Tim Kaiser

I am a Professor of Economics, especially Economics of Education and Economic Education, at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, CESifo Research Network Affiliate, Research Affiliate at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, and a Member of the Research Advisory Group of the OECD/INFE.

I am also associated with the Mannheim Institute for Financial Education (MIFE). I currently serve as Associate Editor of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (JBEF), on the advisory board of editors of the Journal of Financial Literacy and Wellbeing, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Research Network (G53 Network).

From March until August 2025, I have been a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) at Stanford University. Previously, I was a Research Associate at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). I hold a doctoral degree in Economics and Social Sciences (Dr. sc. pol.) and a Master of Education (M.Ed.) from Kiel University, Germany.

My research interests are in the area of applied microeconomics, especially economics of education, development economics, and household finance.

I also conduct research on evidence based teaching of economics and finance at any level. This type of work has appeared in Economics of Education Review, Journal of Economic Psychology, and Journal of Economic Education, among others.

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