equity and Equality in Voting on Redistribution: A Real-effort Experiment (2012), [jointly with Bernhard Kittel and Stefan Traub]. (Under review, B+ Journal) Work in progress Social Identity and its consequences, [jointly with Diana Gaspari and Rupert Sausgruber]. Dynamic Effects of Redistribution: A Real-effort Experiment, [jointly with Bernhard Kittel and Stefan Traub]. Income redistribution by collective decisions about a minimal tax-free income, [jointly with Markus Tepe and Jan Lorenz]. Redistribution and Need, [jointly with Bernhard Kittel and Stefan Traub]. Skewness-adjusted Social Preferences: Elite-behavior. Non-refereed Articles Soziale Präferenzen als Transmissionskanal zwischen Ungleichheit und Wachstum: Ein makroökonomisches Laborexperiment, ZeS report 16, 1 (2011), 15-17. 4. Treffen der Ökonomie-Nobelpreistrger in Lindau: Ein Erfahrungsbericht, ZeS report 15, 2 (2011), 22-23.
Memberships - Economic Science Association (ESA) - American Economic Association (AEA) - European Economic Association (EEA) - Gesellschaft für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung (GfeW) - Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS)