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. 27/24 - November 2024
Lifting Barriers to Skill Transferability: Immigrant Integration through Occupational Recognition
Silke Anger, Jacopo Bassetto, Malte Sandner
No. 26/24 - October 2024
No. 25/24 - October 2024
No. 24/24 - October 2024
Job Search, Unemployment Insurance, and Active Labor Market Policies
Thomas Le Barbanchon, Johannes Schmieder, Andrea Weber
The Review of Economic Studies, 2024
Labour Economics, 2024
The effects of board gender quotas: A meta-analysis
Costanza De Acutis, Andrea Weber, Elisabeth Wurm
Journal of Political Economy, 2024
There is more to Marriage than Love: The Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Intermarriages and Separations
Giulia Tura, Jérôme Adda, Paolo Pinotti
Journal of Economic Literature, 2024
The Review of Economic Studies, 2024
Gender Preferences in Job Vacancies and Workplace Gender
David Card, Fabrizio Colella, Rafael Lalive
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024
Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany
Sascha O. Becker, Volker Lindenthal, Sharun W. Mukand, Fabian Waldinger
