Professor

Prof. Dr. Thomas Zwick

Lehrstuhlinhaber

Lehrstuhl für BWL, Personal und Organisation

Sanderring 2

D - 97070 Würzburg

Room: 281

Phone: +49 931 31-82755

Fax: +49 931 31-82105

Email: thomas.zwick@uni-wuerzburg.de

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Research and teaching areas:

Economic analysis of the dual apprenticeship system
Continuing training
Economic consequences of demographic change
Employee participation
Incentive systems

Short Curriculum Vitae:

Studies in economics at University of Regensburg and Vanderbilt University (Nashville TN, USA) 1998-1993
Research assistant at University of Maastricht (The Netherlands) 1994-1998
PhD in economics "Human Capital and Unemployment" at University of Maastricht 1998
Researcher and later adjunct head of research department at Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim 1998-2008
Habilitation in management "Productivity Effects of Human Resource Measures" at University of Zurich, 2006
Professorship of Human Resource Management, Munich School of Management, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich, 2008-2012
Chair of Human Resource Management and Organisation at University of Würzburg, since 2013
Teaching assignments at the University of Mannheim, European Business School (ebs) Oestrich-Winkel, University of Zurich, University of St. Gallen, and University of Bergamo
Research visits at University of Zurich, Oxford University, HEC Montréal, and Copenhagen Business School

Member in these scientific associations:

Member in the council of education economic of the Verein für Socialpolitik
Member of the International Advisory Board of British Journal of Industrial Relations
Research Associate at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Education and Labour Market (ROA), University of Maastricht

Selected Publications:

Bernhard Boockmann , Thomas Zwick, Andreas Ammermüller, Michael Maier: Do Hiring Subsidies Reduce Unemployment Among Older Workers? Evidence From Two Natural Experiments, Journal of the European Economic Association 10 (4), 735-764, 2012.
Kathrin Göggel, Thomas Zwick: The Quality of Apprenticeship Training, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 114 (3), 756-779, 2012.
Thomas Zwick: Consequences of Seniority Wages on the Employment Structure, Industrial and Labor Relations Review 65 (1), 108-125, 2012.
Christian Göbel, Thomas Zwick: Are Personnel Measures Effective in Increasing Productivity of Old Workers? Labour Economics 22, 80-93, 2013.
Thomas Zwick: Training older employees: what is effective?, International Journal of Manpower 36 (2), 135-150, 2015.
Thomas Zwick, Katharina Frosch: Attenuation Bias when Measuring Inventive Performance, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 26 (3), 195-201, 2017.
Thomas Zwick, Katharina Frosch, Karin Hoisl, Dietmar Harhoff: The Power of Individual-Level Drivers of Inventive Performance, Research Policy 46 (1), 121-137, 2017.
Jens Mohrenweiser, Thomas Zwick, Uschi Backes-Gellner: Poaching and Firm-Sponsored Training, British Journal of Industrial Relations 57 (1), 143-181, 2019.
Jens Mohrenweiser, Gabriele Wydra-Somaggio, Thomas Zwick: Information advantages of training employers despite credible training certificates, Oxford Economic Papers, https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpz052, 2019.
Boris Hirsch, Elke Jahn, Thomas Zwick: Birds, Birds, Birds: Co-worker Similarity, Workplace Diversity, and Job Switches, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019.
Daniel Dietz, Thomas Zwick: Training in the Great Recession: Evidence from an individual perspective, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 240(4), 493-524, 2020.
Daniel Dietz, Thomas Zwick: Retention effect of training: portability, visibility, and credibility, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020.