Daniel Kamhöfer
Welcome to my personal webpage!
I'm an applied economist working towards a better understanding of the formation of cognitive and socio-emotional skills, the returns associated with and caused by these skills, and how policy interventions can influence this process to promote personal well-being and reduce social inequalities.
My research covers, for instance, the returns to education, the determinants and consequences of self-control, and the drivers of mental health.
In my research, I employ a large array of quantitative methods to current topics in economic policy. These methods include quasi-experimental research designs, randomized controlled trials, and machine-learning tools for the explorative analysis of data.
I'm a Professor (W2) of Quantitative Methods in Economics at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Campus Landau. Before this, I was a post-doctoral researcher at HHU University Düsseldorf. I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Duisburg-Essen and worked at the University of Konstanz and Paderborn University. I'm also a Fellow at the CESifo Research Network, Munich, and a Research Affiliate at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn.
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