2026
Journal - Research Article
Glasgow, T., Leblang, D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2026). Working 9 to 5: The global impact of jobs on subjective well-being. Applied Research in Quality of Life. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11482-026-10602-w
Wesselbaum, D., & Owen, P. D. (2026). Who gains from minimum wage increases? A gender-based distributional analysis. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/sjpe.70073
Guha Thakurta, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2026). Portfolio choice with intra‐household bargaining and gender differences in preferences. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/sjpe.70047
2025
Journal - Research Article
Leblang, D., Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Food insecurity across age: Evidence from a global study. Global Food Security, 47, 100891. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100891
Gibbard, P., Grubb, C., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Cost pass-through in the retail electricity market: Vertically integrated versus independent retailers. Energy Economics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2025.108392
Leblang, D., Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Global perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination: Impacts on well-being and inequality. Vaccine, 52, 126906. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126906
Sundaram, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Economic development reloaded: the AI revolution in developing nations. New Zealand Economic Papers, 59(1), 11-17. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2024.2439955
Stahlmann-Brown, P., Milfont, T. L., Norriss, H., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Perceived personal control and subjective well-being among farmers. Journal of Rural Studies, 113, 103487. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103487
Niles, M. T., Stahlmann-Brown, P., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Risk tolerance and climate concerns predict transformative agricultural land use change. Agricultural Systems, 223, 104195. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104195
Stahlmann-Brown, P., Swerdloff, S., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Climate belief, accuracy of climatic expectations, and pro-environmental action. Environmental Hazards, 24(3), 268-289. doi: 10.1080/17477891.2024.2384406
Journal - Research Other
Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2025). Global evidence on the prevalence of and risk factors associated with stress. Journal of Affective Disorders, 374, 179-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.053
2024
Edited Book - Research
Patman, R. G., Grace, P., Kiglics, B., & Wesselbaum, D. (Eds.). (2024). New Zealand's foreign policy under the Jacinda Ardern government: Facing the challenge of a disrupted world. Singapore: World Scientific, 285p. doi: 10.1142/13646
Chapter in Book - Research
Patman, R. G., Grace, P., Kiglics, B., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Introduction. In R. G. Patman, P. Grace, B. Kiglics & D. Wesselbaum (Eds.), New Zealand's foreign policy under the Jacinda Ardern government: Facing the challenge of a disrupted world. (pp. xxi-xl). Singapore: World Scientific. doi: 10.1142/9789811285165_fmatter
Journal - Research Article
Leblang, D., Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Trust in institutions affects vaccination campaign outcomes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 118, 720-728. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trae048
Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Fiscal financing with labour markets frictions. Labour, 38, 511-540. doi: 10.1111/labr.12280
Pacheco, G., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Partisanship, elections and lockdowns: Evidence from US states. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 71, 676-684. doi: 10.1111/sjpe.12392
Kumar, S., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Contracts and firms' inflation expectations. Review of Economics & Statistics, 106(1), 246-255. doi: 10.1162/rest_a_01115
Smith, M. D., Kassa, W., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Food insecurity erodes trust. Global Food Security, 40, 100742. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100742
Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Well-being inequality among adolescents and young adults. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74, 703-712. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.10.015
Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Global evidence of inequality in well-being among older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 72, 842-849. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18694
Knowles, S., Peeters, R., Smith, M., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Who behaves charitably? Evidence from a global study. Applied Economics, 56(57), 7789-7806. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2288063
Minehan, S. N., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Gender, personality, and performance. Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics, 108, 102132. doi: 10.1016/j.socec.2023.102132
Journal - Research Other
Sundaram, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Introduction to the special issue on ‘Development Economics: Evolution and New Horizons'. New Zealand Economic Papers. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2024.2415135
Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Reflections of a former editor. New Zealand Economic Papers, 58(2), 203-205. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2024.2333797
van Florenstein Mulder, T., & Wesselbaum, D. (2024). Does the RBNZ respond to exchange rate fluctuations? [Note]. New Zealand Economic Papers, 58(1), 87-94. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2023.2234593
2023
Journal - Research Article
Swerdloff, S., Wesselbaum, D., & Stahlmann-Brown, P. (2023). Heterogeneity in climate change beliefs across New Zealand’s rural sector. Ecology & Society, 28(4), 10. doi: 10.5751/ES-14382-280410
Baryshnikova, N. V., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Air pollution and motor vehicle collisions in New York city. Environmental Pollution, 337, 122595. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122595
Minehan, S., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Do climate change expectations drive migration? Evidence from migration flows towards OECD countries. Global & Planetary Change, 227, 104188. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104188
Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Well-being and income across space and time: Evidence from one million households. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24, 1813-1840. doi: 10.1007/s10902-023-00660-4
Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Climate migration in Asia. Letters in Spatial & Resource Sciences, 16, 20. doi: 10.1007/s12076-022-00323-7
Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Environmental drivers of delays in reporting crimes. Policing, 46(2), 328-346. doi: 10.1108/PIJPSM-09-2022-0124
Wesselbaum, D., Smith, M. D., Barrett, C. B., & Aiyar, A. (2023). A food insecurity Kuznets Curve? World Development, 165, 106189. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106189
Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Food insecurity predicts well-being inequality. Preventive Medicine, 167, 107407. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107407
Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Financial inclusion and international migration in low- and middle-income countries. Empirical Economics, 65, 341-370. doi: 10.1007/s00181-022-02331-4
Peeters, R., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Competitiveness in Formula One. Sports Economics Review, 2, 100007. doi: 10.1016/j.serev.2022.100007
Sen, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). On the international spillover effects of uncertainty. Open Economies Review, 34, 541-554. doi: 10.1007/s11079-022-09694-2
Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Understanding the drivers of the gender productivity gap in the economics profession. American Economist, 68(1), 61-73. doi: 10.1177/05694345221128193
Journal - Research Other
Moore, M., & Wesselbaum, D. (2023). Climatic factors as drivers of migration: A review. Environment, Development & Sustainability, 25, 2955-2975. doi: 10.1007/s10668-022-02191-z
2022
Journal - Research Article
Zeng, C., Fielding, D., Peeters, R., & Wesselbaum, D. (2022). Visual imagery skills and risk attitude. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 21415. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25627-y
Leblang, D., Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2022). The effect of trust on economic performance and financial access. Economics Letters, 220, 110884. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110884
Wesselbaum, D. (2022). Violent crimes and homicide in New York City: The role of weather and pollution. Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine, 91, 102430. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102430
Wesselbaum, D., & Hansen, P. (2022). Lockdown design: Which features of lockdowns are most important to COVID-19 experts? Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(5), 569-579. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2048675
Wesselbaum, D. (2022). Welfare and economic impacts of Fair Pay Agreements in Aotearoa [Viewpoint]. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(5), 580-586. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2030371
Fitchett, H., & Wesselbaum, D. (2022). Does aid drive migration? Evidence from a shift-share instrument. International Migration Review, 65(4), 1236-1254. doi: 10.1177/01979183211069316
Smith, M. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2022). Food insecurity and international migration flows. International Migration Review, 56(2), 615-635. doi: 10.1177/01979183211042820
2021
Journal - Research Article
Luik, M.-A., Guha Thakurta, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2021). Child health, human capital, and adult financial behavior. Health Economics, 30, 2722-2750. doi: 10.1002/hec.4404
Wesselbaum, D. (2021). Does temperature affect income? Economics Bulletin, 41(1), 18-27. Retrieved from http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/eb/
Wesselbaum, D., & Owen, P. D. (2021). The value of Pole Position in Formula 1 history. Australian Economic Review, 54(1), 164-173. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12401
Saha, S., Sen, A., Smith-Han, C., & Wesselbaum, D. (2021). Did Brexit change asset co-movements? Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 14(1), 43-55. doi: 10.1108/jfep-07-2020-0152
Wesselbaum, D. (2021). Revisiting the climate driver and inhibitor mechanisms of international migration. Climate & Development, 13(1), 10-20. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2020.1711700
2020
Journal - Research Article
Wesselbaum, D. (2020). Procyclical debt as automatic stabilizer. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 18, 81-102. doi: 10.1007/s40953-019-00174-y
Caraiani, P., Luik, M.-A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2020). Credit policy and asset price bubbles. Journal of Macroeconomics, 65, 103229. doi: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2020.103229
Owen, P. D., & Wesselbaum, D. (2020). On thresholds in the climate–migration relationship. International Review of Applied Economics, 34(3), 400-412. doi: 10.1080/02692171.2020.1749242
Fielding, D., Kahui, V., & Wesselbaum, D. (2020). Visual imagination and the performance of undergraduate economics students. New Zealand Economic Papers, 54(2), 127-137. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2019.1708433
2019
Journal - Research Article
Grimes, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2019). Moving towards happiness? International Migration, 57(3), 20-40. doi: 10.1111/imig.12546
Wesselbaum, D. (2019). Jobless recoveries: The interaction between financial and search frictions. Journal of Macroeconomics, 61, 103126. doi: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2019.103126
Wesselbaum, D. (2019). Expectation shocks and fiscal rules. International Economics & Economic Policy, 16(2), 357-377. doi: 10.1007/s10368-017-0389-z
Wesselbaum, D., & Aburn, A. (2019). Gone with the wind: International migration. Global & Planetary Change, 178, 96-109. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.04.008
Wesselbaum, D. (2019). Happiness over the financial crisis. Oxford Development Studies, 47(1), 113-133. doi: 10.1080/13600818.2018.1524862
Journal - Research Other
Wesselbaum, D. (2019). The influence of climate on migration. Australian Economic Review, 52(3), 363-372. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12345
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Baryshnikova, N. V., Davidson, S. F., & Wesselbaum, D. (2019). Do you feel the heat around the corner? The effect of weather on crime [Working Paper No. 2019-7]. Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide, School of Economics. 27p. Retrieved from https://ideas.repec.org/p/adl/wpaper/2019-07.html
2018
Journal - Research Article
Wesselbaum, D. (2018). Time-varying volatility in the US labor market. Journal of Applied Economics, 21(1), 197-213. doi: 10.1080/15140326.2018.1526875
Falter, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2018). Correlated shocks in estimated DSGE models. Economics Bulletin, 38(4), 2026-2036.
