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Curriculum Vitae CURRICULUM VITAE Dustmann, Christian Economics Department, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E6BT. Phone: +44 (0)20 3549 5356 e-mail: [email protected] Present Appointment: Professor of Economics, University College London Education: 1997 Habilitation in Economics and Econometrics (venia in Volkswirtschaftslehre und Oekonometrie), University of Bielefeld 1992 Ph.D. in Economics, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (with distinction) 1988 MSc in Business Economics, University of Bielefeld (with distinction) 1985 MA in Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, (with distinction) 1983 BSc in Business Economics, University of Bielefeld, Germany Employment: Since 2004 Professor in Economics, University College London Founding Director CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration) 2002-2004 Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics, University College London 1994-2002 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University College London 1992-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Bielefeld Honours and Fellowships: Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker Prize of the German Academy of Sciences, for research in the field of migration and the labour market, 2020. Handelsblatt Economists Ranking: ranked No 1 among research-intensive economists from German-speaking countries and German-speaking economists abroad, 2019 President of the Asian-Australasian Society of Labour Economists, 2019-2021 Elected Fellow, British Academy (FBA), 2017 Elected Fellow, Society of Labor Economists, 2017 President of the European Society for Labour Economists (EALE), 2014-2017 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), 2013 Elected Fellow of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), 2012 President of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), 2008 Memberships: Elected member of the Council of the Royal Economic Society (since 2016) Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London Research Associate of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London Research Associate of the Centre for Economic Policy (CEP), London Other Appointments: Since 2018 Research Professor, Australian National University, Canberra Since 2017 Research Professor, The Rockwool Foundation, Copenhagen Spring 2017 Visiting Professor, SIEPR, Stanford University Spring 2017 Visiting Professor, Cowles Foundation, Yale University Spring 2016 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Bocconi Spring 2016 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Princeton University 2014-2015 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University 2009-2014 Scientific Director, NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe) Programme on Migration Since 2004 Director CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration) 2012, 2014 Visiting Professor, EUI Florence Spring 2011 Visiting Professor, EUI, Florence Fall 2010 Visiting Professor, RSSS, Australian National University 2005/2006 Part-Time Visiting Professor, Faculty for Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam 2004-2007 (Fall terms) Visiting Professor, RSSS, Australian National University Fall 2001 Visiting Professor/Fellow, Center of Labor Economics, University of Berkeley Spring 1999 Visiting Professor, Bonn Graduate School and IZA, Bonn 1997/1998 Visiting Professor, European University Institute, Florence Spring 1995 Visiting Fellow, INRA, Paris Advisory Roles: 2014-2016 National Academy of Sciences member of the Panel on the Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration Since 2011 British Home Office, Economics and Resource Analysis Advisory Group 2010-2014 Member of the National Education Panel Survey (NEPS) Scientific Board 2010-2016 Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Labour Market Research (IAB) 2006-2008 Member of the British Home Office Advisory Panel Referee for Scientific Organisations: Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), Danish Research Council, Dutch Research Council, Austrian Research Council, German Research Council (DFG), European Research Council, Phare-Ace Programme of the European Commission, ERC Referee for Scientific Journals, last four years: American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Journals Editorial duties: Editor Journal of Labor Economics, since November 2016 Editorial Board Economic Journal 2005-2011 Editor Journal of Population Economics January 2003-2010 Editing: Editor Economic Journal Features on The Class Size Debate, 2003 Editor Economic Journal Features on The Labour Market Effects of Immigration (with Tim Hatton and Ian