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Research
The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin) engages in research designed to raise the standard of public debate and create the best possible basis for policy making.
Discussion papers
No. 127/26 - April 2026
Midlife Health and Later Life Economic Inequality
Nicolò Russo, Rory McGee, Mariacristina De Nardi, Margherita Borella , Ross Abram
No. 126/26 - April 2026
Fitting the bivariate mixed Poisson regression model by maximum simulated likelihood
Stephen Jenkins, Fernando Rios-Avila
No. 125/26 - April 2026
No. 124/26 - April 2026
Workforce Quality and Early Childhood Development at Scale
Gabriella Conti, Sarah Cattan, Christine Farquharson
Research Insights
Concise, research-based articles for scholars,
policymakers, and anyone curious about the world.
CReAM Reports
Data-driven reports on migration and related economic and social trends, highlighting the latest developments across Europe and beyond.
News
RFBerlin research and researchers are regularly featured in the press.
Tweets by @RF_Berlin
🧠New RFBerlin Research Insight!
Who manages your team shapes more than performance, it shapes culture. New research by @VirginiaMinni, Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Heather Sarsons and @CarlaSrebot shows gender-progressive foreign managers narrow the gender pay gap by ~20%, and those
A new report by @CReAM_Research is out!
Immigration to the EU has reached 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀: 64.2 million foreign-born residents lived in the EU in 2025, up by 2.1 million in one year.
The new CReAM at RFBerlin report by @tomfratti & Camilla Piovesan shows how uneven
El número de inmigrantes que viven en la UE bate récord en 2025, con 64 millones frente a l40 millones en 2010, según estudio de @RF_Berlin Alemania sigue siendo el principal destino pero España el que más rápido crece, casi igualando ya a Francia.
Upcoming events
RFBerlin hosts a wide array of events aimed at fostering academic research and collaboration.
Handbook of Labor Economics – Chapter Previews
In anticipation of the upcoming Handbook of Labor Economics, we offer early access to select chapters through our Discussion Papers series. Following our 2023 conference on this new edition, first chapters are now available for preview, featuring insights from leading research in economics and labor.
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