Work in progress:

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Dong, Sarah, Satyadini, Agung and Sinning, Mathias. 2025. Location Matters: Insights from a Natural Field Experiment to Enhance Small Business Tax Compliance in Indonesia, IZA Discussion Paper No. 18108.

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Published peer-reviewed journal articles:

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Hoy, Christopher, McKenzie, Luke and Sinning, Mathias. 2023. Improving Tax Compliance without Increasing Revenue: Evidence from Population-Wide Randomized Controlled Trials in Papua New Guinea, Economic Development and Cultural Change 72, 691–723. (IF = 2.0; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Sinning, Mathias and Zhang, Yinjunjie. 2023. Traffic and Parking Fine Collection: Are Social Norms More Effective Than Enforcement? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 210, 43–60. (IF = 2.2; ABDC journal rating = A*)

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Dong, Sarah and Sinning, Mathias. 2022. Trying to Make a First Good Impression: A Natural Field Experiment to Engage New Entrants to the Tax System, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 100, 101900. (IF = 1.6; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Gillitzer, Christian and Sinning, Mathias. 2020. Nudging Businesses to Pay Their Taxes: Does Timing Matter? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 169, 284–300. (IF = 2.2; ABDC journal rating = A*)

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Hasan, Syed and Sinning, Mathias. 2018. GST Reform in Australia: Implications of Estimating Price Elasticities of Demand for Food, The Economic Record 94, 239–254. (IF = 1.2; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Haisken-DeNew, John, Hasan, Syed, Jha, Nikhil, and Sinning, Mathias. 2018. Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect of School Quality Information on Property Prices, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 145, 449–464. (IF = 2.2; ABDC journal rating = A*)

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Biddle, Nicholas, Fels, Katja and Sinning, Mathias. 2018. Behavioral Insights on Business Taxation: Evidence from Two Natural Field Experiments, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 18, 30–49. (IF = 6.6; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Bachmann, Ronald and Sinning, Mathias. 2016. Decomposing the Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 78, 853-876. (IF = 2.5; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Kassenboehmer, Sonja and Sinning, Mathias. 2016. Locus of Control and Savings, Journal of Banking and Finance 73, 113–130. (IF = 3.7; ABDC journal rating = A*)

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Chapman, Bruce and Sinning, Mathias. 2014. Student Loan Reforms for German Higher Education: Financing Tuition Fees, Education Economics 22, 569–588. (IF = 1.2; ABDC journal rating = B)

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Kassenboehmer, Sonja and Sinning, Mathias. 2014. Distributional Changes in the Gender Wage Gap, Industrial and Labor Relations Review 67, 335–361. (IF = 2.8; ABDC journal rating = A*)

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Higgins, Tim and Sinning, Mathias. 2013. Modeling Income Dynamics for Public Policy Design: An Application to Income Contingent Student Loans, Economics of Education Review 37, 273–285. (IF = 2.2; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Bauer, Thomas, Flake, Regina and Sinning, Mathias. 2013. Labor Market Effects of Immigration: Evidence from Neighborhood Data, Review of International Economics 21, 370–385. (IF = 1.0; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Stillman, Steven and Sinning, Mathias. 2012. Migrant Youths’ Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 643, 18–45. (IF = 2.8)

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Choi, Kate, Tienda, Marta, Cobb-Clark, Deborah and Sinning, Mathias. 2012. Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 30, 49–62. (IF = 5.0)

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Bauer, Thomas, Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Hildebrand, Vincent and Sinning, Mathias. 2011. A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap, Economic Inquiry 49, 989–1007. (IF = 1.8; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Cobb-Clark, Deborah and Sinning, Mathias. 2011. Neighborhood Diversity and the Appreciation of Native- and Immigrant-Owned Homes, Regional Science and Urban Economics 41, 214–226. (IF = 3.1; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Sinning, Mathias. 2011. Determinants of Savings and Remittances – Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany, Review of Economics of the Household 9, 45–67. (IF = 5.1; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Bauer, Thomas and Sinning, Mathias. 2011. The Savings Behavior of Temporary and Permanent Migrants in Germany, Journal of Population Economics 24, 421–449. (IF = 6.1; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Sinning, Mathias. 2010. Homeownership and Economic Performance of Immigrants in Germany, Urban Studies 47, 387–409. (IF = 4.7; ABDC journal rating = A*)

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Haisken-DeNew, John and Sinning, Mathias. 2010. Social Deprivation of Immigrants in Germany, Review of Income and Wealth 56, 715–733. (IF = 2.0; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Bauer, Thomas and Sinning, Mathias. 2010. Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Tobit Models, Applied Economics 42, 1569–1575. (IF = 2.2; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Fertig, Michael, Christoph M. Schmidt, and Sinning, Mathias. 2009. The Impact of Demographic Change on Human Capital Accumulation, Labour Economics 16, 659–668. (IF = 2.4; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Basilio, Leilanie, Bauer, Thomas and Sinning, Mathias. 2009. Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany, Labour Economics 16, 510–520 (IF = 2.4; ABDC journal rating = A)

