Current Position

Since May 2007: Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim

Head of Research Unit “Macroeconomic Implications of an Aging Society” (Since February 2010)

 

Research Interests

Households' intertemporal decisions: consumption and saving; expectation formation and their role in saving decisions; poverty among the elderly; effect of economic growth on living standards; social and economic effects of the industrial revolution; Survey methodology: effect of incentives on sample attrition.

Education

March 2007:	Ph.D. in Economics Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität Munich Dissertation: Three Essays on the Relationship between the Economy and the Living Standards Supervisor: Prof. John Komlos, Ph.D. Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joachim Winter Final mark : magna cum laude
June 2003:	Master in Economics and Institutions (Graduate program) Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”
April 2002:	Laurea degree in Economics (Master Equivalent) Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” Thesis: Poverty and Nutrition in Italy, 1861 – 1913: What can We Learn from Microdata? Supervisor: Prof. G. Toniolo Final mark: 110/110
July 1995:	High school degree Liceo Classico M.T.Cicerone, Frascati (Roma) Final mark: 56/60

Past Professional Experience

Jun – Aug 2003:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, office for the relation with the Caucasian republics Internship: elaboration of reports on the political and economic situation of the Caucasian republics
May – Dec 2002:	University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Prof. G. Toniolo Research assistant: collection of historical data and creation of electronic datasets; preparation of a report on economic growth in Italy in the 19th century.
Apr 2002:	University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Dr. G. Vecchi Research assistant: elaboration of row survey data and creation of tables.

Teaching Experience

Tutorial for “Macroeconomics A”, bachelor course. University of Mannheim, Summer semester 2009

 

Tutorial for “Development Microeconomics”, master course. University of Munich, Summer semester 2005

Research Supervision

Michael Ziegelmeyer (Master Thesis) “The Analysis of the precautionary saving motive based on a subjective measure (SAVE 2005 – 2007)”

Armin Rick (Master Thesis) “The Saving Behavior of German Families: Heterogeneity in the effects of Children on Annual Saving, Saving Motives and the Regularity of Saving”

Alexander Haug (Bachelor Thesis) “Erwartungen zum Renteneintritt in Deutschland: Determinanten und Entwicklung”

Lora Popova (Master Thesis) “The Influence of Subjective Life expectancy on Households' Saving Behavior: Evidence from the German SAVE Survey”

Grants

Economic History Association:	2006 Exploratory Travel and Data Grant
German Science Foundation (DFG):	Doctoral Fellowship

Conferences and Seminars

Measurement and Experimentation in the Social Science Workshop, Nordwijk aan Zee, 27-28 August 2010

8^th Annual Pension, Insurance & Savings Workshop, Paris 20 – 21 May 2010

5^th European Workshop on Labour Markets and Demographic Change, Berlin 22-23 April 2010

3rd Ifo Conference on Survey Data in Economics – Methodology and Applications, Munich 6 -7 November 2009

Economic and Psychological Aspects of Households’ Saving Behaviour: Old-age Provision, Financial Literacy and the Financial Crisis , Deidesheim 29-30 June 2009

3^rd International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications, Athen 4- 7 August 2008

Illness as financial burden: financial security of low-income individuals with chronic diseases, Berlin 18 June 2008

Second Conference on German Cliometrics, Tuebingen 7 – 10 June 2006

Social Science History Association 2005 annual meeting, Portland, OR 3- 6 November 2005

6^th Conference of the European Historical Economic Society, Istanbul 9 – 10 September 2005

Economics and Biological Well Being: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Ifo Institute, Munich, February 24, 2005.

5^th World Cliometric Congress, Venice International University 8 – 11 July 2004

Summer School “Financial Market Reactions to Institutional Change”Venice International University, September 2002

Referee Activities

Papers refereed for: German Economic Review, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Australian Economic Papers, Environment and Planning A, Economic History Review, Economic and Social Review, Empirica, The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance

Languages

Italian:	Mother tongue
English:	Fluent
German:	Fluent
Spanish:	Basic

Computing

Advanced knowledge of Stata

Other statistical software: SPSS, Eviews, Matlab, Mathematica

Operative system: Windows 9x/NT/'XP/7; Linux

Other software: LaTeX, MS Office applications

Further qualifications

July 1999 Diploma degree in piano, Latina Conservatory of Music (Final mark: 10/10)

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SS 2013
Seminar: MEA Seminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Michela Coppola, Dr. Michela Coppola
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_SS_13.pdf

WS 2012/2013
Seminar: MEA Seminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Michela Coppola, Dr. Michela Coppola
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_WS12_13.pdf

FS 2009
Uebung: Makroökonomik A (Bachelor)
Instructor: Dr. Michela Coppola

Beitrag in Zeitschrift

• Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2013): Saving and Old-Age Provision in Germany (SAVE): Design and Enhancements, Schmollers Jahrbuch, 133, 1
• Coppola, Michela (2012): The biological standard of living and mortality in Central Italy at the beginning of the 19th century., Economics and Human Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2012.04.001,
• Gasche, Martin; Coppola, Michela (2011): Die Riester-Förderung – Mangelnde Information als Verbreitungshemmnis, Wirtschaftsdienst, , Heft 11
• Coppola, Michela (2011): Einkommens- und Vermögenssituation der Babyboomer, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 80, 4 31-50
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Coppola, Michela (2010): SAVE: Sparverhalten und Altersvorsorge in Deutschland, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, 65, 2 237-244
• Coppola, Michela (2010): The biological standard of living in Germany before the Kaiserreich, 1815-1840: insights from English army data, European Review of Economic History, 14, 1 71-109
• Vecchi, Giovanni; Coppola, Michela (2006): Nutrition and Growth in Italy, 1861-1911. What Macroeconomic Data Hide, Explorations in Economic History, 43, 438 - 464

Buch

• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Coppola, Michela; Essig, Lothar; Eymann, Angelika; Schunk, Daniel (2008): The German SAVE Study: Design and Results, ,

Buchbeitrag

• Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2012): Sparen und Vorsorgeverhalten: Neue Daten für bessere Antworten, , Jahresbericht der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 2012, ,
• Coppola, Michela; Reil-Held, Anette (2011): Jenseits staatlicher Alterssicherung: die neue regulierte private Vorsorge in Deutschland, Lutz Leisering, Die Alten der Welt. Neue Wege der Alterssicherung im globalen Norden und Süden, Campus, Frankfurt 215-243

Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier

• Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2012): Empirical Research on Households’ Saving and Retirement Security: First Steps towards an Innovative Triple‐Linked‐Dataset , MEA Discussion Paper 258-12
• Coppola, Michela; Gasche, Martin (2011): Die Riester-Förderung – das unbekannte Wesen , MEA Discussion Paper 244-11
• Coppola, Michela; Wilke, Christina Benita (2010): How sensitive are subjective retirement expectations to increases in the statutory retirement age? The German case , MEA Discussion Paper 207-10

• Risikoeinstellungen und Sparverhalten der deutsche Babyboomers: Eine Analyse mit den SAVE-Daten
• Panel-Imputation des SAVE Datensatzes
• Subjektive Renteneintrittserwartungen in SAVE
• Risk Preferences and Savings Behavior of German Baby Boomers: A SAVE Data Analysis
• Entwicklung der Riester-Rente: Welche Sozialgruppen wurden erreicht?
• Vergleich des Sparverhaltens von Eltern und Kinderlosen
• SAVE-Projekt
• Subjective Retirement Expectations in SAVE
• Crowding out or crowding in? Die Riester Rente
• Wahrnehmung des Alters, Schocks und Haushaltportfolios
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• Risk Preferences and Savings Behavior of German Baby Boomers: A SAVE Data Analysis
• Decision Areas and Risk Preferences
• Saving and Old-Age Provision in Germany (SAVE)
• The Income and Asset Situation of German Baby Boomers
• Subjektive Renteneintrittserwartungen in SAVE
• Analyzing Public Knowledge about the Riester Subsidy