Prof. Axel Werwatz

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Prof. Axel Werwatz
Technische Universität Berlin
Fakultät VII - Wirtschaft und Management
Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Wirtschaftsrecht
FG Ökonometrie und Wirtschaftsstatistik
Sekr. H 57
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin

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axel.werwatz(at)tu-berlin.de
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Education:        

2004               Habilitation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

1997               Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of Iowa, U.S.A.

1992               Master of Arts in Economics, University of Iowa, U.S.A.

1988               Vordiplom, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt

1984               High-School Diploma, Adolf Reichwein Gymnasium
Heusenstamm

Employment: 

Since April 2007    Full Professor, Technische Universität Berlin
Chair in Econometrics and Business Statistics

2004-2007           Adjunct Professor of Microeconometrics and Industrial Economics
Faculty of Economics and Social Science,
University of Potsdam

2004-2007           Head of the Department Innovation, Manufacturing, Service
DIW Berlin

2002- 2004          Research Associate, DIW Berlin

1999-2002           Research Associate and Lecturer,Institute of Statistics, 
Department of Economics,Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

1998                    Visiting Researcher, Centre for Labour Market and Social
Research,Aarhus Universitet, Århus, Dänemark.

1994-1997           Research Associate, National Research Center SFB 373,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Affiliations:

2007-                    Research Professor, DIW Berlin

2005-                    SFB 649 "Ökonomisches Risiko", Humboldt-Universität 
zu Berlin Project B3.

Professional Activities: Since 2014    German Coordinator for Economic Sciences, Sino-German School for Postgraduate Studies (Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg), Tongji-University, Shanghai Since 2017    Member of the Steering Committee, Berlin International Graduate School in Model and Simulation based Research (BIMoS), TU Berlin
Since 2011    Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Wissenschaftsstatistik, Stifterverband
Since 2017    Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German R&D Survey,   Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Since 2010     Member of the Commission for awarding ELSA-NEUMANN-Doctoral Scholarships on behalf of the Government of Berlin
2010-2014    Member and Vice-Chairman, Structural Committee, TU Berlin
2005-2012    Research Data Centres of the Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Federal States
2006-2011    Member: Beirat zur Begleitung der Neuausrichtung 
der Wirtschaftsförderpolitik im Land Brandenburg


Memberships: Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss Ökonometrie    
Associate Editor:

2003-2009            Computational Statistics, Physica Verlag

2007-                    AStA - Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, Springer 
Verlag

Awards and Scholarships:

2005                     Best Contribution to DIW Weekly Report 2004 for
"Ostdeutschland: Strukturelle Niedriglohnregion?"
(joint with Martin Gornig and Bernd Görzig)

2003                     Best Contribution to DIW Weekly Report 2002 for
"Lohneffekte der Zeitarbeit" (joint with Michael Kvasnicka)

2003                     Award for Outstanding Teaching of Undergraduates
School of Business and Economics, Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

1992-1993            German Science Foundation (DFG) Scholarship for Doctoral 
Studies at the Research Training Group "Applied 
Microeconomics"

1990-1991            German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship for
Graduate Studies at the University of Iowa

Grants:

2005-                    Head of Project B3, SFB 649 "Economic Risk"
German Science Foundation

2005-2008             Head of the Project "Innovationsindikator Deutschland"
Deutsche Telekom Stiftung and BDI.

Publications

Books:
Härdle, W., Müller, M., Sperlich, St. and Werwatz, A. (2004), Nonparametric and Semiparametric Models. e-book www.md-stat.com Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. ISBN 3-540-20722-8 (340 p).


Journal Articles:

Schmack, R., Friedrich, A., Kondratenko, E., Polte, J., Werwatz, A. & Kraehnert, R.  (2019) 'A meta-analysis of catalytic literature data reveals property-performance correlations for the OCM reaction',
Nature Communications, 10, 441 (2019) , 44-52,
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08325-8

Kolbe, J., Schulz, R., Wersing, M. & Werwatz, A. (2019). 'Bodenwertermittlung mit statistischen Methoden'
Zeitschrift für Immobilienökonomie, 5(1), 131-154. DOI 10.1365/s41056-019-00038-9

Kolbe, J., Schulz, R., Wersing, M. & Werwatz, A. (2015). 'Identifying Berlin’s land value map using adaptive weights smoothing'. Computational Statistics. 30(3) pp 767-790.
DOI: 10.1007/s00180-015-0559-9

Schulz, R., Wersing, M. & Werwatz, A. (2014). 'Automated valuation modelling: A specification exercise'. Journal of Property Research, vol 31, no. 2, pp. 131-153.

Schulz, R., Wersing, M. and Werwatz, A. (2014),Renting versus Owning and the Role of Human Capital: Evidence from Germany, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, vol 48, no. 4, pp. 754-788.

