Dr. Bianka Mey

Contact

Office

Thüringer Weg 7, room C33.301 (alt: TW7/301)

Phone

+49 371 / 531 - 32 746

E-Mail

bianka.mey@…

Office Hours

By appointment

Brief Curriculum Vitae

• Since winter term 21/22 research associate at the Chair of Economics - Macroeconomics
• 2014 - 2021 research assistant at the Junior Chair for European Economy / VWL III / Junior Chair for Empirical Economics
• 2012 - 2013 lecturer for special tasks at the Junior Chair for European Economy

• 2019 - Doctorate, Dr. rer. pol.
• 2010 - 2012 Master's degree in Economics at the TU Chemnitz, degree Master of Science (M. Sc.)
• 2005 - 2010 Diploma studies at the HTW Dresden in business administration, degree diploma in business administration (Diplom-Kauffrau (FH))

Research

• Energy Prices and Monetary Policy - Project by the Future Department Macrofinance Institute

Publications

• Gechert, S., Mey, B. and Schäfer, T., (2026): Preiselastizitäten der Energienachfrage in Osteuropa, Vierteljahreshefte zur Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsforschung, Vol. 3(2), pp. 103–119. DOI: 10.3790/vaw.2026.1482603  
• Gechert, S., Mey, B., Prante, F., & Schäfer, T. (2025). The Price Elasticity of Heating and Cooling Energy Demand (No. 265). I4R Discussion Paper Series; OSF Preprint.
• Gechert, S., Mey, B., Opatrny, M., Havránek, T., Stanley, T.D., Bom, P.R.D., Doucouliagos, H., Heimberger, P., Irsova, Z., Rachinger, H. (2024) "Conventional Wisdom, Meta-Analysis, and Research Revision in Economics", Journal of Economic Surveys (early online, open access). 
• Marcus Dittrich and Bianka Mey, (2023) "Voluntary labour supply by birth cohort: empirical evidence from Germany", Empirica, Published online, 1-22.
• Marcus Dittrich and Bianka Mey, (2021) "Giving time or giving money? On the relationship between charitable contributions", Journal of Economic Psychology, 85,102396, 1-16.
• Dittrich, Marcus and Bianka Mey (2019): "Time use choices and volunteer labour supply", Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 32, 1299–1319.
• Dittrich, Marcus and Bianka Mey, (2015) ''Are people satisfied with their time use? Empirical evidence from German survey data'', Economics Bulletin, 35(4), 2903-2914
• Dittrich, Marcus and Bianka Mey, (2015) ''Gender differences in volunteer activities: Evidence from German survey data'', Economics Bulletin, 35(1), 349-360

Teaching/Further Education

• Further training: Saxon University Didactics Certificate
• Microcredential: Agenda Setting in the EU – Programme Policy and Budget Planning for Europe’s Priorities: Implications for the Public Sector (Dr Bianka Mey in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting GmbH): Discover the structures and objectives of EU funding policy and analyse its impact on the public sector in the Member States. This course enables Master’s students to prepare for a career in international relations, politics or consultancy. Further information and registration: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/48297803783?8