Alumni
IWH provides guidance and support in job placement after graduation, including letters of recommendation and career advice. Graduates have found placements in academia (Bonn, St. Andrews), central banks (Bank of England, Danmarks Nationalbank, Bundesbank, European Central Bank), and international research and policy institutions (CEMLA, German Ministry of Finance).
2024
Verena Plümpe: “Advanced Technology Adoption : Determinants and Labor Market Effects of Robot Use”
Tommaso Bighelli: “The Contribution of Declining Corporate Taxes to Deindustrialization”
Eleonora Sfrappini: “Four Essays on Banking, Climate Risks and Financial Regulation”
2023
Ruben Staffa: "Investors' Beliefs and Politics: The Expectations of Sovereign Creditors and their Effects on Macroeconomic Outcomes"
DIW Berlin
Willam McShane: "Three Essays on Cross-Firm Interactions"
Joschka Waibel: "Three Essays on Unethical Behavior: The Role of Generalized Reciprocity, Discrimination and Norms"
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
2022
Isabella Müller: "Essays in Financial Economics"
DIW Econ, Berlin
João Carlos Claudio: "Examining the Empirical Role of Expectations, Technology and Commodity Markets for the Macroeconomy"
German Council of Economic Experts, Wiesbaden
Talina Sondershaus: "Unintended Side Effects of Financial Market Interventions on Banks and Firms"
Lund University School for Economics and Management, Sweden
Georg Neuschäffer: "Essays on Firm Wage Differentials and Industrial Relations"
Preis-Engine für Datenanalysten About You, Hamburg
Lisa Hölscher: "Hiring Behavior, Remuneration, and Employment Perspectives in newly Founded Establishments"
2021
Richard Bräuer: "Firm Level Drivers of Productivity Growth"
Postdoc, IWH
Hannes Böhm: "Four Essays on Financial Markets and Sovereign Risk: How the Euro Crisis, Commodities and Climate Change affect Countries' Financing Costs"
Validation for European Commodity Clearing AG, Leipzig, Germany
Antonios Mavropoulos: "Individual Housing Decisions, Mortgage Supply and Housing Market Regulations"
Research Economist, Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE), Athens, Greece
Jan-Christopher Scherer: "The Role of Interdependencies Between the Micro and Macro Level in Explaining Investment Dynamics and its Determinants"
DIW Berlin
Christoph Schult: "The Role of Energy Markets and Expectations in Dynamic General Equilibrium Models"
Postdoc, IWH
Moritz Stieglitz: "Essays on Banking and Financial Markets"
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Konstantin Wagner: "How Labor Market Frictions Matter for Financial Decision Making"
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Leipzig
2020
Chris Becker: "Essays in Financial Market Interventions"
Dmitri Bershadskyy: "The Effect of Communication on Economic Behavior: Experimental Evidence and Methodological Reflections"
Research Economist, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
Stefan Gießler: "Macroeconometric Analysis of Monetary Policy, Sovereign Risk and Commodity Prices"
Matthias Mertens: "The Effects of International Product Market Competition and Demand on Firm Productivity and Labor Market Power"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT FutureTech)
Eva Weigt: "The Impacts of Structural Change on Workers"
Acceleration Manager, Silicon Castles GmbH, Puch-Salzburg, Austria
Matthias Wieschemeyer: "The Effects of Market Integration Policies on Labor and Capital Mobility"
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
2019
Aida Ćumurović: "Essays on Financial Literacy and Behavioral Economics"
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Berlin
Helge Littke: "Four Essays on Financial Market Institutions, Capital Allocation and Economic Uncertainty"
Deutsche Bundesbank
Simon Melch: "Essays on the Effects of Inter-Municipal Cooperation on Local Public Service Delivery"
Felix Pohle: "Labour Market Institutions and Employment"
Kirsten Schmidt: "Four Essays on Banking Regulation and Monetary Policy"
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2018
Geraldine Dany-Knedlik: "The Great Recession and Its Effects on Monetary Policy: From Policy Transmission to Target Dynamics"
Head of Forecasting and Economic Policy of the Macroeconomics Department, DIW Berlin, Germany
Thomas Krause: "Four Essays on Financial Stability and the Housing Market"
Research Economist, Danmarks Nationalbank, Kopenhagen, Denmark
Carola Müller: "Four Essays on Financial Stability and Competition with Heterogeneous Banks"
Research Economist, Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), México
Oliver Rehbein: "The Effects of Natural and Social Catastrophes on Financial Markets and the Real Economy"
Researcher/Lecturer, University of Bonn, Institute for Finance & Statistics, Germany
2017
Matias Ossandon Busch: "Four Essay on Banking Globalization and Financial Stability in Emerging Countries"
Senior Economist, Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), México
Konstantin Kiesel: "Preparing the Soil to Make Economic Growth Sustainable: Insights into Human Capital Environment and Policy Measures"
Speaker/Lecturer, Bildungszentrum der Bundeswehr, Berlin, Germany
Frieder Kropfhäußer: "Four Essays on the Association between Anthropometrics and Labor Market Outcomes"
2016
Manuel Buchholz: "Essays on the Stability and Regulation of International Financial Markets"
Economist, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Andrej Drygalla: "Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analyses in Estimated DSGE Models"
Postdoc, IWH
2013
Gregor von Schweinitz: "Modelling Macroeconomic Risk: The Genesis of the European Debt Crisis"
Assistant Professor of Economics, esp. Quantitative Macroeconomics, Leipzig University, Germany
