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. 15/25 - April 2025
Duration Dependence in Finding a Job: Applications, Interviews, and Job Offers
Rafael Lalive, Aderonke Osikominu, Lorenzo Pesaresi, Jeremy Zuchuat, Josef Zweimüller
No. 14/25 - April 2025
How Do Firms Respond to Parental Leave Absences?
Anne Ardila Brenøe, Urša Krenk, Andreas Steinhauer, Josef Zweimüller
No. 13/25 - April 2025
The Rise of China and the Global Production of Scientific Knowledge
Hyejin Ku, Tianrui Mu
No. 12/25 - April 2025
Fast-Tracked Jobs Help Asylum Seekers Integrate Faster
Giovanni Abbiati, Erich Battistin, Paola Monti, Paolo Pinotti
Journal of Labor Economics, April 2025
Permanent Residency and Refugee Immigrants’ Skill Investment
Jacob Nielsen Arendt, Christian Dustmann & Hyejin Ku
Journal of Political Economy, March 2025
There’s More to Marriage Than Love: The Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Intermarriages and Separations
Jérôme Adda, Paolo Pinotti & Giulia Tura
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
