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I am Professor of Applied Economic Data Research Methods at Utrecht University School of Economics and Research Associate at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany. My research focuses on the transformation of work through digitalisation, globalisation and labour market institutions, combining applied econometrics, statistical learning and natural language processing with rich administrative and survey data.
Current Position
Current Position
Professor
Professor
Utrecht University School of Economics
Kriekenpitplein 21-22
3584 EC Utrecht
email: u.t.zierahn-weilage@uu.nl
Research Interests
Research Interests
Applied econometrics, causal inference, machine learning, natural language processing
Effects of digitalization, international trade and offshoring on workers, labor markets, and economies
Labor economics, regional economics
PhD Students
PhD Students
Cäcilia vom Baur (née Lipowski), joint with Anna Salomons - graduation in August 2024 (cum laude), awarded with the first prize of the Volksbank Kurpfalz Research Award and the award for the best dissertation in 2023/2024 by the German Economic Association - Committee for the Economics of Education, and the Leibniz Dissertation Award 2025. She is Assistant Professor (TT) at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt as of 04/2026.
Sarah McNamara, joint with Anna Salomons, Elena Fumagalli, and Friedhelm Pfeiffer
Arlet Vila Bagaria, joint with Inge van den Bijgaart
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