Sarah Langlotz
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Contact: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Bergheimer Str. 58 Office hours: upon appointment by email |
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Sarah Langlotz is a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair of International and Development Politics. She defended her PhD thesis on "Conflict, Income Shocks, and Foreign Policy: Macro- and Micro-Level Evidence" on October 15, 2018. Before joining the Chair as a PhD candidate and research associate in September 2013, she has worked as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Economic Policy at the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena within an Africa Research Project. She holds a diploma in Economics from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
Her main research topics are in Development Economics, Economics of Conflict, and Political Economy.
Other affiliations
Publications (peer-reviewed journals)
- Aid and growth. New evidence using an excludable instrument (with Axel Dreher), Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
- Does development aid increase military expenditure? (with Niklas Potrafke), Journal of Comparative Economics, DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2019.05.002 (2019).
- The effects of foreign aid on refugee flows (with Axel Dreher and Andreas Fuchs), European Economic Review 112: 127-147 (2019).
- Information transmission and ownership consolidation in aid programs (with Axel Dreher and Silvia Marchesi), Economic Inquiry 55: 1671-1688 (2017).
Revise and resubmit
- Fueling conflict? (De)escalation and bilateral aid (with Richard Bluhm, Martin Gassebner, and Paul Schaudt), CESifo Working Paper No. 6125, 2016. (Revise and resubmit: Journal of Applied Econometrics)
Working papers
- Stimulant or depressant? Resource-related income shocks and conflict (with Kai Gehring and Stefan Kienberger), HiCN Working Paper 286, 2018.
Work in progress
- Foreign interventions and community cohesion in times of conflict (single-authored).
- Competition among insurgent groups (with Travers Child, Kai Gehring, and Austin Wright).
- Refugee location and political outcomes in the United States (with Axel Dreher, Johannes Matzat, Anna Maria Mayda, and Chris Parsons).
- Difficult relationships: Conflict, entrepreneurship and economic development (with Tommaso Ciarli and Michele Di Maio), mimeo, CEPR/SPRU.
Short articles
- Resource-related Income Shocks and Conflict (with Kai Gehring), ifo DICE Report 16 (3): 41–47, 2018.
- Schaffen wir das? (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, and Valentin Lang), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 2018.
- Budgethilfe und Ownership - ein Paradigmenwechsel in der Entwicklungspolitik (with Axel Dreher), ifo Schnelldienst 70 (4): 11-14, 2017.
- Budgethilfe als Standardinstrument! Zukunft der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (with Axel Dreher), February, 2017.
- Donors don’t like budget aid – they should! (with Axel Dreher and Silvia Marchesi), Voxeu.org, December 2016.
- Hilft Entwicklungshilfe oder hilft sie nicht? (with Axel Dreher, Vera Eichenauer, and Kai Gehring), Oekonomenstimme, August 2016.
- Foreign aid and growth: New evidence (with Axel Dreher, Vera Eichenauer, Kai Gehring, and Steffen Lohmann), Voxeu.org, October 2015.
