Social security

Taxation

Family economics

Applied microeconometrics

Education

since
Oct 2007

Doctoral student at the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS), Essen

Diploma thesis: Auswirkungen der Riester-Förderung auf die Ersparnisbildung bei niedrigen Einkommen

Freie Universität Berlin: Economics, Political Sciences (optional subject)

Università degli studi di Torino, Italy: Economics, Law

Georg-August Universität, Göttingen: Economics

German abitur, Campe-Gymnasium Holzminden

Student exchange with German school "Colegio Alemàn Mariscal Braun", La Paz, Bolivia

Work experience and internships

Chair of Public Economics (Prof. Reinhold Schnabel), University of Duisburg-Essen: research assistant

McKinsey & Co. Inc., Tokyo, Japan: internship

Jean-Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Intergration, Freie Universität Berlin: internship and working student

Federal Foreign Office, Berlin: internship

Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin: internship

Inwent - Capacity Building International, Development Policy Forum, Berlin: internship

Goethe Institute Prien am Chiemsee: civil service

Neue Westfälische (local newspaper), Höxter: internship, occasional writing activities (until 2002)

Theorie und Politik der Besteuerung: Übung (Theory and policy of taxation: tutorial), together with Hendrik Schmitz, winter term 2009/10

Seminar Finanzwissenschaft: Aktuelle Fragestellungen der Besteuerung und sozialen Sicherungssysteme (Current issues in taxation and social security), together with Prof. Reinhold Schnabel, University of Duisburg-Essen, winter term 2008-2009

Tutorial: Accounting, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, winter term 2002-2003

Corneo, G., Keese, M. & Schröder C. (2009), The Riester Scheme and Private Savings: An empirical analysis based on the German SOEP, Schmollers Jahrbuch, 129(2), 312-332.

Keese M., Meng, A. and Schnabel, R. (2010), Are you well prepared for long-term care? Assessing financial gaps in private German care provision, Ruhr Economic Papers, No. 203.

Corneo, G; Keese, M. & Schröder, C. (2010), The Effect of Saving Subsidies on Household Saving - Evidence from Germany, Ruhr Economic Papers, No. 170.

Keese, M. (2010), Who feels constrained by high debt burdens? Subjective vs. objective measures of household indebtedness, Ruhr Economic Papers, No. 169.

Keese, M. (2009), Triggers and determinants of severe household indebtedness in Germany, Ruhr Economic Papers, No. 150.

Corneo, G., Keese, M. & Schröder, C. (2008), Can Governments Boost Voluntary Retirement Savings Via Tax Incentives and Subsidies? A German Case Study for Low-Income Households, Economics Working Paper, Christian-Albrecht-Universität Kiel, Department of Economics, No 2008-18.

Corneo, G., Keese, M. & Schröder, C. (2007), Erhöht die Riester-Förderung die Sparneigung von Geringverdienern?, Diskussionsbeiträge des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Freien Universität Berlin 2007/23.

Conference and seminar talks

25th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Glasgow, UK

9th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (SOEP 2010), Berlin

2010 IRDES Workshop on Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation, Paris, France

XXIV Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), Essen (Poster session)

Health. Happiness. Inequality. Modelling the Pathways between income Inequality and Health, Darmstadt

XVth Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2010 Luxemburg

Verein für Socialpolitik, Jahrestagung 2009, Magdeburg

XXIII Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), Seville, Spain

SAVE-Conference: Economic and Psychological Aspects of Households' Savings Behaviour, Deidesheim (Poster session)

2009 Annual Conference of the Scottisch Economics Society, Perth, United Kingdom

5th International young Scholar Socio-Economic-Panel Symposium, Delmenhorst

Netspar Workshop on Private Pension Provision, Tilburg, Netherlands

8th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference, Berlin

7. Graduiertenkolloquium des Forschungsnetzwerkes Alterssicherung, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, Erkner

Erich Schneider Seminar - Weekly Seminar in Honor of Erich Schneider, University of Kiel, Department of Economics, Kiel

Scholarships

Scholarship of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics

Participation in the Studienkolleg zu Berlin of the German National Academic Foundation and the Hertie-Foundation in collaboration with the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study) and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities