Current Position
Senior Researcher Munich Center for the Economics of Aging
Head of Research Unit Health and Life (since July 2011)
Research Fields
Social Policy, Health Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Specific areas of interest:
Private Pension Insurance, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Abilities, Saving Behavior
 
Previous Positions
2007-2011 Research Fellow, Mannheim Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
2011 Visiting Assistant Professor Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
 
Education
2006-2010 PhD, Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics, University of Mannheim
Advisor: Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, PhD
Oct.-Dec. 2009 Research Fellow Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
2006 Diploma in Business and Intercultural Management, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
2004 Master of Arts (European Integration) at the University of Kent at Canterbury (GB)
 
Honors and Scholarships
2011 Best Dissertation Award Karin-Islinger-Stiftung, University of Mannheim
2006-2007/ Oct.-Dec. 2009 German Science Foundation (DFG) Scholarship for PhD Studies
2001-2006 Full Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
2003-2004 Full Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
 
Memberships
since 2011 Netspar Research Fellow
since Oct. 2009 Member of the international working group on "Financial Literacy: Evidence and Implications for Retirement Planning, Saving Behavior, and Financial Education Programs"
April-Dec. 2009 Sonderforschungbereich 504 "Rationalitätskonzepte, Entscheidungsverhalten und ökonomische Modellierung"
 
Presentations
2012: Netspar Pension Workshop, Amsterdam; Faculty Seminar Universität Hamburg; Hamburg; Netspar Pension Day, Den Haag; Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Mannheim.
 
2011: Dartmouth College, Hanover; Netspar Pension Workshop, Turin; Annual Conference European Finance Association, Stockholm; Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Frankfurt; Faculty Seminar EMLyon Business School.
2010: Netspar Workshop, Turin; BCL/ECB Conference on Household Finance and Consumption, Luxemburg; GESY and GESS Summerschool 2010, Bronnbach; NETSPAR Pension Workshop, Zurich; MAF 2010 (Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance), Ravello; SAVE Conference, Deidesheim; CERP, Turin; Annual Conference of the American Economic Association, Atlanta; ENTER Jamboree, Toulouse.
2009: Max Planck Institute, Berlin; Dartmouth College, Hanover;  EES Projektseminar, Bamberg; FNA-Graduiertenkolloquium, Berlin.
2008: Conference of the Economic Science Association, Lyon; Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (GfeW), Mannheim; MEA Annual Conference, Mannheim; Jour Fixe of the GDV, Berlin.
 
Teaching Experience
Winter 2010/2011 The price system (Dartmouth College, untergraduate)
Fall/Winter 2008 TA Introduction to Economics (University of Mannheim, undergraduate)
Summer 2002 Tutorial in Macroeconomics (University of Jena, undergraduate)
Winter 2002/2003 Tutorial in International Management (University of Jena, undergraduate)
 
 
 

SS 2017
Seminar: Research Workshop
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Dr. Helmut Farbmacher
http://www.empwi.econ.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen_events/research-workshop-empecon/research_workshop/index.html

SS 2016
Seminar: Research Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Dr. Helmut Farbmacher, Prof. Dr. Martin Spindler
http://www.empwi.econ.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/sose16/research_workshop/index.html

SS 2015
Seminar: Research Workshop “Empirical Economics” (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.econ.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/ss15/empsem_ss15/index.html

WS 2015/2016
Seminar: Research Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.econ.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/wise1516/empsem_ws1516/index.html

SS 2014
Seminar: Research Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.vwl.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/archiv/sose2014/empsem_ws1314/index.html

SS 2014
Vorlesung: Applied Health Economics (Master)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Dr. Helmut Farbmacher
http://www.empwi.vwl.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/archiv/sose2014/health-econ/index.html

WS 2014/2015
Seminar: Research Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.econ.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/archiv/ws14_15/empsem_ws1415/index.html

SS 2013
Seminar: Empirical Economics Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.econ.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/archiv/ss13/empsem_ws1213/index.html

WS 2013/2014
Seminar: Empirical Economics Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.econ.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/archiv/ws1314/empsem_ws1314/index.html

SS 2012
Seminar: Research Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.vwl.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/archiv/ss12/empsem/index.html

WS 2012/2013
Seminar: Research Workshop (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.empwi.vwl.uni-muenchen.de/lehre/archiv/ws1213/empsem_ws1213/index.html

WS 2011/2012
Seminar: Research Workshop "Empirical Economics" (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Tabea Bucher-Koenen
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/Empirical_Economics_Workshop/EmpEcsWorkshopWS11-12.html

