Prof. Dr. Samuel Mühlemann

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Research areas:

• Economics of Education, Economics of Personnel & Training, Labor Economics.

Teaching:

• Human Resource Development
• Empirical HRE&M
• Economic aspects of Vocational Education and Training (VET)
• Institutions and VET Policy
• Quantitative Methods

Academic and professional appointments:

• 2014 -: Professor (W2) for Human Resource Education and Development, Munich School of Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 2013/2014: Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
• 2011-2014: Deputy Head, Centre for Research in Economics of Education, University of Bern.
• 2010 - 2013: Lecturer in Education & Personnel Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bern
• 2009 - 2014: Senior Research Associate, Swiss Leading House on the Economics of Education: Firm Behaviour and Training Policies (University of Bern & University of Zurich)
• 2012-: Research Fellow, Institut for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
• 2022-: Research Fellow, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Bonn, Germany
• 2022-: Research Fellow, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University, Netherlands
• 2012/2013: Member of Review Group, Danish Clearinghouse for Educational Research, Copenhagen, systematic review on „university dropouts“
• 4-7/2009: Visiting Academic, King's College London,

Education:

• Dr. rer. oec. (Economics), Universität Bern (2008)
• Lic.rer. pol (Economics), Universität Bern (2004)

Full CV

Selected publications:

• Muehlemann, S., Dietrich, H., Pfann, G. and Pfeifer, H. (2021). Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training. Economics of Education Review, forthcoming.
• Muehlemann, S. and Wolter, S. C. (2021). Business Cycles and Apprenticeships. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.
• Muehlemann, S., Pfeifer, H. & Wittek, B. H. (2020). The effect of business cycle expectations on the German apprenticeship market: estimating the impact of Covid-19. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, forthcoming.

• Muehlemann, S. & S.C. Wolter (2020). The economics of vocational training. In: Bradley, S. and C. Green (Eds.), The Economics of Education (Second Edition). Elsevier.

• Muehlemann, Samuel (2019). Measuring performance in vocational education and training and the employer’s decision to invest in workplace training. In: Unwin, L. and Guile, D. (eds), Wiley Handbook on Vocational Education and Training, 187-206.

• Koch, Benno, Samuel Muehlemann and Harald Pfeifer (2019). Do works councils improve the quality of apprenticeship training? Evidence from German workplace data. Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2(1), 47-59.

• Moretti, Luca, Martin Mayerl, Samuel Muehlemann, Peter Schloegel and Stefan C. Wolter (2019). So similar and yet so different: A firm's net costs and post-training benefits from apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland. Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship, forthcoming.

• Muehlemann, Samuel and Mirjam Strupler Leiser (2018). Hiring costs and labor market tightness. Labour Economics, 52, 122-131.

• Wenzelmann, Felix, Samuel Muehlemann, and Harald Pfeifer (2017). The Costs of Recruiting Apprentices: Evidence from German Workplace-Level Data. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(2), 108-131.

• Muehlemann, Samuel and Stefan C. Wolter (2017). Can Spanish firms offer dual apprenticeships without making a net investment? Empirical evidence based on ex ante simulations of different training scenarios. Evidence-based HRM: a global forum for empirical scholarship, 5(1), 107-118.

• Muehlemann, Samuel (2016). Making Apprenticeships Profitable for Firms and Apprentices: The Swiss Model. Challenge Vol. 59, Special Issue: The Apprenticeship Issue, 390-404.

• Muehlemann, Samuel (2016). The costs and benefits of work-based learning. OECD Education Working Papers 143.

• Blatter, Marc, Samuel Muehlemann, Samuel Schenker and Stefan C. Wolter, S.C. (2016). Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training. Oxford Economic Papers, 68(1), 238-257.

• Muehlemann, Samuel and Harald Pfeifer (2016). The structure of hiring costs in Germany. Industrial Relations, 55(2), 193-218.

• Muehlemann, Samuel and Stefan C. Wolter (2014). Return on investment of apprenticeship systems for enterprises: Evidence from cost-benefit analyses. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 3(25), 1-22.

• Muehlemann, Samuel (2014). Training participation of internationalized firms: establishment-level evidence for Switzerland. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 6:5, 1-11.

