Jens Suedekum

Research Fellow

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

suedekum@dice.hhu.de

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Research Interests

Jens Suedekum is Professor of International Economics at the Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. He is also a research fellow of CEPR, the Institute for Emplyoment Research (IAB), the CESifo network, and a former council member of the Urban Economics Association (UEA).

Suedekum is Co-Editor of the Journal of Regional Science, and member of the editorial board at the Journal of Urban Economics and at Regional Science and Urban Economics.

His main research areas are urban and regional economics and international trade. Current research focuses on the impact of international trade on local labor markets, regional migration, city size distributions, the organization of multinational enterprises, and related topics.

He has published widely in international peer-review journals such as the Journal of the European Economic Association, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, and many others.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in December 2004.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12278

Matching in Cities

Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Enrico Moretti, Jens Suedekum

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11299

Adjusting to Globalization in Germany

Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10469

Trade and Manufacturing Jobs in Germany

Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum

published in: American Economic Review, 2017, 107 (5), 337-342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9020

The Pan-European Population Distribution Across Consistently Defined Functional Urban Areas

Kurt Schmidheiny, Jens Suedekum

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 133, 10-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8161

Globalization and Local Profiles of Economic Growth and Industrial Change

Wolfgang Dauth, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2016, 16 (5), 1007-1034

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7479

Financial Liberalization and the Relationship-Specificity of Exports

Fabrice Defever, Jens Suedekum

published in: Economics Letters, 2014, 122 (3), 375-379

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7397

Same Same But Different: Dialects and Trade

Alfred Lameli, Volker Nitsch, Jens Suedekum, Nikolaus Wolf

published in: German Economic Review, 2015, 16 (3), 290-306

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7175

Spatial Frictions

Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2017, 97(1), 40-70.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6860

Why Are Educated and Risk-Loving Persons More Mobile Across Regions?

Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck, Stephan Heblich, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 98, 56-69

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6845

Cultural Diversity and Plant?Level Productivity

Michaela Trax, Stephan Brunow, Jens Suedekum

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2015, 53, 85-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6685

The Rise of the East and the Far East: German Labor Markets and Trade Integration

Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12 (6), 1643-1675

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6564

On the Organizational Structure of Multinational Firms: Which Sourcing Mode for Which Input?

Jens Suedekum, Verena Nowak, Christian Schwarz

revised version published as 'Asymmetric spiders: Supplier heterogeneity and the organization of firms' in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2016, 49 (2), 663 - 684

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6352

The Size Distribution Across All “Cities”: A Unifying Approach

Kristian Giesen, Jens Suedekum

substantially revised version pubslished as 'City age and city size' in: European Economic Review, 2014, 71,193-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5405

Globalization and Strategic Research Investments

Anna Bohnstedt, Christian Schwarz, Jens Suedekum

published in: Research Policy, 2012, 41 (1), 13-23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5305

Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes

Christian Schwarz, Jens Suedekum

revised version published in: Journal of International Economics, 2014, 93 (1), 123-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4743

Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange

Oliver Falck, Stephan Heblich, Alfred Lameli, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, 72 (2-3), 225-239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4619

Cultural Diversity and Local Labour Markets

Jens Suedekum, Katja Wolf, Uwe Blien

published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (1), 173-191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4384

Subsidizing Firm Entry in Open Economies

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97 (1), 258-271

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3928

Zipf's Law for Cities in the Regions and the Country

Kristian Giesen, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2011, 11 (4), 667-686

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3682

Trade, Wages, and Productivity

Kristian Behrens, Giordano Mion, Yasusada Murata, Jens Suedekum

substantially revised version published in: International Economic Review, 2014, 55 (4), 1305-1348. [Final version]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3493

Human Capital Externalities and the Urban Wage Premium: Two Literatures and their Interrelations

Benedikt Halfdanarson, Daniel F. Heuermann, Jens Suedekum

published in: Urban Studies, 2010, 47 (4), 749-767

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3258

On Pitchforks and Tomahawks

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in revised form in: Journal of Regional Science, 2011, 51 (2), 292-298

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3180

Industry Churning and the Evolution of Cities: Evidence for Germany

Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64 (2), 326-339

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3047

Vertical Industry Relations, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Plants

Ricardo A. López, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2009, 49 (4), 721-747

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2960

National Champion versus Foreign Takeover

Jens Suedekum

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, 43 (1), 204-231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2626

Public Budget Composition, Fiscal (De)Centralization and Welfare

Calin Arcalean, Gerhard Glomm, Ioana Schiopu, Jens Suedekum

published in:Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, 43 (3), 832-859

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2256

Towards a Unifying Approach of the 'New Economic Geography'

Michael P. Pflüger, Jens Suedekum

published in revised form as 'A synthesis of footloose-entrepreneur new economic geography models: when is agglomeration smooth and easily reversible?' in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2008, 8 (1), 39-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2220

Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy

Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2008, 164 (3), 477-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1969

Human Capital Externalities and Growth of High- and Low-Skilled Jobs

Jens Suedekum

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics), 2010, 230 (1), 92-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1723

Local Employment Growth in West Germany: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Uwe Blien, Jens Suedekum, Katja Wolf

published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (4), 445-458