We conduct independent research into significant challenges to the economy, society and the welfare state in a global world.
Research
The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin) provides new knowledge to inform and raise the standard of public debate, and to create the best possible basis for policy making.
Discussion papers
No. 10/24 - April 2024
Partial Legalization and Parallel Markets: The Effect of Lawful Crossing on Unlawful Crossing at the US Southwest Border
Michael A. Clemens
No. 09/24 - April 2024
Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply
Barbara Boelmann, Anna Raute, Uta Schönberg
No. 08/24 - February 2024
No. 07/24 - February 2024
External Pay Transparency and the Gender Wage Gap
Wolfgang Frimmel, Bernhard Schmidpeter, Rene Wiesinger, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Publications
No. 09/24 - March 2024
[Sample publication] Immigrant Diversity and Long-Run Development
Luigi Minale, Rudi Rocha, Bruno Vigna
No. 08/24 - February 2024
[Sample publication] Global Labor Market Power
Luigi Minale, Rudi Rocha, Bruno Vigna
Upcoming events
RFBerlin regularly hosts events to promote scientific research and collaboration.
RFBerlin event
19 October 2023
Panel Discussion on “The Future of Work”
Panelists: David Autor (MIT), Kerwin K. Charles (Yale), David Deming (Harvard), and Ioana Marinescu (University of Pennsylvania).
Chair: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, The Financial Times.
19 Oct – 21 Oct 2023
Conference for the Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume 5 and 6
Handbook Editors: Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux
RFBerlin event
27 Sep – 1 Nov 2023
Joint Course “Effective Programming Practices for Economists” by RFBerlin and the Berlin School of Economics (BSE)
News
RFBerlin research and researchers are regularly featured in the press.
19 Jan 2024 • VoxEU
From Refugees to Citizens: Understanding Labor Market Returns to Naturalization | By research associate Francesco Fasani, deputy director GMIH Tommaso Frattini and Maxime Pirot on VoxEU
View article15 Jan 2024 • LISER
Refugees are not just another group of immigrants | Policy brief by project leader Sascha Becker
View articleTweets by @RF_Berlin
Sign up to our newsletter
Keep up to date with upcoming RFBerlin events, our new research and other news from our research centre.