Bachelorabschlussseminar
Topics/Themen of the summer term 2024:
1. Publish or Perish? The Importance of Citations for Academic Careers
2. Birthweight Manipulation and Hospital Reimbursement
3. Voting Conditions and Political Participation
4. Police Violence and Educational Outcomes
5. Surname Initials and Academic Success
6. COVID-19 Mobility Restrictions and Crimes
7. Football Events and Crime
8. Gender Bias in the Publishing Process
9. Right-Wing Politicians, Discrimination and Hate Crimes
10. Smoking Bans and Health
11. Violence in Media and Violent Crimes
12. Police and Crime
13. Natural Catastrophes and Fertility
14. Social Media and Xenophobia
15. Media and Racial Hate
16. House Prices and Fertility
17. Migration and Political Preferences
18. Additional Demand for Donations and Substitution Effects
19. Air Pollution and Health
20. School Meals and Child Outcomes
21. Role Models and Education
22. News Media and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
23. Naturalization and Child Outcomes
24. Efficacy of Gun Control Laws
25. Determinants of Organ Donations
26. Longer School Days and Educational Attainment
27. Terrorism and Tourism
28. Chess and Education Performance
29. Gender and Leadership
30. Immigration and School Performance of Natives
Suggesting an own bachelor thesis topic-guidelines for the application:
- In case you want to write your bachelor thesis on a self-chosen topic, we would ask you to consider the following points in your application:
- Provide a (causal) research question for your topic (e.g. "Does an increase in x cause an increase in y?", "Does policy x cause a reduction in y?"...)!
- Suggest 2-3 empirical papers that tackle the suggested research question! Look for papers that make use of counterfactual methods i.e. Regression Discontinuity Designs, Difference-in-Differences, Instrumental variables, (Propensity Score) Matching, Synthetic Control Method.
- Write a short motivation for the topic: Why is the topic relevant? Provide context on the policy/main explanatory variable you want to investigate! Why is the topic interesting? Four to five sentences should suffice.
- In case the suggested topic is not suitable for a thesis at our chair, please signal whether you would be willing to write a thesis on a topic suggested by the chair (see list below) or you would prefer writing your thesis at another chair!