Forschung
Zu den inhaltlichen Forschungsschwerpunkten von Svenja Flechtner gehören sozio-ökonomische Ungleichheiten, Fragen der Entwicklungsökonomik, Verhaltensökonomik sowie interdisziplinäre Ansätze in der Ökonomik. Die Juniorprofessur beschäftigt sich außerdem mit Fragen der Wissenschaftstheorie und Praxis Pluraler Ökonomik.
Arbeitspapiere
Faininger, R. und Flechtner, S. (2024): "Heterogeneous migrant wealth gaps in Germany" (R-R Journal of Economic Inequality).
Flechtner, S. (2022): "(Why) Do poor households under-save? A review of the behavioural literature".
Flechtner, S. & D'Ippoliti, C. (2023): "Individual-level determinants of field of study choices explain only a minor part of horizontal gender segregation".
Flechtner, S. & Heinrich, T. (2023): "Drivers of youth outsiderness in European labour markets. A comment on Marques and Salavisa (2017) with a note on sufficiency in fsQCA" (link to previous version) (submitted/ under review).
Zusammenfassungen der Arbeitspapiere finden sich hier.
Work in progress
Flechtner, S. & D'Ippoliti, C.: "Can women in STEM close the gender gap?"
Flechtner, S. & Hardeck, I.: "Does business taxation influence wage levels?"
Unterein, D., Flechtner, S. Stephan, M. & Werner, A.: "Introducing the 4-day-week in a medium-size firm: effects on productivity, job satisfaction, and health"
Neu, M. & Flechtner, S.: "Public support of climate protection measures in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein"
Flechtner, S. & Middelanis, M.: "Inequality and the trade-offs between socio-economic and environmental development"
Publikationen
Flechtner, S., Lich, U. & Pelz, S. (2024): "Women's decision-making power, cooking fuel adoption and appliance ownership: Evidence from Rwanda, Nepal and Honduras", Energy Research & Social Science 118: 103780.
Flechtner, S. (2024): "Beyond Fads and Magic Bullets: The Promise of Behavioural Approaches in Development Economics" , Journal of Economic Surveys, https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12663.
Flechtner, S. & Middelanis, M. (2024): "The Role of the Commodity Price Boom in Shaping Public Social Spending: Evidence from Latin America", World Development 182: 106717. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106717 | Blog post in English | Blog post in Spanish
Flechtner, S. (2024): "The reproduction of inequalities through educational aspirations: evidence from teenagers in India", Journal of Development Studies 60(1): 46-66. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2023.2273799.
Flechtner, S. & Sánchez-Ancochea, Diego (2022): "Why is knowledge accumulation so hard? Exploring econometric research on the determinants of social policy in Latin America", Latin American Research Review June 2022, doi: 10.1017/lar.2022.21.
Becher, P., Becker, K., Rösch, K., & Seelig, L. (2021): "Ordoliberal White Democracy, Elitism, and the Demos: The Case of Wilhelm Röpke", Democratic Theory 8(2), 70-96.
Flechtner, S. (2021): "Poverty research and its discontents: Review and Discussion of Issues Raised in Dimensions of Poverty. Measurement, Epistemic Injustices and Social Activism, (2020)", Review of Income and Wealth 67(2), 530-544. doi: 10.1111/roiw.12498.
Flechtner, S. (2020): "Winning the fight against global poverty one experiment at a time? The Economics Nobel 2019", ORDO - Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 70(1): 395-406.
Flechtner, S. & Gräbner, C. (2019): "The heterogeneous relationship between income and inequality: a panel co-integration approach", Economics Bulletin 39(4): 2540-2549.
Decker, S., Elsner, W. & Flechtner, S. (2019, Hrsg.): Principles and Pluralist Approaches in Teaching Economics: Towards a Transformative Science. Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics. London: Routledge.
Flechtner, S. (2019): "Entwicklung und Freiheit - Verhaltens-, sozio- und entwicklungsökonomische Perspektiven", in Hirschbrunn, Katharina, Klüh, Ulrich & Sturn, Richard (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch Normative und Institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik. Band 17: Kapitalismus und Freiheit. Marburg: Metropolis.
Decker, S., Elsner, W. & Flechtner, S. (2018, Hrsg.): Advancing Pluralism in Teaching Economics: International Perspectives on a Textbook Science.Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics. London: Routledge.
Flechtner, S. (2017): "Should aspirations be a matter of policy concern?", Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 18(4): 517-530, doi: 10.1080/19452829.2017.1364224.
Flechtner, S. (2017): "Individuelle Zielsetzungen - Ein Ansatzpunkt zur Bekämpfung von Armut und Ungleichheiten?", Der Öffentliche Sektor - The Public Sector 43(2): 49-53.
Flechtner, S. (2017): "Growth Miracle or Endangered Development? Vested Interests, Policy-Making, and Economic Development in the Dominican Republic", Journal of Economic Issues 51(2): 323-331.
Flechtner, S. (2017): "Inequality, (unmet) aspirations and social protest", in H. Hanappi & S. Katsikides (eds), Evolutionary Political Economy in Action. A Cyprus Symposium, Part 1: Political Economy in Action: 109-123. Abingdon/ New York: Routledge.
Flechtner, S. (2017): "Desigualdad y desenvolvimiento económico en la República Dominicana - Un análisis desde la perspectiva de la economía política", in A. Klump and C. Felbeck (eds), Dominicanidad: Perspectivas de un concepto transnacional: 169-203. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Flechtner, S. (2016): Aspirations and the persistence of poverty and inequalities. Dissertation, Europa-Universität Flensburg.
Flechtner, S. & Panther, S. (2016): "Economic inequality, political power and political decision-making: the case of the 'middle-income trap'", in S. Fadda & P. Tridico (eds), Varieties of Economic Inequality: 72-94. Abingdon/ New York: Routledge.
Flechtner, S. (2014): "Aspiration Traps: When Poverty Stifles Hope", World Bank Inequality in Focus, 3(1), January 2014.
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