Labour Economics

The Research seminar "Labour and Applied Economics" is jointly organised by the Department of Economics and Socioeconomics of the University of Hamburg (UHH). The lectures are held in room 4011/13, Esplanade 36 on Thursdays from 14:30 - 16:00 and will be announced here.

The aim is to gather all those interested in the latest empirical applications within the economics of labour, education, migration and family. It is open to students and faculty members.

Winter semester 2026/27

15 October 2026	Dr Bastien Chabe-Ferret Middlesex University (London)	"Norms, Information, and Policy Design: Gender Gaps at the Transition to Parenthood in UK SMEs"
19 November 2026	Professor Roberta Ziparo, PhD Aix-Marseille Université	"Delegation in the household"
3 December 2026	Lídia Farré, PhD Institute of Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC)	tba
7 January 2027 rooms 2.16, 2.17 & 2.18 Welckerstraße 8 20354 Hamburg	Professor Hanna Wang, PhD Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	tba
21 January 2027 rooms 2.16, 2.17 & 2.18 Welckerstraße 8 20354 Hamburg	Professor Alina Ozhegova, PhD Aalto University	tba

Summer semester 2027

27 May 2027

Professor Arnaud Dupuy, PhD

University of Luxembourg

tba

Summer semester 2026

23 April 2026	Professor Dr Janina Steinert Technical University of Munich	"Empowerment Paradox? The Long-run Impact of a Cycling Program for Girls in Zambia"
28 May 2026	Professor Dr Robert Dur Erasmus University Rotterdam	"Tax Misperceptions and Labor Supply: A Two-Wave Randomized Survey Experiment"
18 June 2026 from 16:00 - 17:30 in room 4011/13	Professor Alex Bell, PhD Georgia State University	"Pricing Job Amenities: A Practitioner’s Manual"
16 July 2026	Professor Libertad González, PhD Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Barcelona School of Economics	"Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform"

