Curriculum Vitae
Lukas Schmid
December 19, 2023

Faculty of Economics and Management
University of Lucerne
P.O. Box 4466
CH-6002 Lucerne

Phone +41 41 229 58 50
Email: lukas.schmid@unilu.ch
www.lukasschmid.net

Employment
2018 –2016 – 20172013 – 20162012 – 20132011 – 20122008 – 2011

Full Professor, University of Lucerne
Assistant Professor, University of Lucerne
Senior Research Associate, University of St. Gallen
Research Fellow, London School of Economics
Research/Teaching Assistant, University of St. Gallen
Teaching Assistant, University of Bern

Education
2008–20132008–2009
2002–2007

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bern
Doctoral Program in Economics, Study Center Gerzensee
M.A. in Political Science, University of Bern

ResearchPublications
Measuring Closeness in Proportional Representation Systems. Political Analysis, 2024, 32(1): 101–114(with Mark Schelker and Simon Luechinger).
The Impact of Host Language Proficiency on Migrants’ Employment Outcomes. American Economic Review: Insights, 2023, 5(4): 477–493.
Do Voting Advice Applications Change Political Behavior? Journal of Politics, 2023, 85(2): 684–700 (withChristine Benesch, Rino Heim, and Mark Schelker)
Ancestry and International Trade. Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022, 50(1): 33–51 (with IreneFensore and Stefan Legge).
Electoral Reforms and the Representativeness of Turnout. Political Science Research and Methods, 2021,
9(3): 485–499 (with Michael Bechtel).
Fiscal Rules Cause Lower Debt: Evidence from Switzerland’s Federal Debt Containment Rule. Kyklos,
2020, 73(4): 605–642 (with Michele Salvi and Christoph A. Schaltegger).
Rain, Emotions and Voting for the Status Quo. European Economic Review, 2019, 119: 434–451 (withArmando Meier and Alois Stutzer).
Compulsory Voting, Habit Formation, and Political Participation. Review of Economics and Statistics,
2018, 100(3): 467–476 (with Dominik Hangartner and Michael Bechtel).

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Dyadic Value Distance: Determinants and Consequences. Economics Letters, 2018, 165: 48–53 (withAdrian Jaeggi and Stefan Legge).
Does Compulsory Voting Increase Support for Leftist Policy? American Journal of Political Science, 2016,
60(3): 752–767 (with Michael Bechtel and Dominik Hangartner).
Do Professionals Get It Right? Limited Attention and Risk-Taking Behavior. Economic Journal, 2016,
126(592): 724–755 (with Reto Foellmi and Stefan Legge).
Media Attention and Betting Markets. European Economic Review, 2016, 87: 304–333 (with Stefan Legge).

Working Papers
Voter Turnout and Selective Abstention in Concurrent Votes (2023, with Reto Foellmi and Rino Heim).
Perceptions of Economic Conditions and Mental Health (2023, with Valentina Sontheim and Lukas Kauer).
Which Political Activities Are Caused by Education? Evidence from School Entry Exams (2021, withDominik Hangartner, Dalston Ward, and Stefan Boes). R&R at Journal of Politics.
Does Tracking Matter for Short- and Long-Term Educational Outcomes? Evidence from School Entry Tests(2019, with Stefan Boes and Dominik Hangartner).
Concurrent Elections, the Calculus of Voting, and Political Decisions (2016).

Work in ProgressFemale Suffrage and the Incumbency Advantage (with Mark Schelker and Florence Stempfel).
The Private Benefits from Public Office (with Mark Schelker and Simon Luechinger).
The 1918 Influenza Mortality and the Shift in Vaccination Attitudes and Behavior (with ChristianOchsner).

Presentations (Selection)
Annual Meeting Swiss Political Science Association 2014, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics
and Statistics 2014, SNF Sinergia CEPR Conference on Economic Inequality, LMU Muenchen: Empirical
Economics Workshop 2014, Labor Markets and International Trade“ Ascona 2014 (poster), Annual Meetingof the Royal Economic Society Manchester 2015, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics andStatistics 2015, EEA Mannheim 2015, Sinergia Workshop Lugano 2015, University of Lucerne 2016, Big DataWorkshop St. Gallen 2016, Rotterdam Workshop in Political Economy 2016, Sinergia and Labor MarketSeminar Zurich 2016, Lucerne 2016, Stanford 2017, Swiss Workshop on Local Public Finance and Regional
Economics 2019, Den Haag 2019, Zurich 2019, Swiss Workshop on Political Economy and Development 2020,
Workshop on Elections, Institutional Reforms, and Public Policy 2021, CREST Paris 2022, University ofCambridge Political Economy Reading Group 2022, University of Lugano 2022

Grants and Awards20132014

Best Paper Award, Warsaw International Economic Meeting
SSES Young Economist Award

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3Approved Research Projects (Selection)
2023
2022
2019
2016 – 20202012 – 2013

SNSF project grant, “Modern Times Without Us! Determinants and Effects ofTechnology Skepticism, Grisons 1900–1940” (co-applicant, CHF 303,803)
SNSF project grant, “The Effects of Geographical Representation on Legislators,Voters, and Economic Policy” (co-applicant, CHF 659,774)
SNSF scientific exchanges, “Turnout, Voter Myopia, and Support for Long-TermPolicy” (co-applicant, CHF 19,500)
SNSF project grant, “The Effects of Electoral Institutions and Information on
Electoral Competition and Selection” (co-applicant, CHF 346,163)
SNSF fellowship, “Political Participation and Redistribution” (applicant, CHF46,100)

Professional Activities
Referee for: AER: Insights, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review,
British Journal of Political Science, Economica, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Political
Science: Research and Methods, Review of Economics and Statistics, and Swiss Journal of Economics
and Statistics. Reviews for research foundations such as the SNSF, DFG, SNIS as well as for severalconferences.
Departmental service: Director of studies, Faculty of Economics and Management of the University ofLucerne (since 2016).

Teaching Activities (Selection)
Introduction to Mathematics (BA), Introduction to Statistics (BA), Econometrics (BA), Research Designand Scientific Writing (BA), Data Analytics (BA), Causal Analysis (MA), Workshop in Applied Data Analysis(BA/MA), Workshop in Causal Analysis (MA/PhD).