Ulf Rinne is Research Fellow at IZA. He works at the intersection of academic research, policy advice, and scientific management. In addition to conducting his own research, he has contributed to numerous projects on behalf of renowned national and international institutions and has held management responsibilities as part of IZA’s executive staff.
Ulf Rinne joined IZA in 2005. He studied economics in Bonn and Lisbon, and he received his doctorate from the Freie Universität Berlin in 2009.
His research interests span several areas of empirical labor economics and applied microeconometrics. He focuses in particular on the evaluation of labor policies (such as training programs for the unemployed or integration measures for refugees), migration policy (for example, in the context of immigration law), instruments to reduce discrimination (such as anonymous job applications), and the labor-market impacts of technological change and digitalization (such as new forms of employment and the gig economy).
Most of his papers can also be accessed on RePEc, EconPapers, and Google Scholar.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16650
Helen Rahlff, Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend
published in: Education Economics, 2025, 33 (6), 852-865
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16315
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14666
Monique Löwe, Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2023, 30 (11), 1526 - 1530
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12726
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2022, 88 (3), 906 - 930
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8383
revised version published as 'European Labor Market Integration: What the Experts Think' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2017, 38 (7), 954-974
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7490
revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7260
substantially revised version published in: IMF Economic Review, 2013, 61 (4), 702-729
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7096
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:5
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6696
revised version published in: International Migration Review, 2015, 49 (3), 757–789
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6565
revised version published as 'The impact of training duration on employment outcomes: Evidence from LATE estimates' in: Economics Letters, 2013, 120 (3), 487-490
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6369
published in: Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 28, 530-551
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6250
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2012, 1:3, reprinted as 'Un altro miracolo economico? Il mercato del lavoro tedesco e la grande recessione' in: 'Diritto delle Relazioni Industriali , 2013, 23 (2), 401-423
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6100
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 117 (2), 441-444
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5896
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (8), 799-803
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5780
revised version published in: International Labour Review, 2013, 152 (2), 287-305 / spanish version published as 'Desempleo parcial, la respuesta alemana a la Gran Recesión' in: Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 2013, 132 (2), 325-344 / french version published as 'Le chômage partiel: réponse de l'Allemagne face à la grande récession' in: Revue internationale du Travail, 2013, 152 (2), 311-330
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5396
revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24 (13), 945-949
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5380
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 825-851
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4660
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 753-776
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3910
revised version published as 'Vouchers and Caseworkers in Training Programs for the Unemployed' in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 45 (3), 1089-1127
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3240
revised version published as 'Do the skilled and prime-aged unemployed benefit more from training? Effect heterogeneity of public training programmes in Germany' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (25), 3465-3494
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2533
revised version published as 'Beautiful Serbia’ - objective and subjective outcomes of active labour market policy in a transition economy" in: Economics of Transition, 2014, 22(1), 43-67
IZA Policy Paper No. 189
initially published as: ILO Report [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 188
initially published as: ILO Report [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 187
initially published as: ILO Report [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 186
initially published as: ILO Policy Brief [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 164
published in: Intereconomics, 2020, 55 (6), 375-380 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 145
published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 240 (2-3), 295-319 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 134
published in: CESifo Forum, 2017, 18 (4), 3-8 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 128
published in: CESifo Forum, 2017, 18 (2), 34-38 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 119
published in: Miguel Angel Malo and Almudena Moreno Minguez (eds.): Youth Labour Markets. Problems and Policies. Cham: Springer, 2018, 189-204 [Info & Abstract]
IZA Policy Paper No. 117
published in: Management Revue, 2017, 28 (3), 298-318 [Details & Download]
IZA Policy Paper No. 65
published in: Intereconomics, 2013, 48 (4), 230-235 [Details & Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 105
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 104
published in: Wirtschaftsdienst, 2022, 102 (9), 665-668 [Details & Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 96
published in: ifo Schnelldienst, 2019, 72 (18), 3-6 [Details & Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 94
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 93
published in: ifo Schnelldienst, 2019, 72 (4), 11-14 [Details & Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 85
published in: Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 2016, 62 (4), 383-409 [Details & Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 83
revised version published as 'Flüchtlinge in Deutschland: Herausforderung und Chancen' in: Wirtschaftsdienst, 2015, 95 (11), 744-751 [Free Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 79
revised version published as 'Punkte machen?! Warum Deutschland ein aktives Auswahlsystem für ausländische Fachkräfte braucht und wie ein solches System aussehen kann' in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2016, 17 (1), 68-87 [Details & Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 75
published in: Wirtschaftsdienst, 2015, 95 (2), 114-120 [Free Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 57
English version published in: Intereconomics, 2013, 48 (4), 230-235 [Details & Download]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 37
published in: A. Heinz and U. Kluge (eds.), Einwanderung - Bedrohung oder Zukunft? Mythen und Fakten zur Integration, Frankfurt/Main: Campus, 2012, 263-278 [Details]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 34
published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 2011, 44 (1/2), 81-89 [final version] [journal version]
IZA Standpunkt Nr. 14
published in: Wochenbericht des DIW Berlin, 2009, 76 (26), 422–429 [Download]
IZA Research Report No. 151
IZA Research Report No. 150
Ulf Rinne, Bernhard Boockmann, Julia Bredtmann, Gökay Demir, Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Philipp Kugler, Max Müller, Timo Rammert, Anja Rossen, Rüdiger Wapler, Katja Wolf
IZA Research Report No. 147
Forschungsbericht im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales (38 Seiten)
