Klaus F. Zimmermann

Klaus F. Zimmermann (60) is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Bonn and Director of the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). This independent research institute employs the world’s largest network of over 1,200 economists from more than 45 countries.

Mr Zimmermann is also Honorary Professor of Economics at the Free University of Berlin and at Renmin University of China, a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Academia Europaea, the Strategic Advisory Board of LIEPP, Sciences Po Paris, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence, and the Advisory Committee of the China Institute of Income Distribution Studies at Beijing Normal University. Among his various fellowships are positions as Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London and Fellow of the European Economic Association. Mr Zimmermann studied economics and statistics at the University of Mannheim, and has been a Full Professor at the University of Munich and the Dean of its Faculty of Economics. He has also been Founder, Secretary and President of the European Society for Population Economics.

Mr Zimmermann initiated migration research in economics in Europe and has studied the creation and effectiveness of labour market reforms. He has made important contributions to the understanding of their consequences for employment, economic success and integration. Important research projects have dealt with the effects of eastwards enlargement of the European Union for European labour markets and the economic consequences of ethnic diversity. Mr Zimmermann is committed to the diffusion of research to policy and society. He regularly writes in leading international media and advises the European Commission and the World Bank on labour market and migration issues. He is the author or editor of 45 books and over 115 papers in refereed research journals and 130 chapters in collected volumes.

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