
PhD Candidate
KOF Swiss Economic Institute
ETH Zurich
Aljosha Henkel
I am a PhD candidate in Economics at ETH Zurich. I have previously visited Rady School of Management at UC San Diego.
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I use field and online experimental methods in combination with large administrative datasets to study research questions at the intersections of economics, psychology, and criminology. My current research projects cover topics like public attitudes towards criminal justice policies, mental wellbeing and reintegration of prisoners, as well as the social and economic consequences of cannabis legalization.
I am an Associate at Policy Analytics whose mission is to support organizations using rigorous evidence to design, test, and scale social programs and interventions that enable our clients to make better decisions for themselves and society.
CV
You can find my full CV here.
EDUCATION
PhD Economics, ETH Zurich
Visiting PhD Student, UC San Diego (2024)
MA Mgmt & Economics, U Zurich (2020)
Exchange Semester, U Copenhagen (2019)
BA Mgmt & Economics, U Zurich (2016)
INTERESTS
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Behavioral Economics
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Field Experiments
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Economics of Crime
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Applied Microeconomics
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
Beliefs about Inequality and the Nature of Support for Redistribution,
with Thomas Epper, Ernst Fehr and Julien Senn​
Journal of Public Economics, 2025, vol. 246, article number 105350.
WORKING PAPERS
How do Monetary Incentives Affect the Measurement of Social Preferences?,
with Thomas Epper, Ernst Fehr and Julien Senn
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Status: Accepted registered report @ Experimental Economics
WORK IN PROGRESS
Standing in Prisoners’ Shoes: A Randomized Trial on How Incarceration Shapes Criminal Justice Preferences, with Arto Arman, Andreas Beerli and Michel Maréchal
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Status: Field experiment completed | Paper coming soon | Slides available at request
From Use to Views: The Effect of Cannabis Legalization on Drug Policy Preferences,
with Arto Arman
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Status: Field experiment in progress
The Effects of Providing Mental Health Therapy and Extended Social Services in Pretrial Detention, with Andreas Beerli and Michel Maréchal
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Status: Multi-year field experiment in progress
News coverage: Swiss National Radio & TV | Neue Zürcher Zeitung | Tagesanzeiger | Swiss National News
The Social and Economic Consequences of Legalizing Recreational Cannabis Use in Switzerland, with Arto Arman, Andreas Beerli, Alain Cohn, and Michel Maréchal
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Status: Multi-year field experiment in progress
News coverage: Forbes | Swiss National Radio & TV | Neue Zürcher Zeitung | Tagesanzeiger
The Psychological Foundations of Social Preferences,
with Thomas Epper, Ernst Fehr and Julien Senn​
CONTACT
+41 44 632 04 32
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich
Leonhardstrasse 21
8092 Zurich
Switzerland