Werner Eichhorst
Economist at Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research)
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Dr. Werner Eichhorst is a Team Leader & Coordinator at Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH.
He joined IZA as Research Associate in July 2005, was Senior Research Associate in February 2006, Deputy Director of Labor Policy 2007-13, Director of Labor Policy Europe in January 2014-16, and is now Coordinator of Labor Market and Social Policy in Europa since January 2017 and Team Leader Research since August 2019.
Since November 2017, he is an Honorary Professor at Bremen University, affiliated with the Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy SOCIUM.
His main research area is the comparative analysis of labor market institutions and performance, as well as the political economy of labor market reform strategies.
He also specializes in different aspects of the future of labor.
At IZA he takes care of international and European policy-oriented research activities, addressing in particular EU-level employment policies.
He worked with the Institute for Employment Research, IAB, from 2004 to 2005.
From 1999 to 2004 he was project director at the Bertelsmann Foundation, a private think tank in Germany.
From 1996 to 1999 he was a doctoral and post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne.
He studied sociology, political science, psychology, and public policy and administration at the universities of Tuebingen and Konstanz where he graduated as Diplom-Verwaltungswissenschaftler in 1995.
In the fall of 1998, he received his doctoral degree from the University of Konstanz.
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research)
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research) Investment ManagersFinance Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research) (IZA-Research) is the investment research division of Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH, a nonprofit research institute headquartered in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 1998, the firm provides platforms for knowledge exchange and makes relevant research findings accessible for policy practitioners and the general public. IZA-Research serves as a bridge builder for national and international research in labor economics. Their goal in conducting fundamental research, providing scientific policy advice, and engaging in active knowledge transfer is to narrow the distance between science and society in order to help create a better future of work for all. | Economist | 2005-06-30 |
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research)
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research) Investment ManagersFinance Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (Research) (IZA-Research) is the investment research division of Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH, a nonprofit research institute headquartered in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 1998, the firm provides platforms for knowledge exchange and makes relevant research findings accessible for policy practitioners and the general public. IZA-Research serves as a bridge builder for national and international research in labor economics. Their goal in conducting fundamental research, providing scientific policy advice, and engaging in active knowledge transfer is to narrow the distance between science and society in order to help create a better future of work for all. | Finance |
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