Economic Policy and Applied Econometrics

About us

Welcome to the Chair of Economic Policy and Applied Econometrics.

The Chair is engaged in research and teaching on current economic policy issues, mainly in the areas of labor market research, welfare measurement, education and business cycle analysis.
Economic relationships are analyzed on the basis of real observable data using applied econometric methods. A major focus of the department is the evaluation of government interventions using appropriate identification strategies and thus make statements about cause-effect relationships while taking socio-demographic contextual factors into account.

Team

Position
Niklas Seveneick
Research assistant, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Jil-Laurel Patragst
Student assistant
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph M. Schmidt
Professor
Economic Policy and Applied Econometrics

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Universitätsstraße 150

44801 Bochum

Building GD, Level 02, Room 225

The chair belongs to the competence field:

CURE

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