About me

I am an applied economist passionate about understanding the origins of educational and labor market inequality and how public policy can make a difference. My work has been published in journals such as the Economic Journal, the American Economic Journals: Applied and Economic Policy, the Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and the Journal of Human Resources.

I am currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods. Previously, up to its unfortunate termination as an institute, I served as research director at IZA - Institute of Labor Economics. In this role, I was responsible for scientific management, research coordination, and science communication. 

I am affiliated with CESifo in Munich and the CRC TR 224 "Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges", and I am member of the Research Committee on Economics of Education (Bildungsökonomischer Ausschuss) of the German Economic Association. I serve as an Executive Committee Member of the European Association of Labor Economists (EALE). 

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