Schulz, R. and Werwatz, A. (2011),
Is there an equilibrating relationship between house prices and replacement cost? Empirical evidence from Berlin, Journal of Urban Economics, 69 (3), 288–302

Görzig, B., Gornig, M., Voshage, R. and Werwatz, A. (2010),
Eastern Germany on the brink of closing the productivity gap? Firm-level evidence from manufacturing, Post-Communist Economies, 22(4), 499 - 511

Geppert, K., Gornig, M., and Werwatz, A. (2008), Economic Growth of Agglomerations and Geographic Concentration of Industries - Evidence for West Germany, Regional Studies, 42 (3), 413- 421.

Görzig, B., Gornig, M. and Werwatz, A. (2008), Firm-Wage Differentiation in East Germany - Non-Parametric Analysis of the Wage Spread, The Economics of Transition, 16 (2) , 273-292.


Görzig, B., Gornig, M. and Werwatz, A. (2007), Produktvielfalt und Produktivität der IKTProduzenten: Eine Analyse unter Nutzung verbundener amtlicher Unternehmensdaten (Product Variety and Productivity of ICT-Producers), Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, forthcoming

Görzig, B., Gornig, M. and Werwatz, A. (2007), Produktdiversifizierung: Konvergenz zwischen ost- und westdeutschen Unternehmen - Eine Dekomposition mit Mikrodaten der amtlichen Statistik (Product Diversification: Have East-German Enterprises Caught-Up with the West?), Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics), Vol. 227 (2), 168-186

Slama, R., and Werwatz, A. (2005), Controlling for continuous confounding factors: nonand semi-parametric approaches, Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Vol. 53, 2S65-2S80.

Görzig, B., Gornig, M. and Werwatz, A. (2005), Nichtparametrische Dekomposition der Lohndifferenzen zwischen ost- und westdeutschen Betrieben, Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, Vol. 89:4, 365-381

Slama, R., Bouyer, J., Windham, G., Fenster, L., Werwatz, A. and Swan, S.H. (2005), Influence of Paternal Age on the Risk of Spontaneous Abortion, American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 161 (9):816-823.

Kirman, A., Schulz, R., Härdle, W. and Werwatz, A. (2005) Transactions that did not happen and their influence on prices. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 56 (4), 567-591.

Christensen, B. J., Lentz, R., Mortensen, D. T., Neumann, G.R. and Werwatz, A. (2005), On-the-Job Search and the Wage Distribution, Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 23 (1), 31-58.

Schäfer, D., Werwatz, A. and Zimmermann, V. (2004), The Determinants of Debt and (Private) Equity Financing: The Case of Young, Innovative SMEs from Germany, Industry and Innovation, Vol. 11 (3), 225-248.

Schulz, R. and Werwatz, A. (2004), A State Space Model for Berlin House Prices: Estimation and Economic Interpretation, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 28:1, 37-57.

Schulz, R., Sofyan, H., Werwatz, A. and Witzel, R. (2003), Online Prediction of Berlin Single-Family House Prices, Computational Statistics, Vol. 18 (3), 449-462.

Slama, R., Werwatz, A., Boutou, O., Ducot, B., Spira, A., Härdle, W.. (2003), Does Male Age Affect the Risk of Spontaneous Abortion? An Approach Using Semiparametric Regression, American Journal of Epidemiology, 157, 815-824

Werwatz, A. (2002), Occupational Mobility after Apprenticeship - How effective is the German Apprenticeship System?, Applied Economics Quarterly, Vol. 48 (3-4), 279-303.

Sofyan, H. and Werwatz, A. (2001), Analyzing XploRe Download Profiles with Intelligent Miner, Computational Statistics, 16 (3), 465-479

Liang, H., Härdle, W. and Werwatz, A. (2001), Asymptotic properties of nonparametric regression estimation in partly linear models, Econometric Theory, 15, 258-259.

Burda, M. Härdle, W. , Müller, M. and Werwatz, A. (2001), Semiparametric Analysis of German East-West Migration: Facts and Theory, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 13, 525-542   Edited Volumes:

Guest editor of the special issue „Unternehmen und Arbeitsmarkt in Bewegung - Was gewinnt die Forschung durch amtliche Mikrodaten?", Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv (2007), forthcoming(with Ralf Mytzek-Zühlke and Sylvia Zühlke)"Regional Innovation Policies, European Planning Studies, Vol. 13 (2005), No. 4 (with Michael Fritsch and Andreas Stephan)

 

