Klaus Keller, M.A.
Doktorand und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
+49 89 24246-580
klaus.keller(at)ip.mpg.de
Arbeitsbereiche:
Internationaler Handel, Arbeitsökonomik, Angewandte Ökonometrie, Automatisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
Seit 07/2019
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Doktorand am Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research)
03/2019 - 07/2019
Forschungsreferent, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Genf, Schweiz
09/2018 - 03/2019
Forschungspraktikum, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Genf, Schweiz
06/2018 - 09/2018
Forschungspraktikum, World Trade Organization (ILO), Genf, Schweiz
01/2018 - 02/2018
Forschungspraktikum, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel
09/2017 - 12/2017
Swiss Mobility Exchange, Universität St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz
09/2016 - 09/2018
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Internatonal Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Genf, Schweiz
06/2016 - 09/2016
Traineeship, Delegation der Europäischen Union für die Schweiz und das Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Bern, Schweiz
02/2016 - 04/2016
Praktikum, Ständige Vertretung des Malteserordens bei den Vereinten Nationen in Genf, Schweiz
09/2014 - 05/2015
Austauschstipendium, Faculty of Art and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Libanon
09/2012 - 06/2017
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in International Relations, Université de Genève. Genf, Schweiz
Ehrungen, Stipendien, wissenschaftliche Preise
09/2018 - 03/2019
Carlo-Schmid-Programm des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD)
2017 - 2018
Cusanuswerk-Stipendium
2011
Schaeffler-Preis für das beste naturwissenschaftliche Abitur
Publikationen
Andere Veröffentlichungen, Presseartikel, Interviews
(2021). 'New Directions in the European Union's Innovation Policy?' Report on the Conference of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Collaboration with the MPI Alumni Association in Munich, 9 July 2021, GRUR International - Journal of European and International IP Law, 70 (11), 1074-1078. DOI
Diskussionspapiere
(2021). Robots, China and Polls: Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 21-22. DOI
- What is the effect of labour market adjustment to automation on political participation? We study the consequences of the introduction of industrial robots across US commuting zones on voter turnout in US counties between 2000 and 2016. We first replicate prior results showing negative effects of exposure to robots on employment and household incomes at local labour markets and then show that an increase in the exposure by one robot per thousand workers leads to a 0.64 percentage point lower voter turnout at US presidential elections. We contrast this result with the effect of the exposure to Chinese imports, for which we do not find a negative effect on political participation. Using individual level data we document that people at risk of automation are 15% percent more likely to abstain. To understand why the effect is not uniform, we conduct an online survey experiment. We find that the nature of the shock matters beyond the mere economic consequences. While the government is seen as instrumental in addressing the trade shock, it is perceived less effective in the case of automation. Our finding highlight an important behavioral aspect of the political economy of technological change.
Vorträge
02.11.2021
Robotizing to Compete – Evidence from the EU Enlargement
LMU International Trade Retreat
Ort: München
18.10.2021
Robots, China and Polls – Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US
DRUID Conference 2021
Ort: Kopenhagen, Dänemark
13.10.2021
Robots, China and Polls – Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US
9th Retreat of CRC TRR 190, Collaborative Research Center Rationality and Competition
Ort: Ohlstadt
06.10.2021
Knowledge Spillovers and Corporate Investment in Scientific Research
by Ashish Arora, Sharon Belenzon, and Lia Sheer
Harhoff-Schnitzer-Waldinger Reading Seminar
Ort: Berg bei Starnberg
29.09.2021
Automation and Foreign Competition – Evidence from Portuguese Firms
Forschungsseminar
Ort: Feldkirchen-Westerham
19.04.2021
Automation and Foreign Competition – Evidence from Portuguese Firms
Munich Innovation Seminar
Ort: online
24.03.2021
Automation and Foreign Competition – Evidence from Portuguese Firms
Forschungsseminar
Ort: online
10.09.2020
Automation and Public Health – Evidence From US Local Labor Markets
Forschungsseminar
Ort: online
04.03.2020
Automation and Competition – Theory and Empirics
Forschungsseminar
Ort: Schneefernerhaus/Zugspitze
19.02.2020
Growing Apart: Tradable Services and the Fragmentation of the US Economy, by Fabian Eckert
Harhoff-Schnitzer-Waldinger Reading Seminar
Ort: Frauenchiemsee
27.11.2019
Provable Transactions – Exploring the Boundaries of Trust of Smart Contracts on Blockchain
Discussant, TIME Seminar, TU München
Ort: München