Publications (* peer-reviewed):

*forthcoming: Politics of Segmentation: Party Competition and Social Protection in Europe, London: Routledge (under contract)

2009: 'The Impact of Party Competition: Why Unemployment Benefits in Italy and Germany Diverged after World War II', URGE Working Paper 3/2009

*2009: 'Party Competition and Reforms of Unemployment Benefits in Germany: How a Small Change in Electoral Demand Can Make a Big Difference', in German Politics 18(2), pp. 155-179

2001: (with Josef Schmid) '"Welfare to Work" bei Blair und Schröder: eine Idee, zwei Realitäten?' in: Gerhard Hirscher and Roland Sturm (eds.): Die Strategie des “Dritten Weges”. Legitimation und Praxis sozialdemokratischer Regierungspolitik, Munich: Olzog

Conference papers:

2011: (with Paul Marx) 'Labour Market Integration and Political Integration in Germany', paper presented at 3-Länder-Tagung, Basel, 13-14 January 2011

2010: (with Silja Häusermann and Dominik Geering) 'Rethinking Party Politics and the Welfare State: Recent Advances in the Literature', paper presented at 17th International Conference Council for European Studies, Montréal, 15-17 April 2010

2010: 'The Impact of Party Competition: Why Unemployment Benefits in Italy and Germany Diverged after World War II', paper presented at 17th International Conference Council for European Studies, Montréal, 15-17 April 2010

previously presented at
- 7th Annual ESPAnet Conference, 17-19 September 2009
- Annual Meeting American Political Science Association, Toronto, 3-6 September 2009

2008: 'Comparing the Development of Unemployment Benefits in Italy and Germany', paper contributed to First Annual ESPAnet-Italy Conference, Ancona, 6-8 November 2008

previously presented at 22nd Annual Conference Italian Political Science Association (SISP), Pavia, 4-6 September 2008

2008: 'Party Competition and Segmentation of Unemployment Benefits in Germany', paper presented at 66th Annual MPSA National Conference, Chicago, 3-6 April 2008

previously presented at 16th International Conference Council for European Studies, Chicago, 6-8 March 2008

2007: 'Segmentation of Unemployment Benefits: Cross-national Variation and Theoretical Hypotheses', paper presented at 5th Annual ESPAnet Conference, 20-22 September 2007, Vienna