• Kriechel, Ben, Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer & Miriam Schuette (2014). Works councils, collective bargaining and apprenticeship training. Industrial Relations 53(2), 199-222.

• Muehlemann, Samuel and Ryan, Paul (2013). Monopsony power, pay structure and training. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 66(5), 1095-1112.

• Muehlemann, Samuel, Romy Braendli & Stefan C. Wolter (2013). Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm's provision of human capital. Evidence-based HRM: a global forum for empirical scholarship, 1(1), 80-95.

• Blatter, Marc, Samuel Muehlemann & Samuel Schenker (2012). The Costs of Hiring Skilled Workers. European Economic Review 56(1), 20-35.

• Muehlemann, Samuel & Stefan C. Wolter (2011). Firm-sponsored Training and Poaching Externalities in Regional Labor Markets. Regional Science and Urban Economics 41(6), 560-570.

• Muehlemann, Samuel, Harald Pfeifer, Günter Walden, Felix Wenzelmann & Stefan C.Wolter (2010). The Financing of Apprenticeship Training in the Light of Labor Market Regulations. Labour Economics 17(5), 751-874.

• Muehlemann, Samuel (2010). The Costs and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training: Evidence from Swiss Firms. Canadian Apprenticeship Journal 1 (Winter 2010), 45-55.

• Muehlemann, Samuel, Stefan C. Wolter & Adrian Wüest (2009). Apprenticeship Training and the Business Cycle. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 1 (2), 173-186.

• Dionsius, Regina, Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Gudrun Schönfeld, Günter Walden, Felix Wenzelmann & Stefan C. Wolter (2009). Ausbildung aus Produktions- oder Investitionsinteresse? Zeitschrift für Betriebs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik 105 (2): 267-284.

• Dionsius, Regina, Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Günter Walden, Felix Wenzelmann & Stefan C. Wolter (2009). Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training: A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland. Applied Economics Quarterly 55(1): 7-37.

• Muehlemann, Samuel, Juerg Schweri & Stefan C. Wolter (2007). An Empirical Analysis of the Decision to Train Apprentices, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 21(3): 419-441.

• Muehlemann, Samuel, Rainer Winkelmann & Stefan C. Wolter (2007): Regional Effects on Employer Provided Training: Evidence from Apprenticeship Training in Switzerland. Journal for Labour Market Research (Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung) 40(2+3): 135-147.

• Wolter, Stefan C., Samuel Muehlemann and Juerg Schweri (2006). Why some firms train apprentices and many others do not, German Economic Review 7(3): 249-264

Grants und Awards:

• Leading House Best Paper Award 2018 (runner-up prize for the paper ”Hiring costs and labor market tightness”).
• Research grant Hans-Boeckler-Foundation (Germany), Project ”Quality of workbased training in firms”, joint with the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (EUR 174,000; 2016-2018).
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2016 (1st prize for the paper ”The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany”).
• Research grant Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany), Project ”Apprenticeship training in Spain – a cost-effective model for firms?”. Joint project with University of Bern (EUR 30,000; 9/2014-7/2015).
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2015 (1st prize for the paper ”Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training”).
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2014 (runner-up prize for the paper ”Works councils, collective bargaining, and apprenticeship training: Evidence from German firms”).
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2013 (for the paper “Monopsony power, pay structure, and training”)
• Highly Commended Paper winner 2013 for the paper “Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm’s provision of human capital” published in Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship.
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2012 (Runner-up prize for the paper “Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm’s provision of human capital”).
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2011 (for the paper „The costs of hiring skilled workers“).
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2011 (Runner-up prize for the paper „Firm-sponsored training and poaching externalities in regional labor markets“).
• 2011-2013: Swiss Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET), research grant "The impact of internationalization on labor market oriented education" (CHF 180,000)
• Grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Young Researchers, University of Bern (2012) to organize International Workshop on Labor Adjustment Costs.
• Leading House Best Paper Award 2010 (runner-up prize for the paper „The Financing of Apprenticeship Training in the Light of Labor Market Regulations“).
• 4/2009-7/2009: Swiss National Science Foundation, International short research visits, King’s College London.