Wesselbaum, D. (2018). Socioeconomic driving forces of international migration. Journal of Globalization & Development, 8(2), 20170017. doi: 10.1515/jgd-2017-0017
Wesselbaum, D. (2018). The effects of unions on job flows. International Journal of Manpower, 39(1), 25-36. doi: 10.1108/IJM-01-2016-0012
2017
Journal - Research Article
Wesselbaum, D. (2017). Catastrophe theory and the financial crisis. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 64(4), 376-391. doi: 10.1111/sjpe.12133
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Aburn, A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2017). Gone with the wind: International migration [Economics Discussion Papers No. 1708]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 30p. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7285
Chatterjee, S., Posch, O., & Wesselbaum, D. (2017). Delays in public goods [Economics Discussion Papers No. 1702]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 30p. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7045
2016
Journal - Research Article
Wesselbaum, D. (2016). The intensive margin puzzle and labor market adjustment costs. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 20(6), 1458-1476. doi: 10.1017/S1365100514000984
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Wesselbaum, D. (2016). Cheap talk in a new Keynesian model [Economics Discussion Papers No. 1604]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 31p.
Wesselbaum, D. (2016). Jobless recoveries: The interactions between financial and search frictions [Economics Discussion Papers No. 1603]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 24p.
Luik, M.-A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2016). Did the FED react to asset price bubbles? [Economics Discussion Papers No. 1602]. Dunedin, New Zealand: School of Business, University of Otago. 23p.
2015
Journal - Research Article
Wesselbaum, D. (2015). Firing costs in a business cycle model with endogenous separations. Journal of Economic Studies, 42(3), 499-518. doi: 10.1108/JES-12-2013-0195
Wesselbaum, D. (2015). What drives endogenous growth in the United States? B E Journal of Macroeconomics, 15(1), 183-221. doi: 10.1515/bejm-2013-0179
Wesselbaum, D. (2015). Sectoral labor market effects of fiscal spending. Structural Change & Economic Dynamics, 34, 19-35. doi: 10.1016/j.strueco.2015.05.002
2014
Journal - Research Article
Wesselbaum, D. (2014). On time-dependent business cycle distributions of labor market variables. European Economics Letters, 3(2), 57-61.
Neugebauer, J., & Wesselbaum, D. (2014). Staggered wages, sticky prices, and labor market dynamics in matching models. Applied Economics Quarterly, 60(3), 159-177. doi: 10.3790/aeq.60.3.159
Wesselbaum, D. (2014). Firing tax vs severance payments: An unequal comparison. Journal of Economic Studies, 41(5), 721-736. doi: 10.1108/JES-09-2012-0136
Wesselbaum, D. (2014). Labour market dynamics in Australia. Australian Economic Review, 47(2), 173-188. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12042
Poilly, C., & Wesselbaum, D. (2014). Evaluating labor market reforms: A normative analysis. Journal of Macroeconomics, 39, 156-170. doi: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2013.10.004
Luik, M.-A., & Wesselbaum, D. (2014). Bubbles over the U.S. business cycle: A macroeconometric approach. Journal of Macroeconomics, 40, 27-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2014.02.005
2013
Journal - Research Article
Wesselbaum, D. (2013). Reciprocity and matching frictions. International Review of Economics, 60(3), 247-268. doi: 10.1007/s12232-013-0185-1
Wesselbaum, D. (2013). Gender-specific differences in labor market adjustment patterns: Evidence from the United States. Social Science Journal, 50(3), 381-385. doi: 10.1016/j.soscij.2013.01.006
2011
Journal - Research Article
Merkl, C., & Wesselbaum, D. (2011). Extensive versus intensive margin in Germany and the United States: Any differences? Applied Economics Letters, 18(9), 805-808. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2010.507170
Wesselbaum, D. (2011). Sector-specific productivity shocks in a matching model. Economic Modelling, 28(6), 2674-2682. doi: 10.1016/j.econmod.2011.08.009
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Wesselbaum, D. (2011). Evaluating the Federal Reserve's policy [Kiel Policy Brief No. 23]. Kiel, Germany: Kiel Institute for the World Economy. 16p.
Wesselbaum, D. (2011). Kernfusion: Die vernachlässigte Alternative [Kiel Policy Brief No. 30]. Kiel, Germany: Kiel Institute for the World Economy. 10p.
2009
Chapter in Book - Research
van Roye, B., & Wesselbaum, D. (2009). Estimating the impact of fiscal stimulus packages. In H. Klodt & H. Lehment (Eds.), The crisis and beyond. (pp. 44-49). Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Diploma (University of Kiel), Doctorate (University of Hamburg)