Sönke Hendrik Matthewes

About me

I am Assistant Professor of Applied Economics (tenure track) at Utrecht University.

Further, I am a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Research Affiliate at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics. I am also a Fellow of the College for Interdisciplinary Education Research (CIDER).

I completed my Ph.D. in Economics at the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, Freie Universität Berlin, and Berlin School of Economics and did a postdoc at the University of Potsdam/Berlin School of Economics before coming to Utrecht.

My research applies econometric methods to questions in Economics of Education and Labor Economics. More specifically, I study how features of school systems, such as tracking and vocational curricula, shape students’ educational achievement, labor market outcomes — and inequality therein.

Find my CV (with the most up-to-date information) here.