Topics

E-Learning

Topics/Themen of the winter term 2025/2026:

 

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. Natural Catastrophes and Fertility
8. Migration and Political Preferences
9. Additional Demand for Donations and Substitution Effects
10. News Media and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
11. Naturalization and Child Outcomes
12. Determinants of Opioid Addiction
13. Determinants of Organ Donations
14. Chess and Education Performance
15. Immigration and School Performance of Natives
16. Determinants of Judge Decisions 
17. Behavioral Impacts of Air Pollution
18. Parenthood and Earnings Penalties
19. Health Effects of Medicaid Expansion
20. Bartik Instruments in Migration Research
21. Sports Facilities and Ripple Effect
22. Efficacy of Gun Control Laws
23. Does Media Promote Good Behavior?
24. Conversion Therapies and Individual Health
25. Difference-in-Differences with Staggered Treatment
26. Wider Societal Effects of Right Wing Protests
27. Health Effects of Public Health Information Provision
28. Exploiting Limited Media Attention in Policy Making
29. Determinants of ADHD Diagnoses
30. Health Effects of Low-Emission Zones
31. Police Equipment and Public Safety
32. Gender Bias in the Publishing Process
33. Food Taxes and Nutritional Outcomes

 

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!