Topics

E-Learning

Topics/Themen of the winter term 2026/2027:

 

1. Lead Exposure and Health
2. Publish or Perish? The Importance of Citations for Academic Careers
3. Birthweight Manipulation and Hospital Reimbursement
4. Police Violence and Educational Outcomes
5. Surname Initials and Academic Success
6. COVID-19 Mobility Restrictions and Crimes
7. Migration and Political Preferences
8. Additional Demand for Donations and Substitution Effects
9. News Media and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
10. Naturalization and Child Outcomes
11. Determinants of Organ Donations
12. Determinants of Judge Decisions 
13. Behavioral Impacts of Air Pollution
14. Parenthood and Earnings Penalties
15. Health Effects of Medicaid Expansion
16. Bartik Instruments in Migration Research
17. Efficacy of Gun Control Laws
18. Does Media Promote Good Behavior?
19. Conversion Therapies and Individual Health
20. Difference-in-Differences with Staggered Treatment
21. Wider Societal Effects of Right Wing Protests
22. Health Effects of Public Health Information Provision
23. Exploiting Limited Media Attention in Policy Making
24. Determinants of ADHD Diagnoses
25. Health Effects of Low-Emission Zones
26. Police Equipment and Public Safety
27. Gender Bias in the Publishing Process
28. Food Taxes and Nutritional Outcomes
29. Peers and Substance Abuse
30. Data Centers and Local Economies
31. Gender Transitions and Labor Market Outcomes
32. Minority Representation and Hate Crime
33. Media Coverage and Policing
34. Determinants of the Mobility Transition
35. Determinants of Domestic Violence

 

Suggesting an own bachelor thesis topic-guidelines for the application:

• In case you want to write your bachelor thesis on a self-chosen topic, we would ask you to consider the following points in your application:

• Provide a (causal) research question for your topic (e.g. "Does an increase in x cause an increase in y?", "Does policy x cause a reduction in y?"...)!

• Suggest 2-3 empirical papers that tackle the suggested research question! Look for papers that make use of counterfactual methods i.e. Regression Discontinuity Designs, Difference-in-Differences, Instrumental variables, (Propensity Score) Matching, Synthetic Control Method.

• Write a short motivation for the topic: Why is the topic relevant? Provide context on the policy/main explanatory variable you want to investigate! Why is the topic interesting? Four to five sentences should suffice.

• In case the suggested topic is not suitable for a thesis at our chair, please signal whether you would be willing to write a thesis on a topic suggested by the chair (see list below) or you would prefer writing your thesis at another chair!