RFBerlin’s research has a strong economic focus, with an emphasis on applied and data driven research on significant and relevant challenges to the welfare state in a global world. Our work is carried out impartially and based on objective scientific principles, adhering to the highest standards of academic excellence. The goals of our research are to inform, to raise the standard of public debate and to create the best possible basis for political decision making.
RFBerlin’s research agenda is organised into 3 main themes.
No. 07/25 - February 2025
Success stories and continuing challenges: A longitudinal analysis of gender-ethnic wage gaps in the UK
Simonetta Longhi
No. 06/25 - February 2025
Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament
André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan, Andrea Weber
No. 05/25 - February 2025
Refugee Immigration and Natives’ Fertility
Aya Aboulhosn, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Berkay Ozcan
No. 04/25 - February 2025
Winners and Losers of Technology Grants: Evidence on Jobs and Skills
Johannes Hirvonen, Aapo Stenhammar, Joonas Tuhkuri
Journal of Public Economics, February 2025
The big sell: Privatizing East Germany’s economy
Moritz Lubczyk, Moritz Hennicke, Lukas Mergele
Journal of Labor Economics, January 2025
Permanent Residency and Refugee Immigrants’ Skill Investment
Jacob Nielsen Arendt , Christian Dustmann , and Hyejin Ku
Labour Economics, January 2025
Unlucky migrants: Scarring effect of recessions on the assimilation of the foreign born
Gabriele Lucchetti, Alessandro Ruggier
The Review of Economic Studies, 2024
American Economic Journal, October 2024
The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
Ines Helm and Jan Stuhler
Labour Economics, 2024
The effects of board gender quotas: A meta-analysis
Costanza De Acutis, Andrea Weber, Elisabeth Wurm