Beitrag in Zeitschrift

• Antonova, Liudmila; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio (2017): "Long-term health consequences of recessions during working years ". In: Social Science and Medicine, 187 (), pp. 134–143.
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Lusardi, Annamaria; Alessie, Rob; van Rooij, Maarten (2016): "How Financially Literate Are Women? An Overview and New Insights". In: Journal of Consumer Affairs, DOI: 10.1111/joca.12121 (forthcoming), pp. .
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Rausch, Johannes (2016): "Szenarien für eine nachhaltige Finanzierung der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung". In: Ifo Schnelldienst, 69 (18), pp. 31-40.
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2015): "Savings in times of demographic change: Lessons from the German experience". In: Journal of Economic Surveys, 29 (4), pp. 807-829.
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Ziegelmeyer, Michael (2014): "Once Burned, Twice Shy? Financial Literacy and Wealth Losses during the Financial Crisis". In: Review of Finance, 18 (6), pp. 2215-2246 .
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Lusardi, Annamaria (2011): "Financial literacy and retirement planning in Germany". In: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 10 (4), pp. 565–584.
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Gasche, Martin; Wilke, Christina Benita (2010): "Ein einheitliches Rentensystem für Ost- und Westdeutschland: Simulationsrechnungen zum Reformvorschlag des Sachverständigenrates". In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 11 (1), pp. 16-46.
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Wilke, Christina Benita (2009): "Zur Anhebung der Altersgrenzen". In: Sozialer Fortschritt, 4/2009 (), pp. 69-79.
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Reil-Held, Anette; Wilke, Christina Benita (2008): "Zum künftigen Stellenwert der ersten Säule im Gesamtsystem der Alterssicherung". In: DRV Schriften, 80 (), pp. 13-31.

Buch

• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Börsch-Supan, Axel; Gasche, Martin; Ziegelmeyer, Michael (2009): Deutsche Privathaushalte in der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise - Betroffenheit und Reaktionen. MEA, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim.

Buchbeitrag

• Jürges, Hendrik; Thiel, Lars; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Rausch, Johannes; Schuth, Morten; Börsch-Supan, Axel (2016): "Health, Financial Incentives, and Early Retirement: Microsimulation Evidence for Germany", In: Wise, David A., Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, pp. 285-330
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Schütz, Johanna; Spindler, Martin (2015): "Long-term care insurance across Europe", In: Börsch-Supan, Axel, Thorsten Kneip, Howard Litwin, Michał Myck, and Guglielmo Weber, Ageing in Europe - Supporting Policies for an Inclusive Society, de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 353–368
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Alt, Benedikt; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea (2015): "Early retirement for the underprivileged? Using the record-linked SHARE-RV data to evaluate the most recent German pension reform", In: Börsch-Supan, Axel, Thorsten Kneip, Howard Litwin, Michał Myck, and Guglielmo Weber, Ageing in Europe - Supporting Policies for an Inclusive Society, De Gruyter, , pp. 267–278
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio (2013): "The recent economic crisis and old-age health in Europe", In: Börsch-Supan, Axel, Martina Brandt, Howard Litwin, and Guglielmo Weber, Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe, De Gruyter, , pp. 233-242

Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier

• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Kutlu Koc, Vesile; Goll, Nicolas (2017): Dangerous Flexibility – Retirement Reforms Reconsidered , MEA Discussion Paper 03-2017
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Hanemann, Felizia (2017): Early determinants of work disability in an international perspective , MEA Discussion Paper 05-2017
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Ferrari, Irene; Kutlu Koc, Vesile; Rausch, Johannes (2016): The development of the pension gap and German households’ saving behavior , MEA Discussion Paper 02-2016
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Rausch, Johannes (2016): Szenarien für eine nachhaltige Finanzierung der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung , MEA Discussion Paper 03-2016
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Goll, Nicolas; Maier, Christina (2016): 15 Jahre Riester - eine Bilanz , MEA Discussion Paper 06-2016
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Koenen, Johannes (2015): Do Seemingly Smarter Consumers Get Better Advice? , MEA Discussion Paper 01-2015
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Kluth, Sebastian; Hanemann, Felizia; Goll, Nicolas (2015): Erwerbsbeteiligung und Erwerbsintensität Älterer in Deutschland vor und nach dem Renteneintritt , MEA Discussion Paper 04-2015
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Kluth, Sebastian; Kutlu Koc, Vesile; Goll, Nicolas (2015): Internationale Evidenz zu flexiblen Übergängen in den Ruhestand , MEA Discussion Paper 05-2015
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Kluth, Sebastian; Haupt, Marlene; Goll, Nicolas (2015): Vor- und Nachteile höherer Flexibilität als Instrument zur Erhöhung der Beschäftigung Älterer , MEA Discussion Paper 06-2015
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Lusardi, Annamaria; Alessie, Rob J. M.; Van Rooij, Maarten C. J. (2014): How financially literate are women? An overview and new insights , MEA Discussion Paper 19-2014
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2014): Savings in times of demographic change: Lessons from the German experience , MEA Discussion Paper 18-2014
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Lamla, Bettina (2014): The Long Shadow of Socialism: On East-West German Differences in Financial Literacy , MEA Discussion Paper 05-2014
• Jürges, Hendrik; Thiel, Lars; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Rausch, Johannes; Schuth, Morten; Börsch-Supan, Axel (2014): Health, Financial Incentives, and Early Retirement: Micro-Simulation Evidence for Germany , NBER Working Paper w19889 , National Bureau of Economic Research
• Antonova, Liudmila; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Mazzonna, Fabrizio (2014): Macroeconomic crunches during working years and health outcomes later in life , MEA Discussion Paper 20-2014
• Gasche, Martin; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Haupt, Marlene; Angstmann, Simon (2013): Die Kosten der Riester-Rente im Vergleich , MEA Discussion Paper 04-2013
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Lusardi, Annamaria; Alessie, Rob; van Rooij, Maarten (2012): How financially literate are women? Some new perspectives on the gender gap , Netspar Panel Paper 31 , Netspar
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Kluth, Sebastian (2012): Subjective Life Expectancy and Private Pensions , MEA Discussion Paper 14-2012
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Lusardi, Annamaria (2011): Financial literacy and retirement planning in Germany , MEA Discussion Paper 239-11
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Ziegelmeyer, Michael (2011): Who lost the most? Financial Literacy, Cognitive Abilities, and the Financial Crisis , MEA Discussion Paper 234-11
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea (2011): Financial Literacy, Riester Pensions, and Other Private Old Age Provision in Germany , MEA Discussion Paper 250-11
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Schmidt, Carsten (2011): Time (In)Consistent Food Choice of Children and Teenagers , MEA Discussion Paper 251-11
• Gasche, Martin; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Holthausen, Annette; Kluth, Sebastian (2010): Zehn Missverständnisse im Zusammenhang mit der Rente mit 67 , MEA Discussion Paper 209-10
• Axel Börsch-Supan, Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Martin Gasche und Christina Benita Wilke (2009): Ein einheitliches Rentensystem für Ost- und Westdeutschland - Simulationsrechnungen zum Reformvorschlag des Sachverständigenrates , MEA Discussion Paper 174-09
• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea (2009): Financial Literacy and Private Old-age Provision in Germany , MEA Discussion Paper 192-09
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Reil-Held, Anette; Christina Wilke (2008): Zum künftigen Stellenwert der ersten Säule im Gesamtsystem der Alterssicherung , MEA Discussion Paper 158-08
• Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Christina Benita Wilke (2008): Zur Anhebung der Altersgrenzen: Eine Simulation der langfristigen Auswirkungen auf die gesetzliche Rentenversicherung bei unterschiedlichem Renteneintrittsverhalten , MEA Discussion Paper 159-08

Dissertationen

• Bucher-Koenen, Tabea (2011): Financial Literacy, Cognitive Abilities, and Long-term Decision Making - Five Essays on Individual Behavior,

• The recent economic crisis and old-age health in Europe
• Long-term Care in Europe
• The long shadow to socialism: Puzzling evidence on East-West German differences in financial literacy
• The Effect of Disability Insurance on Health and Wellbeing After Enrollment
• Early determinants of work disability in an international perspective
• Household Finance and Contractual Saving in Germany
• Scenarios of a sustainable development of the German public pension insurance
• The development of the pension gap and German households’ saving behavior
• Dangerous Flexibility - Retirement Reforms Reconsidered
• Savings in times of demographic change: Lessons from the German experience
• Labor and budget effects of actuarially correct pension adjustment factors in the public pension insurance
• Retirement decisions in Germany revisited – evidence from an option value model
• Financial literacy, confidence, and gender
• Comparing the costs of Riester pensions
• How financially literate are women? Perspectives on the gender gap
• Do Smarter Consumers Get Better Advice? An Analytical Framework and Evidence from German Private Pensions
• Riester Pensions and Life Expectancy
• Who lost the most? Financial Literacy, Cognitive Abilities, and the Financial Crisis
• Instant gratification and self control in an experiment with children and teenagers
• Financial Literacy and Private Pension Provision
• Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning
• Raising of the Statutory Retirement Age to 67