Our Organizers

Our guests so far

In alphabetical order

Abel, Martin (Bowdoin College)
Aidt, Toke (Faculty of Economics, Cambridge Univ.)
Alston, Mackenzie (Florida State Univ.)
Altmann, Steffen (University of Copenhagen)
Anger, Silke (IAB Nürnberg & Univ. Bamberg)
Barsbai, Toman (University of St. Andrews)
Barth, Erling (University of Oslo)
Bauernschuster, Stefan (Universität Passau)
Becker, Sascha (University of Warwick)
Bell, Alex (Georgia State University)
Belot, Michèle (Edinburgh University)
Berggreen, Niclas (Research Inst. of Industrial Econ., Stockholm)
Biavaschi, Costanza (University of Reading)
Bittencourt, Manoel (University of Pretoria)
Boring, Anne (Science Po, Paris)
Bratsberg, Bernt (Ragnar Frisch Center, Oslo)
Brücker, Herbert (IAB)
Caliendo, Marco (Univ. Potsdam)
Cassar, Lea (University of Regensburg)
Ciscato, Edoardo (KU Leuven)
Cobb-Clark, Deborah (University of Melbourne)
Cortes, Matias (University of Manchester)
Danzer, Alexander (LMU, München)
Danzer, Natalia (Freie Universität Berlin)
Dauth, Wolfgang (Univ. Würzburg)
Del Bono, Emilia (ISER, Univ. of Essex)
Dohmen, Thomas (Univ. Bonn)
Domnisoru, Ciprian (Aalto University)
Elsner, Benjamin (IZA)
Facchini, Giovanni (The University of Nottingham)
Fitzenberger, Bernd (Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg)
Fornwagner, Helena (University of Exeter, Großbritannien)
Frattini, Tommaso (University of Milan)
Frensch, Richard (IOS & Univ. Regensburg)
Fromell, Hanna (Aarhus University)
Gathmann, Christina (Univ. Heidelberg)
Glitz, Albrecht (Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Goerke, Laszlo (Univ. Trier)
González, Libertad (Universitat Pompeu Fabra & the Barcelona School of Economics)
Green, Colin (Lancaster Univ.)
Gröger, André (Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona)
Grossbard, Shoshana (San Diego State University)
Hamermesh, Dan (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
Hatton, Timothy (Australian National Univ. and the Univ. of Essex)
Hirsch, Boris (Univ. Lüneburg)
Holmlund, Helena (IFAU)
Ichino, Andrea (European Univ. Institute, Florence)
Jahn, Elke (Univ. Bayreuth and IAB)
Karlsson, Martin (Duisburg-Essen Univ.)
Kirdar, Murat (Bogazici Univ. Istanbul)
Kleinjans, Kristin J. (California State Univ., Fullerton)
Kluve, Jochen (Humboldt Univ. & RWI)
Knaus, Michael (Univ. St. Gallen)
Korn, Evelyn (Univ. Marburg)
Kotschy, Rainer (LMU München)
Krause, Melanie (Univ. Hamburg)
Kuhn, Peter (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Kunze, Astrid (Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen)
Kück, Jannis (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
Kvasnicka, Michael (Otto-von-Guericke-Univ. Magdeburg)
Landais, Camille (London School of Economics)
Langlotz, Sarah (Univ. Heidelberg)
Lechner, Michael (Univ. St. Gallen)
Lechthaler, Wolfgang (CAU Kiel)
Marcus, Jan (Univ. Hamburg)
Mechtel, Mario (Leuphana Univ. Lüneburg)
Meier, Armando (University of Lausanne)
Meon, Pierre-Guillaume (Univ. libre de Bruxelles)
Mollerstrom, Johanna (Humboldt-Univ. Berlin & DIW)
Müller, Steffen (IWH, Halle & Otto-von-Guericke-Univ., Magdeburg)
Neugart, Michael (Technische Univ. Darmstadt)
Nicoletti, Cheti (Univ. of York)
Ortega, Francesc (Queens College/NYC)
Osikominu, Aderonke (Univ. of Zurich)
Pannenberg, Markus (FH Bielefeld)
Papps, Kerry (University of Bath)
Paul, Marie (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Pieters, Janneke (Univ. of Wageningen, IZA Research Associate)
Piil Damm, Anna (Aarhus University)
Plug, Erik (University of Amsterdam)
Prantl, Susanne (Univ. zu Köln)
Pronzato, Chiara (Univ. of Turin)
Puhani, Patrick (Leibnitz Univ. Hannover)
Radu, Dragos (UCL, London)
Rainer, Helmut (ifo Institute and Univ. of Munich)
Reuben, Ernesto (NYU Abu Dabi)
Riphahn, Regina (Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Rode, Martin (IZA Bonn | Univ. de Navarra)
Ruhose, Jens (Leibniz Univ. Hannover)
Sajons, Christoph (Univ. Freiburg)
Sandholt Jensen, Peter (Univer. of Southern Denmark)
Santavirta, Torsten (Stockholm Univ., SOFI)
Schneebaum, Alyssa (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)
Schneider, Kerstin (Bergische Univ. Wuppertal)
Schnitzer, Monika (LMU Munich)
Schönberg, Uta (Univ. College London)
Schwerdt, Guido (ifo Institut München)
Settele, Sonja (University of Copenhagen)
Skyt Nielsen, Helena (Aarhus Univ.)
Spindler, Martin (Univ. Hamburg)
Stancanelli, Elena (Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne)
Steiner, Susan (Leibniz Univ., Hannover)
Steinert, Janina (Technische Universität München)
Stephan, Gesine (Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Stillman, Steven (Univ. of Otago)
Stoddard, Olga (Brigham Young University)
Stuhler, Jan (Universidad Carlos III Madrid)
Tertilt, Michèle (Universität Mannheim)
Tyrowicz, Joanna (Univ. of Warsaw)
Ullrich, Hannes (DIW & Univ. Kopenhagen)
Vermeulen, Frederic (KU Leuven)
Vollmer, Sebastian (Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen)
van den Berg, Gerard (University of Bristol)
von Essen, Emma (Aarhus Univ.)
Ye, Han (University of Mannheim)
Walsh, Frank (University College Dublin)
Weber, Andrea (Central European Univ.)
Weichselbaumer, Doris (J.-Kepler-Univ. Linz)
Weinhardt, Felix (Humboldt Univ. Berlin)
Westergård-Nielsen, Niels (Aarhus University)
Winter Ebmer, Rudolf (Johannes Kepler Univ. Linz)
Woessmann, Ludger (LMU Munich and ifo Institute)
Wray, Dana (Statistics Canada)
Wrohlich, Katharina (DIW Berlin & Univ. Potsdam)
Wuppermann, Amelie (LMU Munich)
Wyrwich, Michael (University Groningen)
Zafar, Basit (University of Michigan)
Zimpelmann, Christian (IZA)
Zölitz, Ulf (IZA Bonn)

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