Alumni

The following is a list of former IZA researchers who have made valuable contributions to the IZA research activities. Most of them have continued their career in academia while maintaining close ties to IZA as Research Fellows.

The following economists have completed their doctoral dissertation or post-doctoral habilitation under the supervision of IZA Director Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann.
While many of them continue to work for IZA either in-house or as Research Fellows, others have accepted prestigious jobs in the private and public sectors.

Name:	Work and Career:
Bauer, Thomas	Dissertation: 1997, University of Munich ("Arbeitsmarkteffekte der Migration und Einwanderungspolitik: Eine Analyse für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland", Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 1998). Habilitation: 2003, University of Bonn ("Labor Market Effects of Flexible Workplace Systems: Evidence from Germany"), until September 2003 IZA Program Director, currently Professor of Economics at Ruhr University Bochum.
Dohmen, Thomas	Habilitation: 2010, University of Bonn ("Empirical Evidence on Preferences, Attitudes and Social Interaction"), currently Director of the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) and professor of education and the labor market at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Maastricht University (UM).
Fahr, René	Dissertation: 2003, University of Bonn ("Occupational Mobility and Occupational Matching: Some Implications for Career Choice and Labor Market Policy"), currently Professor of Economics at the University of Paderborn.
Fickinger, Nico	Dissertation: 2004, Free University of Berlin ("Der verschenkte Konsens. Das Bündnis für Arbeit, Ausbildung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit 1998-2002: Motivation, Rahmenbedingungen und Erfolge", VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005), currently Head of Strategic Communications at Arbeitgeberverband Gesamtmetall.
Haisken-DeNew, John P.	Dissertation: 1995, University of Munich ("Migration and the Inter-Industry Wage Structure in Germany", Springer Verlag, Berlin et al.,1996), until December 2002 Senior Researcher at DIW Berlin, then Research Coordinator at RWI Essen, currently Professor of Economics at Ruhr University Bochum.
Koch, Anja	Dissertation: 1994, University of Munich ("Ökonomische Analyse des Scheidungsverhaltens in Deutschland", Verlag Shaker, Aachen, 1994), left university to work for the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt.
Locher, Lilo	Dissertation: 2002, University of Bonn ("Jewish and German emigration from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s", published at dissertation.de), left university to work for Simon-Kucher & Partners, Bonn, currently employed by the Monopolkommission.
Mayer, Jochen	Dissertation: 2000, University of Munich ("Zähldatenmodelle mit variierenden Parametern", Verlag dissertation.de, 2000), left university to work with Munich Re Group.
Merkle, Lucie	Dissertation: 1994, University of Munich ("Kinderbetreuung und Frauenerwerbstätigkeit. Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland", Physica Verlag, Heidelberg, 1994), currently Head of the State of Bavaria U.S. Office for Economic Development / West Coast (Palo Alto, California).
Million, Andreas	Dissertation: 1999, University of Munich ("Zähldatenmodelle für korrelierte abhängige Daten"), left university to work with Bayerische Landesbank.
Mühleisen, Martin	Dissertation: 1993, University of Munich ("Human Capital Decay and Persistence: A Simulation Estimation Approach to German Unemployment", Campus Verlag, Frankfurt a. M.,1994), Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, DC.
Nottmeyer, Olga	Dissertation: 2011, Free University of Berlin ("Intermarriages and Their Impact on Germany's Society").
Puhani, Patrick	Dissertation: 1998, University of Munich ("Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies, Empirical Evidence for Poland during Transition", Physica Verlag, Heidelberg, 1999), currently Professor of Economics at Leibniz University of Hannover.
Rinne, Ulf	Dissertation: 2009, Free University of Berlin ("Post-School Human Capital Investments: Training and Lifelong Learning", Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, Saarbrücken, 2010), currently IZA Research Associate and Personal Advisor to the Director.
Riphahn, Regina	Habilitation: 1999, University of Munich ("Why Did Social Assistance Dependence Increase? - The Dynamics of Social Assistance Dependence and Unemployment in Germany"), currently Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Schmidt, Christoph M.	Habilitation: 1995, University of Munich ("The Earnings Performance of Migrants in the German Labor Market"), until October 2002 Professor at the University of Heidelberg, currently President of RWI Essen.
Schnedler, Wendelin	Dissertation: 2003, University of Bonn ("The Value of Information in Hidden Action Models"), currently Research Associate at the University of Heidelberg.
Sunde, Uwe	Dissertation: 2003, University of Bonn ("Aggregate Returns to Individual Decisions: Development, Income Inequality and Competition for Jobs and Workers"), currently Professor at the University of St. Gallen.
Thalmaier, Anja	Dissertation: 2000, University of Bonn ("Eine ökonomische Analyse von Fehlzeiten", Europäische Hochschulschriften, 5 (2870), Frankfurt a.M., 2002), currently employed at the Bavarian Ministry of Labor.
Tschernig, Rolf	Dissertation: 1994, University of Munich ("Wechselkurse, Unsicherheit und Long Memory", Physica Verlag, Heidelberg, 1994), currently Professor of Econometrics at the University of Regensburg.
Uhlendorff, Arne	Dissertation, 2007, Free University of Berlin ("Transitions on the Labor Market: Unemployment, Transfer Receipt and the Low-Wage-Sector", VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008), currently Research Associate at the University of Mannheim.
Verick, Sher	Dissertation: 2004, University of Bonn ("The Micro-level Investment and Labour Demand – An Econometric Analysis of German Firms", Berlin: Dissertation.de, 2005), currently Associate Economic Affairs Officer with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Vogler, Michael	Dissertation: 1999, University of Munich ("Determinanten der Zuwanderung aus Entwicklungsländern", Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2000), IZA Scientific Manager until 2008.
Winkelmann, Rainer	Dissertation: 1993, University of Munich ("Count Data Models: Econometric Theory and an Application to Labor Mobility", Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes, Berlin, 1994, 3rd ed. 2000), Professor at the University of Zurich.
Zinkevitch, Tatjana	Dissertation: 2000, University of Munich ("Determinanten der Arbeitslosigkeit: eine empirische Untersuchung für Russland").
Zwintz, Eric	Dissertation: 2000, University of Munich ("Arbeitsmarktqualität und Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Zuwanderern in Deutschland - eine quantitative Analyse"), currently employed at the Bavarian Ministry of Economics, Transport and Technology.