Dr. Katharina Heisig
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Dr. Katharina Heisig
State Chancellery of Saxony
Short vita
- 2013: Bachelor in Business Administration and Economics, Japanese Studies, MLU Halle-Wittenberg
- 2016: Master in Economics, MLU Halle-Wittenberg
- 2023: Doctorate in Economics, TU Dresden
- Since 2023: Advisor, Saxon State Chancellery
General research topics and core research areas
- Demographic change
- Family policy
Current publications
- Heisig, K. & L. Zierow (2025): Paid parental leave and long-term outcomes of children-Quasi-experimental evidence from former East Germany, Labor Economics, Volume 96, October 2025, 102740, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102740.
- Brosch, H., Heisig, K. & L. Zierow (2023): The impact of family daycare on child development, Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, Volume 26, pp. 299–318, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-023-01150-2.
- Heisig, K., Kröper, M. & T. Scheurer (2023): Faktoren der Familiengründung, Kinderlosigkeit und Kinderreichtum in Ostdeutschland [Factors of family formation, childlessness and child wealth in East Germany], ifo Dresden Studies No. 89.
- Heisig, K. (2023): The Long-Term Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Maternal Health and Subjective Well-Being, CESifo Working Paper No. 10308.