On June 26, 2026, Ying Liang successfully defended her doctoral dissertation and obtained the doctoral degree. In her dissertation entitled „Essays on the Effects of the German Minimum Wage: Firms, Workers, and Wage Inequality“, she has been examining the economic consequences of Germany’s statutory minimum wage, with a particular focus on firms’ financial responses, labor … Continued
Title: Multigenerational Impacts of a Natural Disaster Abstract: This paper studies the impact of experiencing an extreme natural disaster during childhood affects on an individual’s own mental health and human capital accumulation, as well as on that of their children and grandchildren. Our study leverages the February 1, 1953 flood in the Netherlands, in a … Continued
Am 19.05.2026 war Aydin Nasseri Geschäftsführer der COGITARIS bei uns am Fachbereich zu Gast. In seinem spannenden und praxisnahen Vortrag „Vom P-Wert zur Kaufentscheidung“ gab er Studierenden und Lehrenden wertvolle Einblicke in die Anwendung statistischer Methoden und Datenanalysen in der Marktforschung und zeigte, wie aus statistischen Ergebnissen fundierte Entscheidungen abgeleitet werden können. Das Bild zeigt … Continued
From April 23rd to April24th, we hosted an international workshop on “Natural Disasters and Labor Market Resilience”. The two keynotes were given by Tatyana Deryugina (University of Illinois) and by Eric Strobl (University of Bern). Alexander Moog from our chair presented first results of a joint project with Thorsten Schank and Mario Bossler on the … Continued
On March 18th, 2026, our doctoral student Carl Hase successfully defended his thesis and obtained the doctoral degree. In his dissertation entitled “Strategic interaction, Spillovers, and Pass-through in Product Markets”, he investigates the role of spillovers in propagating economic shocks, highlighting the challenges that spillovers pose for policy evaluation. Carl joined the Goethe University Frankfurt in … Continued
Jingqi Liu is a PhD student in Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) and is funded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for a one-year research visit at our chair. His research focuses on income inequality and poverty.
From 26 to 30 August 2025, our external PhD student Catalina Laura Zegara had the great opportunity to attend the 8th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Economics. The meeting brought together Nobel Laureates and young researchers from around the world. Besides attending several lectures by Nobel Laureates and enjoying the interaction with fellow young scientists, … Continued