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Bauer, Thomas and Sinning, Mathias. 2009. The Purpose of Remittances: Evidence from Germany, Journal of Economics and Statistics 229, 730–742. (ABDC journal rating = B)

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Sinning, Mathias, Hahn, Markus and Bauer, Thomas. 2008. The Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Nonlinear Regression Models, The Stata Journal 8, 480–492. (IF = 4.8)

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Bauer, Thomas and Sinning, Mathias. 2008. An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to Non-linear Models, Advances in Statistical Analysis 92, 197–206. (IF = 1.4; ABDC journal rating = C)

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Bauer, Thomas, Goehlmann, Silja and Sinning, Mathias. 2007. Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior, Health Economics 16, 895–909. (IF = 2.1; ABDC journal rating = A*)

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IF = 2022 Impact Factor from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. Citation numbers are from Google Scholar. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) 2022 Journal Quality List. 

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Books:

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Sinning, Mathias. 2008. The Savings Behavior of Immigrants in Germany, doctoral thesis, University of Bochum, ISBN 978-3-86788-039-8.

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Book chapters:

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Sinning, Mathias. 2016. The Financial Capacity of German University Graduates to Repay Student Loans, In: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Martin Guzman (eds.), Contemporary Issues in Microeconomics, Palgrave MacMillan. 

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Grave, Barbara and Sinning, Mathias. 2014. Why Don’t We Just Give Them the Money? Financing Living Expenses of Students in Germany, In: Bruce Chapman, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Tim Higgins (eds.), Income Contingent Loans: Theory, Practice and Prospects, Palgrave MacMillan, 109–124. 

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Book reviews:

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Sinning, Mathias. 2017. The Mobility of Students and the Highly Skilled, by Marcel Gerard and Silke Uebelmesser (The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachussets, 2014), Economic Record 93, 181–183. 

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Sinning, Mathias. 2013. Migration and the Welfare State, by Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka and Benjarong Suwankiri (The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2011), Economic Record 89, 437–439. 

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Encyclopedia entries:

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Sinning, Mathias and Tani, Massimiliano. 2015. Labor Migration, In: Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Migration, Springer, Dordrecht. 

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Sinning, Mathias. 2015. Reservation Wages and Immigrants, In: Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Migration, Springer, Dordrecht. 

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Commissioned reports:

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Rose, Trevor, Sinning, Mathias and Breunig, Robert. 2021. How Do Statutory and Effective Corporate Tax Rates Affect Location Decisions of Firms and a Country's Industry Structure? Business Council of Australia, Melbourne, Australia. 

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Steinhauser, Ralf, Sinning, Mathias and Sobeck, Kristen. 2018. Report: State Tax Elasticities of Revenue Bases, Commonwealth Grants Commission, Canberra, Australia. 

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Hasan, Syed and Sinning, Mathias. 2017. Scoping Study: State Tax Elasticities of Revenue Bases, Commonwealth Grants Commission, Canberra, Australia.

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Sinning, Mathias. 2014. How Much is it Worth? New Estimates of Private Returns to University Education in Australia, Department of Education, Skills and Employment, Canberra, Australia.

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Chesters, Jenny, Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2013. Senior Australians and the Take-Up of New Technologies, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide 

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Chesters, Jenny, Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2013. The Returns to Skill Accumulation, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide 

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Sinning, Mathias and Stillman, Steven. 2012. Where should I live? The Locational Choices of Australians and New Zealanders, Research Report, Department of Labour, Wellington, New Zealand 

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Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2012. Training Requirements of Foreign-Born Workers in Different Countries, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide 

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Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2011. Differing Skill Requirements Across Countries and Over Time, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide. 

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Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2011. Skill (Mis-)Matches and Over-Education of Younger Workers, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide. 

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Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2010. The Growth of Literacy Skills over the Working Life – Pattern and Determinants, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Canberra, Australia.

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Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2010. Who Works Beyond the ’Standard’ Retirement Age and Why?, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide. 

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Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2009. Skill Matches to Job Requirements, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide. 

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Ryan, Chris and Sinning, Mathias. 2009. Job Requirements and Lifelong Learning for Older Workers, Research Report, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Adelaide. 

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Publications in German:

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Fels, Katja, Schmidt, Christoph M. and Sinning, Mathias. 2015. BaföG Plus: Deutschlands Hochschulfinanzierung neu denken – Nachgelagerte Studiengebühren können die soziale Schieflage in der Bildungsfinanzierung auflösen (reform proposal for financing higher education in Germany), RWI Position No. 66.