Preston), 2005 Editor Oxford Review of Economic Policy on Gender and the Life Cycle, 2005 Editor Empirical Economics on The Economics of Education (with Bernd Fitzenberger and Steve Machin), 2006 Service to the Scientific Community: Member of numerous Programme Committees for Scholarly Associations (European Economic Association, Econometric Society, Royal Economic Society, Verein fuer Socialpolitik, European Society for Population Economics, Society for Labor Economics, European Association of Labour Economists, etc.) Grants: 2019-2024 Award of an ERC (European Research Council) Advanced Grant, The Migration Challenge: Labour Markets, Policy Reforms, and Social Cohesion, June 2019 2018-2022 Co-Applicant, The effects of business and payroll taxes on firms and workers: evidence from linked employer-employee data, ESRC ref: ES/R005745/1 2018-2021 Principal Applicant, The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Wages, Employment, Technology and Innovation, funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG), Starting Date: September 2018 2018-2022 Co-applicant, Populism, Inequality and Institutions, funded under the NORFACE Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course programme, Starting Date: March 2018 2014-2017 Co-applicant, Globalisation, Institutions and the Welfare State, funded under the NORFACE Welfare State programme, Starting Date: May 2015 2014-2017 Principal Applicant, The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Wages, Employment, Technology and Innovation, funded under the DFG Programme the German Labour Market in a Globalised World - Challenges through Trade, Technology, and Demographics, Starting Date: May 2015 2013-2018 Award of an ERC (European Research Council) Advanced Grant, The Dynamics of Migration and Economic Adjustment, Starting Date: June 2013 2013 Co-applicant, for German Science Foundation (DFG) funded Priority Programme “The German Labour Market in a Globalized World: Challenges through Trade, Technology and Demographics”. Start Date: 2014 2012-2013 Co-applicant, Education as a Life- long Process, German Research Foundation (DFG) Grant 2012-2014 Co-applicant, The causal effect of track choice on long-term educational attainment and labour market outcomes, Thyssen Foundation Grant 2009-2013 Co-applicant, Migration: Integration, Impact and Interaction, funded by NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe) Programme of Migration, Starting Date: October 2009 2008-2014 Scientific Directorship, NORFACE Programme on Migration, Starting Date: October 2008 2006 Principal Applicant, the impact of Immigration: A Review of Economic Evidence, commissioned by the Welsh Assembly on. Starting date: October 2006 2006 Principal Applicant, The Economics and Politics of Employment, Migration and Social Justice, funded by the Anglo-German Foundation (AGF) Research Programme, Starting date: October 2006 2006 Co-applicant, Crime and Mental Health, funded by ESRC, Starting date: 2007 2005 Co-applicant, Transnationality of Migrants: Enduring ties with the home country and integration in the host country, funded by the RTN Training Network, Starting date: Autumn 2006 2005 Co-applicant, TOM, Marie-Currie Training Network, Starting date: 2006 2005 Principal Applicant, Study of Migrant Workers and the National Minimum Wage and Enforcement Issues that Arise, funded by the Low Pay Commission, Starting date: October 2005 2004, Co-Applicant, Unionisation, Wage Setting, educational incentives and 2006, Organisational Change, funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) 2008 Priority Programme, Three-stage proposal, Starting Dates: 2005, 2007, and 2009 2003 Principal Applicant, Immigration: Impact, Outcomes and Reception, ESRC, Starting Date: December 2003 2003 Principal Applicant, Employment, Wage Structures and Economic Cycle, funded by the Anglo-German Foundation, Starting Date: January 2004 2003 Co-applicant, Cross-National Analysis of Opinions on Immigration in Europe, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Starting Date: January 2004 2003 Co-applicant, Fertility Choices and Occupation, ESRC, Starting Date: April 2004 2001 Principal Applicant, The Impact of EU Enlargement on Migration Flows, funded by the British Home Office 2000 Principal Applicant, The Impact of Migration on Local Labour Markets in the UK, funded by the British Home Office 2000 Principal Applicant, The Performance of Immigrants in the UK, funded by the British Home Office 1997 Co-applicant, Wage Growth and Job Mobility in Germany, funded by the Anglo-German Foundation Distinguished Talks: Date Details 2020 Keynote Lecture, Conference "Labour Market Transitions", Nuremberg, September 7, 2020 2020
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