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IZA Young Labor Economist Award goes to Leah Boustan and Philipp Kircher

Outstanding research on different facets of labor economics We are pleased to announce the 2019 IZA Young Labor Economist Award. This biennial prize is awarded to outstanding labor economists whose Ph.D. was received fewer than 15 years ago. The 2019 Award goes to Leah Platt Boustan (Princeton University) for her historical research on immigration, and […]

Technological Change: New Sources, Consequences, and Impact Mitigation

ERC funded project Tech Change started in May 2019. The Consolidator Grant awarded to Philipp Kircher has started in May and will last for five year. The principal investigator, together with his team of researchers, will explore the effects of technological progress on the size and the structure of firms as well as on the workforce. They will study […]