Bettina Brüggemann currently works as an Assistant Professor in Economics at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada.

She completed her PhD at the Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management at Goethe University Frankfurt in 2016 and obtained her diploma in economics from the University of Tübingen in 2010.

Bettina is a quantitative macroeconomist whose research focuses on questions of income and wealth inequality, entrepreneurship, and labor markets.

Bettina Brüggemann joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in May 2023.