Research

Journal articles

B?mmel N. & Heineck, G. (2022). Revisiting the causal effect of education on political participation and interest. Education EconomicsLink 

Quis, J. S., Bela A. & Heineck G. (2021). Preschoolers’ self‐regulation and early mathematical skill differentials. Education Economics, 29, 173-193. Link

Herber, S. P., Quis, J. S., & Heineck, G. (2017). Does the transition into daylight saving time affect students’ performance?. Economics of Education Review, 61, 130-139. Link

Heineck, G. (2017). Love thy neighbor – religion and prosociality. International Journal of Social Economics, 44(7), 869-883. Link

Viinikainen, J., Heineck, G., Bockerman, P., Hintsanen, M., & Raitakari, O. (2017). Born entrepreneurs? Adolescents’ personality characteristics and entrepreneurship in adulthood. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8, 9-12. Link

Wunder, C., & Heineck, G. (2013). Working time preferences, hours mismatch and well-being of couples: Are there spillovers?. Labour Economics, 24, 244-252. Link

Heineck, G., & Süssmuth, B. (2013). A Different Look at Lenin’s Legacy: Social Capital and Risk Taking in the two Germanies. Journal of Comparative Economics, 41(3), 789-803. pdf(241.7 KB, 35 pages)(241.7 KB)

W?lfel, O., & Heineck, G. (2012). Parental Risk Attitudes and Children’s Secondary School Track Choice. Economics of Education Review, 31(5), 727-743. pdf(209.6 KB, 48 pages)(209.6 KB)

Heineck, G. (2012). The relationship between religion and fertility: Evidence for Austria. Homo Oeconomicus, 29(1), 73-94. pdf(410.2 KB, 30 pages)(410.2 KB)

Heineck, G., & M?ller, J. (2012). Geschlechtsspezifisches Arbeitsmarktverhalten, Verdienste und Wohlbefinden im Familienkontext. Soziale Welt–Sonderband, 19, 209-230. Link

Heineck, G. (2011). Does It Pay To Be Nice? Personality And Earnings In The UK. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 64(5), 1020-1038. Link

Heineck, G. (2011). Do your brains help you out of unemployment?. Economics Letters, 111(1), 34-36. Link

Riphahn, R. T., Eschelbach, M., Heineck, G., & Müller, S. (2010). Kosten und Nutzen der Ausbildung an Terti?rbildungsinstitutionen im Vergleich. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 11(2), 103-131. Link

Anger, S., & Heineck, G. (2010). Do smart parents raise smart children? The intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities. Journal of population Economics, 23(3), 1105-1132. DOI

Heineck, G., & Anger, S. (2010). The returns to cognitive abilities and personality traits in Germany. Labour Economics, 17(3), 535-546. DOI

Anger, S., & Heineck, G. (2010). Cognitive abilities and earnings: First evidence for Germany. Applied Economics Letters, 17(7), 699-702. DOI

Heineck, G. (2009). Too tall to be smart? The relationship between height and cognitive abilities. Economics Letters, 105(1), 78-80. DOI

Heineck, G. (2009). Sexual orientation and earnings: evidence from the ISSP. Applied Economics Letters, 16(13), 1351-1354. DOI

Heineck, G. (2009). The determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UK. Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung (Journal of Labour Market Research), 42(2), 107-120. DOI

Heineck, G., & Riphahn, R. T. (2009). Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany – The Last Five Decades. Jahrbücher für National?konomie und Statistik (Journal for Economics and Statistics, 229(1), 36-60. Link

Heineck, G. (2008). A note on the height–wage differential in the UK – Cross-sectional evidence from the BHPS. Economics Letters, 98(3), 288-293. DOI

Voigt, M., Straube, S., Fusch, C., Heineck, G., Olbertz, D., & Schneider, K. T. M. (2007). Erh?hung der Frühgeborenenrate durch Rauchen in der Schwangerschaft und daraus resultierende Kosten für die Perinatalmedizin in Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie, 211(05), 204-210. DOI

Heineck, G. (2006). Height and weight in Germany, evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel, 2002. Economics and Human Biology, 4(3), 359-382. DOI

Heineck, G. (2005). Up in the Skies? The Relationship between Body Height and Earnings in Germany. LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 19(3), 469-489. DOI

Voigt, M., Heineck, G., & Hesse, V. (2004). The relationship between maternal characteristics, birth weight and pre-term delivery: evidence from Germany at the end of the 20th century. Economics and Human Biology, 2(2), 265-280. DOI

Heineck, G. (2004). Does religion influence the labor supply of married women in Germany?. The Journal of Socio-Economics, 33(3), 307-328. DOI

