Curriculum Vitae

Benjamin Bittschi studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In his dissertation he investigated different aspects of the economics of volunteer labour and the non-profit sector. In October 2013 he joined ZEW‘s Research Department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance" as well as the Chair of Public Finance and Public Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology as postdoctoral researcher. His research interests cover topics of charitable giving and fundraising, the non-profit sector as well as adjacent empirical public finance topics.

Publications

Neue Veröffentlichungen
title	author	source
On tax evasion, entrepreneurial generosity and fungible assets	Bittschi, Benjamin & Borgloh, Sarah & Moessinger, Marc-Daniel	ZEW Discussion Papers 16-024
Philanthropy in a secular society	Bittschi, Benjamin & Borgloh, Sarah & Wigger, Berthold U.	ZEW Discussion Papers 16-021
Did the introduction of the euro lead to money illusion? Empirical evidence from Germany	Bittschi, Benjamin & Duppel, Saskia	ZEW Discussion Papers 15-058
Housing and health	Angel, Stefan & Bittschi, Benjamin	ZEW Discussion Papers 14-079
The Effect of Volunteers on Paid Workers’ Excess Turnover in Nonprofit and Public Organizations	Bittschi, B., Pennerstorfer, A., Schneider, U.	Review of Public Personnel Administration
Remittances and public finances: Evidence from oil-price shocks	Asatryan, Zareh & Bittschi, Benjamin & Doerrenberg, Philipp	Journal of Public Economics Vol. 155, 122-137
Paid and Unpaid Labour in Non-Profit Organizations: Does the Substitution Effect Exist?	Benjamin Bittschi & Astrid Pennerstorfer & Ulrike Schneider	British Journal of Industrial Relations, 53 (4), 789-815