Bachelor's thesis

The Chair of the Economics of the Public Sector regularly supervises bachelor's theses in economics. There is no fixed registration deadline for the bachelor's thesis. If you would like to write your bachelor's thesis with us, please make an appointment via the chair's secretary's office. It is assumed that you have already looked at the list of topics below before the consultation appointment and have thought about which topics would interest you. Do you have your own topic suggestion? Then please find a first scientific article on your topic so that we have a basis for discussion at the first consultation appointment.

List of topics

Inequality in greenhouse gas emissions

Hubacek, K., Baiocchi, G., Feng, K., Muñoz Castillo, R., Sun, L. and J. Xue (2017). "Global carbon inequality." Energy, Ecology and Environment, 2(6), 361-369.

International acceptance of climate policy

Dechezleprêtre, A., Fabre, A., Kruse, T., Planterose, B., Sanchez Chico, A. and S. Stantcheva (2025). "Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes toward Climate Policies." American Economic Review 115 (4): 1258-1300.

The annuity puzzle

Benartzi, S., A. Previtero, and R. H. Thaler (2011). "Annuitisation puzzles." Journal of Economic Perspectives 25(4), 143-64.
Alexandrova, M. and N. Gatzert (2019). "What do we know about annuitisation decisions?" Risk Management and Insurance Review 22(1), 57-100.
Lambregts, T. R. and F. T. Schut (2020). "Displaced, disliked and misunderstood: A systematic review of the reasons for low uptake of long-term care insurance and life annuities." The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 17, 100236.

Different life expectancies and policy measures

Pestieau, P. and G. Ponthiere (2016). "Longevity variations and the welfare state." Journal of Demographic Economics 82(2), 207-239.

The interaction between income and health

Lenhart, O. (2019). "The effects of income on health: New evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit." Review of Economics of the Household17(2): 377-410.
Hosseini, R., K. A. Kopecky, and K. Zhao (2022). "The evolution of health over the life cycle." Review of Economic Dynamics 45, 237-263.

Health and the labour market

Jolly, N. A. and N. Theodoropoulos (2023). "Health shocks and spousal labour supply: An international perspective." Journal of Population Economics 36(2): 973-1004.
Podor, M. and T. J. Halliday (2012). "Health status and the allocation of time." Health Economics 21(5): 514-527.
Li, N. (2023). "Health and household labour supply: instantaneous and adaptive behaviour of an aging workforce." Review of Economics of the Household 21(4), 1359-1378.

The Retirement Savings Puzzle

French, E., Jones, J.B. and R. McGee (2023). "Why do retired households draw down their wealth so slowly?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 37(4), 91-114.

Effects of raising the statutory retirement age

Jolly, N. A. and N. Theodoropoulos (2023). "Health shocks and spousal labour supply: An international perspective." Journal of Population Economics36(2): 973-1004.
Podor, M. and T. J. Halliday (2012). "Health status and the allocation of time." Health Economics 21(5): 514-527.
Li, N. (2023). "Health and household labour supply: instantaneous and adaptive behavior of an aging workforce." Review of Economics of the Household 21(4), 1359-1378.

Family structures and their economic determinants

Lundberg, S., Pollak, R. and Stearns, J. (2016). "Family Inequality: Diverging Patterns in Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30(2), 79-102.
Guner, N., Kulikova, Y. and Llull, J. (2018). "Marriage and health: Selection, protection, and assortative mating." European Economic Review 104(C), 138-166.

The economics of data

Jones, C. and Tonetti, C. (2020). "Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data." American Economic Review 110, 2819-2858.
Veldkamp, L. and C. Chung (2024). "Data and the Aggregate Economy." Journal of Economics Literature 62, 458-484.

To top