Publications
The ten latest publications of the Professorship
Ethnic Diversity in Compulsory Schooling and Occupational Choices: Can Diversity Increase the Supply in Care-Oriented Occupations.Industrial Relations, (2025) (first published online 05.11.2025). By Damiano Pregaldini, Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes Gellner. Working Paper version
Curriculum updates in vocational education and changes in graduates’ skills and wages. Journal of Education and Work, 37(2024)5-6: 458-482 (first published online 29.01.2025). By Andreas F. Bühler, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
How middle-skilled workers adjust to immigration: the role of occupational skill specificity. International Journal of Manpower, 45(2024)8 (first published online 16.07.2024). By Damiano Pregaldini and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
The role of occupational skill sets in the digital transformation: How IT progress shapes returns to specialization and social skills.Journal of Business Economics, 94(2024): 75-111 (first published online 09.05.2023). By Fabienne Kiener, Christian Eggenberger and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
Does updating education curricula accelerate technology adoption in the workplace? Evidence from dual vocational education and training curricula in Switzerland. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(2024): 191-235 (first published online 28.11.2022). By Tobias Schultheiss and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
The role of fields of study for the effects of higher education institutions on regional firm location. Small Business Economics, 61(2023): 1587-1656 (first published online 01.08.2023. By Tobias Schlegel and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
Social norms and gendered occupational choices of men and women: Time to turn the tide? Industrial Relations, 62(2023)4: 380-410 (first published online 12.04.2023). By Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes- Gellner. Working paper version
Proxying economic activity with daytime satellite imagery: Filling data gaps across time and space. PNAS Nexus, 2(2023)4 (first published online 29.03.2023). By Patrick Lehnert, Michael Niederberger, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Eric Bettinger. Working paper version
Berufliche Bildung als Innovationstreiber: Ein lange vernachlässigtes Forschungsfeld. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 24(2023)1: 85-97 (first published online 08.03.2023). By Uschi Backes-Gellner and Patrick Lehnert. Working Paper version
Education expansion and high-skill job opportunities for workers: Does a rising tide lift all boats? Labour Economics, 82(2023) (first published online 25.02.2023). By Tobias Schultheiss, Curdin Pfister, Ann-Sophie Gnehm and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version