Martin Schindler
Last Updated: December 29, 2009
Martin Schindler is a Senior Economist in the European Department, currently the desk economist for Germany. He has conducted theoretical and empirical research in the areas of macro, labor, and international finance, and he has previously contributed to the Fund's country work on Argentina, Italy, Kenya, Thailand, and Turkey. Prior to joining the Fund, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Universität des Saarlandes.
Email: mschindler@imf.org
Fluent In: French, German, Italian.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany) (German MBA)
Integrated exchange studies at University of Michigan & Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy)
Work in Progress:
“Labor Market Institutions in Advanced and Developing Countries: A New Panel Database" (with Mariya Aleksynska)
“Specific Human Capital: Evidence from Displaced Workers?”
“Argentina's Growth: A Puzzle?” (with A. Mody), 2005, draft available upon request.
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Growth and Structural Reforms: A New Assessment, Working Paper No. 09/284, December 01, 2009
Controlling Capital? Legal Restrictions and the Asset Composition of International Financial Flows, Working Paper No. 09/208, September 01, 2009
Who Benefits from Capital Account Liberalization? Evidence from Firm-Level Credit Ratings Data, Working Paper No. 09/210, September 01, 2009
Fiscal Multipliers, Staff Position Note No. 2009/11, May 20, 2009
Fiscal Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa in Response to the Impact of the Global Crisis, Staff Position Note No. 2009/10, May 14, 2009
The Italian Labor Market: Recent Trends, Institutions, and Reform Options, Working Paper No. 09/47, March 01, 2009
Reaping the Benefits of Financial Globalization, Occasional Paper No. 264, December 16, 2008
Equilibrium Wage Dispersion: An Example, Working Paper No. 06/19, January 01, 2006
Turkey at the Crossroads: From Crisis Resolution to EU Accession, Occasional Paper No. 242, September 19, 2005
Alternative Models of Wage Dispersion, Working Paper No. 05/64, March 01, 2005
Journal Publications
“Controlling Capital? Legal Restrictions and the Asset Composition of International Financial Flows” (with M. Binici and M. Hutchison), 2009, Journal of International Money and Finance, forthcoming.
“Measuring Financial Integration: A New Dataset,” 2009, IMF Staff Papers 56:1, 222-238.
“Alternative Theories of Wage Dispersion” (with D. Gaumont and R. Wright), 2006, European Economic Review 50:4, pp. 831–48.
“The Welfare Costs of Worker Displacement” (with R. Rogerson), 2002, Journal of Monetary Economics 49:6, pp. 1213–34.
“Generalized Search-Theoretic Models of Monetary Exchange” (with P. Rupert and R. Wright), 2001, Journal of Monetary Economics 48:3, pp. 605–22.
Other Publications (book chapters, policy notes, op-eds, others)
“Measures of Financial Integration,” 2009, IMF Research Bulletin 10:1, pp. 1-3.
“Alternative Theories of Wage Dispersion” (with D. Gaumont and R. Wright), 2006, in Contributions to Economic Analysis: Structural Models of Wage and Employment Dynamics, edited by Henning Bunzel, Bent J. Christensen, George R. Neumann and Jean-Marc Robin, Elsevier, pp. 61-82.
“Financial Crises and Growth,” 2005, in Thailand: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/05/319, Washington: International Monetary Fund.
“Labor Market Performance and Policy Effectiveness,” 2005, IMF Research Bulletin 6:2, pp. 1-5.
“Argentina's Growth: A Puzzle?” (with A. Mody), 2005, in Argentina: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/05/202, Washington: International Monetary Fund.
“Labor Market Duality and Possible Reform,” 2003, in Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/03/147, Washington: International Monetary Fund.
“Exchange Rate Policy and Management,” 2003, in Eritrea: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/03/146, Washington: International Monetary Fund.
Martin Schindler is a Senior Economist in the European Department, currently the desk economist for Germany. He has conducted theoretical and empirical research in the areas of macro, labor, and international finance, and he has previously contributed to the Fund's country work on Argentina, Italy, Kenya, Thailand, and Turkey. Prior to joining the Fund, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Universität des Saarlandes.
Email: mschindler@imf.org
Fluent In: French, German, Italian.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany) (German MBA)
Integrated exchange studies at University of Michigan & Università degli Studi di Bari (Italy)
Work in Progress:
“Labor Market Institutions in Advanced and Developing Countries: A New Panel Database" (with Mariya Aleksynska)
“Specific Human Capital: Evidence from Displaced Workers?”
“Argentina's Growth: A Puzzle?” (with A. Mody), 2005, draft available upon request.
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Growth and Structural Reforms: A New Assessment, Working Paper No. 09/284, December 01, 2009
Controlling Capital? Legal Restrictions and the Asset Composition of International Financial Flows, Working Paper No. 09/208, September 01, 2009
Who Benefits from Capital Account Liberalization? Evidence from Firm-Level Credit Ratings Data, Working Paper No. 09/210, September 01, 2009
Fiscal Multipliers, Staff Position Note No. 2009/11, May 20, 2009
Fiscal Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa in Response to the Impact of the Global Crisis, Staff Position Note No. 2009/10, May 14, 2009
The Italian Labor Market: Recent Trends, Institutions, and Reform Options, Working Paper No. 09/47, March 01, 2009
Reaping the Benefits of Financial Globalization, Occasional Paper No. 264, December 16, 2008
Equilibrium Wage Dispersion: An Example, Working Paper No. 06/19, January 01, 2006
Turkey at the Crossroads: From Crisis Resolution to EU Accession, Occasional Paper No. 242, September 19, 2005
Alternative Models of Wage Dispersion, Working Paper No. 05/64, March 01, 2005
Journal Publications
“Controlling Capital? Legal Restrictions and the Asset Composition of International Financial Flows” (with M. Binici and M. Hutchison), 2009, Journal of International Money and Finance, forthcoming.
“Measuring Financial Integration: A New Dataset,” 2009, IMF Staff Papers 56:1, 222-238.
“Alternative Theories of Wage Dispersion” (with D. Gaumont and R. Wright), 2006, European Economic Review 50:4, pp. 831–48.
“The Welfare Costs of Worker Displacement” (with R. Rogerson), 2002, Journal of Monetary Economics 49:6, pp. 1213–34.
“Generalized Search-Theoretic Models of Monetary Exchange” (with P. Rupert and R. Wright), 2001, Journal of Monetary Economics 48:3, pp. 605–22.
Other Publications (book chapters, policy notes, op-eds, others)
“Measures of Financial Integration,” 2009, IMF Research Bulletin 10:1, pp. 1-3.
“Alternative Theories of Wage Dispersion” (with D. Gaumont and R. Wright), 2006, in Contributions to Economic Analysis: Structural Models of Wage and Employment Dynamics, edited by Henning Bunzel, Bent J. Christensen, George R. Neumann and Jean-Marc Robin, Elsevier, pp. 61-82.
“Financial Crises and Growth,” 2005, in Thailand: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/05/319, Washington: International Monetary Fund.
“Labor Market Performance and Policy Effectiveness,” 2005, IMF Research Bulletin 6:2, pp. 1-5.
“Argentina's Growth: A Puzzle?” (with A. Mody), 2005, in Argentina: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/05/202, Washington: International Monetary Fund.
“Labor Market Duality and Possible Reform,” 2003, in Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/03/147, Washington: International Monetary Fund.
“Exchange Rate Policy and Management,” 2003, in Eritrea: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, SM/03/146, Washington: International Monetary Fund.