Research
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.
Agenda
RFBerlin’s research agenda is organised into 3 main themes.
Discussion papers
June 2025
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No. 23/25 - June 2025
Do Judges Exhibit Gender Bias? Evidence from the Universe of Divorce Cases in China
Xiqian Cai, Pei Li, Qinyue Luo, Hong Song, Huihua Xie
No. 22/25 - June 2025
Linking Empirical Evidence to Theory: A Framework for Understanding Immigration’s Labor Market Effects
Christian Dustmann, Uta Schönberg
No. 21/25 - June 2025
People, Practices, and Productivity: A Review of New Advances in Personnel Economics
Mitchell Hoffman, Christopher T. Stanton
Publications
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
