Prof. Dr. Maja Adena
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D-10785 Berlin
Forschungsthemen
Lebenslauf
seit 2025 Associate Professor (W2, tenured) “Applied Microeconomics”, TU Berlin
seit 2024 Leiterin der Forschungsgruppe Information, Anreize, Ungleichheit, WZB
2020-2024 Stellvertretende Direktorin, Abteilung Ökonomik des Wandels, WZB
2013 Freie Universität Berlin Promotion in Volkswirtschaftslehre
2012-2019 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Abteilung Ökonomik des Wandels, WZB
2012 – 2012 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Centre for Economic Analysis, CenEA, in Szczecin (PL)
2006 – 2012 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie, Freie Universität Berlin
2006 – 2012 Berlin Doctoral Program of Economics and Management Science (BDPEMS)
2006 Freie Universität Berlin Diplom in Volkswirtschaftslehre
Ausgewählte Publikationen
Adena, M., & Hager, A. (2025). Does online fundraising increase charitable giving? A nationwide field experiment on Facebook. Management Science, 71(4), Pages iv-vi, 2751-3636, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.00596.
Adena, M., Hakimov, R., & Huck, S. (2024). Charitable giving by the poor: A field experiment in Kyrgyzstan. Management Science, 70(1), 633-646, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4702.
Adena, M., & Harke, J. (2022). COVID-19 and pro-sociality: How do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?. Experimental Economics, 25(3), 824-844, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-022-09753-y.
Adena, M., & Huck, S. (2022). Voluntary "donations" versus reward-oriented "contributions": Two experiments on framing in funding mechanisms, Experimental Economics, 25(5), 1399–1417, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-022-09759-6.
Adena, M., & Huck, S. (2020).Online fundraising, self-image, and the long-term impact of ask avoidance. Management Science, 66(2), 722-743, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3232.
Adena, M., & Huck, S. (2019). Giving once, giving twice: A two-period field experiment on intertemporal crowding in charitable giving. Journal of Public Economics, 172, 127-134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.01.002.
Adena, M., & Huck, S. (2017). Matching donations without crowding out? Some theoretical considerations, a field, and a lab experiment. Journal of Public Economics, 148, 32-42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.02.002.
Adena, M., Enikolopov, R., Petrova, M., Santarosa, V., & Zhuravskaya, E. (2015). Radio and the Rise of the Nazis in Prewar Germany. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(4), 1885-1939, https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjv030.
Für die vollständige Publikationsübersicht siehe hier.
Working Papers:
Adena, M., Enikolopov, R., Petrova, M., & Voth, H. J. Bombing and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition in Germany During World War II, earlier version:Bombs, broadcasts and resistance: Allied intervention and domestic opposition to the Nazi regime during World War II. WZB Discussion Paper (No. SP II 2021-301).
Adena, M., Alabrese E. & Capozza F. (2025). AI Images, Labels and News Demand.
Adena, M. & Jeworrek S. Reading News and Learning from It.
Selected Work in Progress:
Adena, M., Enikolopov, R., Petrova, M., & Voth, H. J. Allied Bombing and German Fighter Pilots Motivation During World War II.
Adena, M., Biermann, P. & Brosig-Koch, J. Pro-sociality in East and West Germany.
Adena, M., & Mechtenberg, L. Gender bias in leadership.
Adena, M, Danzer N., & P. Larysz. Crisis of Masculinity.