Past teaching
Winter term 2018/2019
- Political Economy of Development (Master tutorial with Christian Bjørnskov)
Winter term 2017/2018
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor tutorial with Andreas Fuchs)
Summer term 2017
- Political Economy of Development (Master tutorial with Christian Bjørnskov)
- Research Seminar Development Economics (Master seminar with Axel Dreher)
Winter term 2016/2017
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor tutorial with Axel Dreher)
Summer term 2016
- Political Economy of Development (Master tutorial with Christian Bjørnskov)
- Research Seminar Development Economics (Master seminar with Axel Dreher)
Winter term 2015/2016
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor tutorial with Axel Dreher)
Summer term 2015
- Empirical Public Choice (Bachelor tutorial with Axel Dreher)
- Research Seminar Development Economics (Master seminar with Axel Dreher)
Winter term 2014/2015
- Macroeconomics (Bachelor tutorial with Axel Dreher)
- Economics and Politics of International Economic Organizations (Bachelor seminar with Axel Dreher)
Summer term 2014
- Empirical Public Choice (Bachelor tutorial with Axel Dreher)
Awards
- 1st Price for Excellence in Applied Development Research (Dissertation Award), German Economic Association and KfW Development Bank
- Stuart A. Bremer Award, Network of European Peace Scientists
Presentations at conferences and invited talks
2018
- ISF Workshop - Domestic Political Changes and International Agreements, Haifa, Israel (09/2018)
- Development Economics and Policy Conference, Zurich, Switzerland (06/2018)
- Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Verona, Italy (06/2018)
- Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (05/2018)
- European Public Choice Conference, Rome, Italy (04/2018)
- Research Seminar "Labour Economics", University of Hamburg, Germany (01/2018)
2017
- Annual Conference on Immigration in OECD Countries, Paris, France (12/2017)
- Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), Brussels, Belgium (11/2017)
- Workshop on Political Economy, Bruneck/Brunico, Italy (10/2017)
- DIAL Development Conference, Paris, France (06/2017)
- Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Antwerp, Belgium (06/2017)
- Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, Gargnano, Italy (07/2017)
- HeiSDA Lecture Series 2017, Heidelberg, Germany (06/2017)
- Development Economics and Policy Conference, Göttingen, Germany (06/2017)
- ZEW Public Finance and Development Conference, Mannheim, Germany (05/2017)
- European Public Choice Conference, Budapest, Hungary (04/2017)
- Center for the Studies of African Economies (CSAE) Conference, Oxford, UK (03/2017)
- DIE Research Seminar, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany (03/2017)
2016
- 1st FHM Development Workshop, Mannheim, Germany (12/2016)
- EUDN PhD Workshop on Development Economics, Brussels, Belgium (10/2016)
- The Domestic Dimensions of Development Cooperation, Antwerp, Belgium (10/2016)
- Beyond Basic Questions Workshop, Salzburg, Austria (07/2016)
- European Political Science Association, Brussels, Belgium (06/2016)
- Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Milano, Italy (06/2016)
- Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Heidelberg, Germany (06/2016)
- Tuborg Research Centre Seminar, Aarhus University, Denmark (05/2016)
2015
- Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik: Ökonomische Entwicklung – Theorie und Politik, Münster, Germany (09/2015)
- Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Mannheim, Germany (08/2015)
- Nordic Conference for Development Economics, Copenhagen, Denmark (06/2015)
- Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Kiel, Germany (06/2015)
- International Conference on Globalization and Development, Göttingen, Germany (05/2015)
- European Public Choice Conference, Groningen, Netherlands (04/2015)
Refereeing
Peer-reviewed
Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, European Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Organizations
Other refereeing
Spring Meeting of Young Economists
Organisation of Conferences
3rd FHM Development Workshop (with Andreas Fuchs, Michael Schleicher), Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany (10/2017).
Part Time/Visiting Positions
09/2016 - 10/2016 Université Libre de Bruxelles, Visiting PhD, invited by Philip Verwimp
03/2014 - 05/2014 SPRU, University of Sussex, CEPR/DFID Project
Education/Professional Experience
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09/2013 - 10/2018
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Heidelberg University Chair for International and Development Politics, PhD candidate |
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09/2013 - 12/2014
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Mannheim Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences Graduate program in Economics |
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01/2013 - 05/2013
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Friedrich-Schiller University Jena Chair of Economic Policy, Research Assistant |
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04/2009 - 10/2012
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Friedrich-Schiller University Jena Diploma in Economics |
| Diploma Thesis: ‘Household’s responses to conflict in Afghanistan’, MPI of Economics | |
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01/2012 - 04/2012
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Social Projects for The Gambia e. V. Development Aid, Intern |
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02/2010 - 03/2010
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IWH, Institute for Economic Research Halle Economic Department of Structural Change, Intern |
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09/2007 - 03/2009
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Friedrich-Schiller University Jena Intermediate Diploma in Business Studies/Intercultural Management |