Other Journals and Collected Volumes:Geppert, K., Gornig, M., and Werwatz, A. (2007), Grenzen der Deindustrialisierung? Zur Position der Region Rhein-Main im sektoralen Strukturwandel, Hessischer Konjunkturspiegel, 2. Quartal 2007
Werwatz, A. (2006) Innovation in Germany, Chapter 2 of Innovation in the United States and Germany, AICGS Policy Report 26, ed. by Jackson Janes, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Belitz, H., Kirn, T. and Werwatz, A. (2006), Innovationsfähigkeit: Deutschland braucht mehr Schwung, DIW-Wochenbericht, 45/2006 .
Belitz, H., Kirn, T. and Werwatz, A. (2006), Verhaltensweisen und Einstellungen der Bevölkerung hemmen die Innovationsfähigkeit in Deutschland, DIW-Wochenbericht, 8/2006 .
Belitz, H., Kirn, T., Schmidt-Ehmcke, J. and Werwatz, A. (2006), Innovationsindikator Deutschland 2006. DIW Berlin: Politikberatung kompakt 22
Eriksson, T., and Werwatz, A. (2005) The Prevalence of Internal Labour Markets - New Evidence from Panel Data. International Journal of Economics Research. Vol. 2, No. 2, 2005: pp. 105-124.
Belitz, H., and Werwatz, A. (2005), Innovationsfähigkeit: Deutschland unter den führenden Industrieländern nur im Mittelfeld, DIW-Wochenbericht, 49/2005 . engl. Version: Capacity for Innovation: Among Leading Industrial Countries, Germany Only Manages a Middle Rank. Weekly Report, 1/2006.
Schäfer, D., Werwatz, A. and Zimmermann, V. (2005) Kredit- und Beteiligungsfinanzierung in jungen innovativen kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen in Deutschland. DIW-Wochenbericht, 40/2005 .
Belitz, H., Kirn, T., Schmidt-Ehmcke, J., Voßkamp, R. and Werwatz, A. (2006), Innovationsindikator Deutschland: Bericht 2005. DIW Berlin: Politikberatung kompakt 11
Gornig, M., Görzig, B. and Werwatz, A. (2004), Ostdeutschland: Strukturelle Niedriglohnregion?, DIW-Wochenbericht, 44/2004; engl. Version: East Germany: a structural low-wage region?, Economic Bulletin 12/2004.
Fritsch, M., Stephan, A. and Werwatz, A. (2004), Regionalisierte Innovationspolitik sinnvoll, DIW-Wochenbericht, 9/2004; engl. Version: A regionalised innovation policy should be adopted, Economic Bulletin 12/2003.
Kvasnicka, M. and Werwatz, A. (2003), Arbeitsbedingungen and Perspektiven von Zeitarbeitern, DIW-Wochenbericht, 46/2003; engl. Version: The wage effects of temporary agency, Economic Bulletin 12/2003.
Kvasnicka, M. and Werwatz, A. (2002), Lohneffekte der Zeitarbeit, DIW-Wochenbericht, 49/2002; reprinted in Bandesarbeitsblatt, Februar 2003 engl. Version: The wage effects of temporary agency, Economic Bulletin 2/2003.
Schulz, R. and Werwatz, A. (2002), A Simple State Space Model of House Prices in: Härdle, W., Kleinow, T. and Stahl, G. (2002), Applied Quantitative Finance. Theory and Computation Tools. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg.
Härdle, W., Schulz, R., Sofyan, H., Werwatz, A. and Witzel, R. (2002) MD*Immo. Online- Preisprognose für Berliner Einfamilienhäuser, Humboldt-Spektrum 9 (2002), Heft 4, S.60-61.
Kolb, J., and Werwatz, A. (2001), The Duration of Marginal Employment in West Germany: A Survival Analysis Based on Spell Data, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 70 (2001), 95101.
Müller, C. and Werwatz, A. (2000), Simultaneuos-Equations Models, in: Härdle, W., Hlavka, Z. and Klinke, S. (2000), XploRe - Application Guide, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 97-114.
Kolb, J., and Werwatz, A. (2000), Eine Längsschnittanalyse geringfügiger Beschäftigung, in: F. Büchel, M. Diewald, P. Krause, D. Mertens, H. Solga (2000), Zwischen Drinnen and Draußen, Soziale Ausgrenzung am deutschen Arbeitsmarkt, Leske+Budrich, Opladen.
Breitung, J., and Werwatz, A. (1999), Microeconometrics and Panel Data, in: Härdle, Klinke, S. and Müller, M. (1999) XploRe - Learning Guide, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 307-352.
Proenca, I., and Werwatz, A. (2001), Comparing Parametric and Semiparametric Binary Response Models, in: Härdle, Klinke, S. and Turlach, B. (1995) XploRe - - an Interactive Statistical Computing Environment