Dr. Alexandra Fedorets

Expert on Digitalization and Data Analysis | Empirical Labor Economist

Academic Research

My major research field is labor economics, with the focus on minimum wages and occupational contents. I am very much interested in how new technologies affect our work, including possibilities to use them to overcome severe non-compliance issues.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

[10] Marco Caliendo, Alexandra Fedorets, Malte Preuss, Carsten Schroeder and Linda Wittbrodt (2023) The short- and medium-term distributional effects of the German minimum wage reform, Empirical Economics, 64(3), S. 1149-1175.

[9] Alexandra Fedorets and Ralf Himmelreicher (2021) Mindestlohn und Arbeitsintensität - Evidenz aus Deutschland (Minimum Wage and Work Intensity - Evidence from Germany, WSI Mitteilungen, Ausgabe 6/2021, S. 446-453.

[8] Alexandra Fedorets and Cortnie Shupe (2021) Great Expectations: Reservation Wages and Minimum Wage Reform, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 183, p. 397-419. Earlier version

[7] Mattis Beckmannshagen and Alexandra Fedorets (2021) Inspections and Compliance: Enforcement of the Minimum Wage Law, Public Finance Analysis / Finanzarchiv, vol. 77(1), p. 1-58.

[6] Carsten Schroeder, Johannes Koenig, Alexandra Fedorets, Jan Goebel, Maria Metzing, Felicitas Schikora, Holger Lüthen, Markus Grabka, Stefan Liebig (2020) The Economic Research Potentials of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, German Economic Review, vol. 21(3), p. 335-371.

[5] Alexandra Fedorets, Franziska Lottmann, Michael Stops (2019) Job Matching on Connected Regional and Occupational Labor Markets, Regional Studies, vol. 53(8), p. 1085-1098. Earlier version

[4] Alexandra Fedorets and Carsten Schröder (2019) Economic Aspects of Subjective Attitudes towards the Minimum Wage Reform, Public Finance Analysis / Finanzarchiv, vol. 75(4), pp. 357-379. Earlier version

[3] Marco Caliendo, Alexandra Fedorets, Malte Preuss, Carsten Schröder and Linda Wittbrodt (2018) The Short-Run Employment Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform, Labour Economics, vol. 53(C), p. 46-62. Earlier versions: IZA DP, SOEPpapers

[2] Alexandra Fedorets (2018) Changes in Occupational Tasks and Their Association with Individual Wages and Occupational Mobility, German Economic Review, vol. 20(4), p. e295-e328. Earlier version

[1] Alexandra Fedorets, Alexandra Spitz-Oener (2011) Flexibilität und Anpassungsfähigkeit von Beschäftigten mit dualer Berufsausbildung, Journal for Labour Market Research, vol. 44(1/2), p. 127-134

Work in Progress

Anna Gibert and Alexandra Fedorets: Gender Quotas in the Boardroom: New Evidence from Germany DP
Christoph Engel, Alexandra Fedorets and Olga Gorelkina: How Do Households Allocate Risk? DP MPI, SOEPpapers
Marco Caliendo, Alexandra Fedorets, Malte Preuss, Carsten Schröder and Linda Wittbrodt: The Short-and Medium-Term Distributional Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform IZA DP, SOEPpapers
Alexandra Fedorets and Kai-Uwe Müller: Where the Minimum Wage Bites Workers DP

Working Papers

Alexandra Fedorets (2016): Compensating Wage Differentials, Sorting into Occupations and Job Tasks
Alexandra Fedorets (2014): Closing the Gender Pay Gap and Individual Task Profiles: Women’s Advantages from Technological Progress
Alexandra Fedorets (2011): Changes in Occupational Demand Structure and their Impact on Individual Wages