Schwarze, J., & Heineck, G. (2001). Auswirkungen der Einführung der Sozialversicherungspflicht für geringfügige Besch?ftigung - Eine Evaluation des 630-DM-Jobs-Reformgesetzes. Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung,3, 314-327. free download

Discussion papers

B?mmel N. & Heineck, G. (2020). Revisiting the causal effect of education on political participation and interest. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13954

Araujo D., Cruz Aguayo Y. & Heineck, G. (2020). Does Test‐Based Teacher Recruitment Work in the Developing World? Experimental Evidence from Ecuador, 2020, IZA Discussion Paper No. 13830

Other publications

Bela, A., Kroh, J., Gebel, M. & Heineck, G. (2022). Gebildet & gesund. Ist Gesundheit eine Bildungsrendite im Lebensverlauf? In: uni.vers Forschung, Mai 2022, p. 48-51. Download here.

Kroh, J., Gebel, M. & Heineck, G. (2022). Health Returns to Education across the Life Course: Measuring health in Children and Adolescents in the National Educational Panel Study. NEPS Survey Paper No. 95.

Lettau, J., Gebel, M. & Heineck, G. (2020). Returns to Education across the Life Course: Measuring Health in Adults in the National Educational Panel Study. NEPS Survey Paper No. 77.

B?mmel, N., Gebel, M. & Heineck, G. (2020). Political Participation and Political Attitudes as Returns to Education in the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS): Conceptual Framework and Measurement. NEPS Survey Paper No. 70.

Gebel, M. & Heineck, G. (2019). Returns to education in the life course. In: Becker, R. (Ed.), Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp 454‐474.

Bela, A., Feinauer, N., Gebel, M., Heineck, G., Lettau, J., & Mergard, K. (2018). Returns to Education Across the Life Course in the National Educational Panel Study: Theoretical Framework and Corresponding Survey Program. (NEPS Survey Paper No. 50). Bamberg, Germany: Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, National Educational Panel Study. NEPS Survey Paper No. 50.

Elsas, S., W?lfel, O., & Heineck, G. (2013). Familienpolitik und Erwerbsrückkehr von Müttern - Eine Analyse mit Daten des Sozio-?konomischen Panels (SOEP). In Mühling, T., Rost, H. und Rupp, M. (Hrsg.), Berufsrückkehr von Müttern - Lebensgestaltung im Kontext des neuen Elterngeldes (S. 103-137). Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich. Verlagsinformationen zum Buch

Heineck, G., & Matthes, B. (2012). Zahlt sich der Doktortitel aus? Eine Analyse zu monet?ren und nicht-monet?ren Renditen der Promotion. In Huber, N., Schelling, A., Hornbostel, S. (Hrsg.), Der Doktortitel zwischen Status und Qualifikation (S. 85-99). Berlin: iFQ-Working Paper. iFQ-Working Paper No. 12, 85-99.

Heineck, G., Kleinert, C., & Vosseler, A. (2011). Regionale Typisierung: Was Ausbildungsm?rkte vergleichbar macht. IAB-Kurzbericht, 13. IAB-Kurzbericht 13/2011.

Heineck, G., & Sü?muth, B. (2011). Wie nachhaltig pr?gen uns politische Systeme? Evidenz aus der zweiten Dekade des Wiedervereinigungsprozesses. ifo Dresden berichtet, 18(2), 23-26. ifo Dresden berichtet

W?lfel, O., Christoph, B., Kleinert, C., & Heineck, G. (2011). Grundkompetenzen von Erwachsenen: Gelernt ist gelernt?. IAB-Kurzbericht, 5. IAB-Kurzbericht 05/2011.

Heineck, G. (2004). Do Catholic women with non-smoking husbands earn less in a second job?-Assorted topics in empirical labor economics. Ph.D.-Thesis. (e-publication downloadable here)

Heineck, G. (2003). Kirchgang, religi?ses Humankapital und Arbeitsangebot verheirateter Frauen in Deutschland. In Heimbach-Steins, M., Kerkhoff-Hader, B., Ploil, E. und Weinrich, I. (Hrsg.), Genderforschung in Bamberg - Berichte aus der Universit?t Bamberg, Heft 11, 82-88.

Heineck, G. (2002). The impact of introducing social security contributions on ?marginal employment “on the labour supply of married women in Germany. Problems of economic theory and policy in the transition period, Bamberg: BERG, 69-83.

Schwarze, J., & Heineck, G. (2001). Keine dramatischen Effekte nach der Reform der geringfügig Besch?ftigten. DIW Wochenbericht, 68(21), 319-325.

Schwarze, J., & Heineck, G. (1999). Rückgang der Nebenerwerbst?tigkeit durch Einführung der Sozialversicherungspflicht wird übersch?tzt. DIW Wochenbericht, 66(37), 661-666.