Labor Economics
The proliferation of high-quality administrative datasets, combined with the use of convincing econometric methods, is a remarkable development in Europe. The Labor Economics area of the CESifo network, organized by Gordon B. Dahl (University of California, San Diego), leverages these advances by bringing together the best international researchers to study labor markets and related social programs in new and innovative ways. Reflecting the breadth of modern labor economics, the scope of topics is broad. From employment and compensation to immigration and migration, family and gender issues to inequality and poverty, health and crime, there is one unifying goal: to provide insights into the world’s most pressing policy questions using theoretically grounded, state-of-the-art statistical analyses.
“By connecting the best international researchers on both sides of the Atlantic, the CESifo network facilitates research on the most pressing policy questions affecting labor markets today.”
Professor Gordon B. Dahl, Area Director Labor Economics
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Gordon B. Dahl is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He is also an Affiliated Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a CESifo Research Fellow, a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and a Fellow of the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and his B.A. from Brigham Young University. His research interests are in labor economics and applied microeconomics, including a wide set of issues that range from how income affects child achievement, to peer effects among coworkers and family members, to the impact of incarceration on recidivism and employment, to intergenerational links in welfare use. His articles have appeared in American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, and Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network FellowGeorgetown University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateThe World Bank
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CESifo Research Network FellowRoyal Holloway, University of London
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità Bocconi
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateYale University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Bristol
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowMIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network FellowSciences Po
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Glasgow
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Passau
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Toronto
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CESifo Research Network FellowMonash Business School
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Liverpool
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CESifo Research Network FellowCEMFI
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateYale School of Management
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità di Bologna
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CESifo Research Network FellowDartmouth College
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe London School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network FellowCornell University
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CESifo Research Network FellowNewcastle University
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowResolution Foundation
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversität Konstanz
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità Ca' Foscari Venezia
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CESifo Research Network FellowVU University Amsterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network FellowHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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CESifo Research Network FellowJohannes Kepler University Linz
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network FellowLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità Cattolica
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CESifo Research Network FellowQueen's University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Essex
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Texas of the Permian Basin
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowToulouse School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Cyprus
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CESifo Research Network FellowGhent University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Oregon
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità Bocconi
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CESifo Research Network FellowPrinceton University
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CESifo Research Network FellowPrinceton University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTechnische Universität Dresden
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, San Diego
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CESifo Research Network FellowUppsala Universitet
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateFreie Universität Berlin
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CESifo Research Network FellowKatholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
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CESifo Research Network FellowToulouse School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Princeton
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CESifo Research Network FellowNew York University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Torino
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità Bocconi
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Berkeley
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Zurich
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowErasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowUppsala Universitet
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateColumbia University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità Bocconi
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità Bocconi
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of St.Gallen
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversitat de Barcelona
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Konstanz
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
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CESifo Research Network FellowNational Taiwan University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Essex
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CESifo Research Network FellowZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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CESifo Research Network FellowUppsala Universitet
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBank of Lithuania
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversité Marseille GREQAM
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CESifo Research Network FellowLISER Luxemburg Institute of Socio-Economic Researchte
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Bonn
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CESifo Research Network FellowVU University Amsterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowUlm University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Edinburgh
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CESifo Research Network FellowErasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversitat Pompeu Fabra
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CESifo Research Network FellowTrier University
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversitat Pompeu Fabra
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUppsala Universitet
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CESifo Research Network FellowSan Diego State University
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CESifo Research Network FellowINSEAD
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Exeter
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversité catholique de Louvain
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU München
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversiteit van Amsterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Chicago
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CESifo Research Network FellowLMU München
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateAarhus University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUppsala Universitet
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Leeds
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oslo
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CESifo Research Network FellowUppsala Universitet
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CESifo Research Network FellowHochschule München
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Cologne
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Bristol
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBrown University
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CESifo Research Network FellowEuropean University Institute
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of St Andrews
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CESifo Research Network FellowPrinceton University
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CESifo Research Network FellowEuropean School of Management and Technology ESMT
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of California, San Diego
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CESifo Research Network FellowMIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network FellowIndiana University
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CESifo Research Network FellowCornell University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Glasgow
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateVATT Institute for Economic Research
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Washington
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateSouthern Methodist University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Berkeley
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CESifo Research Network FellowOtto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateFederal Reserve Bank of New York
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CESifo Research Network FellowRagnar Frisch Centre for economic research
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateGeorge Washington University
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CESifo Research Network FellowNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Lausanne
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CESifo Research Network FellowMcGill University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Kent
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of St.Gallen
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversité du Québec à Montréal
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CESifo Research Network FellowDartmouth College
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateHeinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Zurich
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Bergen
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CESifo Research Network FellowRoyal Holloway, University of London
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità di Firenze
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CESifo Research Network FellowColumbia University
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network FellowToulouse School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network FellowQueen Mary University of London
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Colorado Denver
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CESifo Research Network FellowErasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowNorthwestern University
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CESifo Research Network Fellowifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateIÉSEG School of Management
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CESifo Research Network FellowAthens University of Economics and Business
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network FellowUppsala Universitet
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CESifo Research Network FellowHalle Institute for Economic Research
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Warwick
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Irvine
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateGerman Youth Institute (DJI)
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
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CESifo Research Network FellowErasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network Fellow
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CESifo Research Network FellowDartmouth College
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CESifo Research Network FellowNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversiteit van Amsterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Hohenheim
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institute
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateMaastricht University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oxford
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CESifo Research Network FellowMaastricht University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità Bocconi
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowWashington University in St. Louis
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CESifo Research Network Fellowifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowCREST
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network FellowImperial College Business School
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CESifo Research Network Fellowifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTrinity College Dublin
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateQueen Mary University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Reading
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CESifo Research Network FellowNew York University
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversitat Pompeu Fabra
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateOesterreichische Nationalbank
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CESifo Research Network FellowFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Bergen
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe University of Edinburgh
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateInstitute for Fiscal Studies
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Berkeley
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateMathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversität zu Köln
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateGeorgetown University
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CESifo Research Network FellowVassar College
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowÉcole d'Économie de Paris
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CESifo Research Network FellowColumbia University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTufts University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Bonn
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTel Aviv University
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LMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateAarhus University
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CESifo Research Network FellowFreie Universität Berlin
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Essex
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTilburg University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateStockholms Universitet
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CESifo Research Network FellowAarhus University
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CESifo Research Network FellowAarhus University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBrandeis University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of St Andrews
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CESifo Research Network FellowAarhus University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Pennsylvania
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Nottingham
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CESifo Research Network FellowINSEAD
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversität Innsbruck
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Michigan
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CESifo Research Network FellowLibera Università di Bolzano
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CESifo Research Network FellowInter-American Development Bank
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oslo
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid
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CESifo Research Network AffiliatePrinceton University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Luxembourg
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CESifo Research Network FellowThe University of Edinburgh
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CESifo Research Network FellowDanish Center for Applied Social Science - VIVE
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Luxembourg
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Padova
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CESifo Research Network FellowNorthwestern University
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CESifo Research Network FellowFriedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Nottingham
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CESifo Research Network FellowLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowCatholic University of Chile
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversité catholique de Louvain
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversidade de Lisboa
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateVATT Institute for Economic Research
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateStatistics Norway
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CESifo Research Network FellowGeorgetown University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
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CESifo Research Network FellowLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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CESifo Research Network FellowCentral European University
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CESifo Research Network FellowOtto von Guericke University Magdeburg
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBrigham Young University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Zurich
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
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CESifo Research Network FellowPeterson Institute for International Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Basel
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateCarnegie Mellon University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità di Bologna
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateCEMFI
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Zurich
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CESifo Research Network FellowErasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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The Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, aimed at encouraging talented young scholars, is awarded to the best paper presented by a young author at each of the CESifo Area conferences. Accepted candidates are invited to attend the Area Conference to which they have been nominated and present their paper. An award committee will judge the papers (and presentations) and select a winner. Nominations will be considered for candidates who are either close to completion of the PhD, or who have completed their PhD in the previous five years. The same limit applies to co-authors in the case of papers with multiple authors. The criteria for the award are scientific originality, policy relevance and quality of exposition. The winning paper will appear in the CESifo Working Paper Series.
Year Distinguished Affiliate(s) Title of the paper 2023 Melissa Rubio-Ramos From Plantations to Prisons: The Race Gap in Incarceration After the Abolition of Slavery in the U.S. 2022 Ursina Schaede Quota vs. Quality? Long Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota 2019 Christopher Roth Beliefs about racial discrimination and support for pro-black policies 2018 Ruixue Jia The Oriental City: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000-2000 2017 Petra Persson Social Insurance and the Marriage Market Melanie Wasserman Hours Constraints, Occupational Choice, and Gender: Evidence from Medical Residents 2016 Anna Christina Raute Can Financial Incentives Reduce the Baby Gap? – Evidence from a Reform in Maternity Leave Benefits 2015 Massimo Anelli Returns to Elite College Education: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis 2014 Beatrix Eugster Culture and Taxes: Towards Identifying Tax Competetion 2013 Dana Rotz The Impact of Legal Abortion on the Wage Distribution: Evidence from the 1970 New York Abortion Reform 2012 Lena Hensvik Competition, Wages and Teacher Sorting: Lessons Learned from a Voucher Reform 2012 Aderonke Osikominu Quick Job Entry or Long-Term Human Capital Development? The Dynamic Effects of Alternative Training Schemes 2011 Fabian Waldinger Peer Effects in Science – Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany 2010 Johannes Spinnewijn Unemployed but Optimistic: Optimal Insurance Design with Biased Beliefs 2009 Martha J. Bailey
"Momma's Got the Pill": How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped U.S. Childbearing 2008 Imran Rasul Family Networks and School Enrolment: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment + Appendix
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The inaugural Area Conference of the Labor Economics area was canceled due to COVID-19. In order to build and connect a network of researchers in labor economics on both sides of the Atlantic,
CESifo Area Conference on Labor Economics 2020
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