Microeconometrics (esp. High Dimensional Methods and Duration Analysis), Empirical Health and Labor Economics, Health Econometrics

Lena Janys was an Assistant Professor for Econometrics at the University of Bonn. She studied Economics at Humboldt University Berlin and received her PhD at Aarhus University in 2011. In addition, she is a Research Affiliate at IZA and a member of the Hausdorff-Center for Mathematics.

Published papers

• Testing the Presence of Implicit Hiring Quotas with Application to German Universities

  Janys, L. (2022). Testing the Presence of Implicit Hiring Quotas with Application to German Universities. Review of Economics and Statistics.

• Drivers of Working Hours and Household Income Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Netherlands

  Zimpelmann, C., von Gaudecker, H.-M., Holler, R., Janys, L., & Siflinger, B. (2021) Drivers of Working Hours and Household Income Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Netherlands. Labour Economics.

Discussion papers

• Testing the Presence of Implicit Hiring Quotas with Application to German Universities

• Drivers of Working Hours and Household Income Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Netherlands

• Mental Health and Abortions among Young Women: Time-Varying Unobserved Heterogeneity, Health Behaviors, and Risky Decisions

• Structural Models for Policy-Making: Coping with Parametric Uncertainty

• Labour Supply during Lockdown and a “New Normal”: The Case of the Netherlands