Sebastian Königs is Senior Economist at the OECD, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs - Jobs and Income Division.
His work focuses on labour market and social inequalities, income mobility, and the design of social protection systems.
Sebastian holds a DPhil (PhD) in Economics from the University of Oxford, a graduate degree in Economics from HEC Lausanne and an undergraduate degree from the University Maastricht. He previously worked as a part-time researcher at Statistics Norway and as a consultant for the OECD and the World Bank.
Sebastian joined the IZA network in 2013 as a Research Affiliate. He became a Research Fellow in 2023.