Curriculum Vitae

Johannes Ludwig

Contact Information Institute of Macroeconomics Building GC 2/149 Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum 44780 Bochum, Germany

Phone: +49 234 32 26912 Fax: +49 234 32 14453 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rub.de/mak/team/ludwig

Personal Details Date of birth: June 26, 1985 Place of birth: Gießen, Germany Nationality: German

Current Position since 10/2013 Research and Teaching Assistant Institute of Macroeconomics, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum, Germany

Research Interests Empirical Macroeconomics, Income Inequality, Consumption and Saving, Growth Theory

Education since 10/2011 Doctoral Studies in Economics Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Roos 02/2011 Diplom-Volkswirt (equivalent to M.Sc. Economics) University of Cologne Thesis: “Inequality, Growth and Investment in Human Capital in Models with Credit Market Imperfections”, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alexander Ludwig 08/2008–12/2008 Studies in Economics Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

10/2005–02/2011 Diploma Studies Economics (major) and Sociology, University of Cologne, Germany 06/2004 Abitur (general qualification for university entrance) Altes Kurfurstliches¨ Gymnasium, Bensheim, Germany Research Working Papers “The Role of Education and Household Composition for Transitory and Permanent Income Inequality – Evidence from PSID Data”, Ruhr Economic Papers #478, http://dx.doi.org/10.4419/86788542

Work in Progress “Changing Income Shocks or Changed Insurance – What Determines Consumption Inequality?”

Conference Presentations and Seminar Talks 2015: Research Seminar (Bochum), Ruhr Graduate School Doctoral Conference (Es- sen, scheduled), IZA Workshop on Inequality (Bonn, scheduled) 2014: Ruhr Graduate School Jamboree (Duisburg), Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Vienna, Austria), Ruhr Graduate School Doctoral Conference (Dortmund) 2013: Italian Doctoral Workshop in Applied Economics (Torino, Italy), Ruhr Gradu- ate School Jamboree (Dortmund)

Refereeing Journal of Macroeconomics

Teaching since 10/2013 Co-supervision of B.Sc. Theses Institute of Macroeconomics, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum 11/2014–01/2015 Teaching Assistant, “Macroeconomic Theory” Graduate level, assistant for Prof. Dr. Roos, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum 10/2014–12/2014 Teaching Assistant, “International Finance” Undergraduate level, assistant for Prof. Dr. Roos, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum 05/2014–06/2014 Teaching Assistant, “Introductory Macroeconomics” Undergraduate level, assistant for Prof. Dr. Roos, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum 11/2013–01/2014 Teaching Assistant, “Macroeconomic Theory” Graduate level, assistant for Prof. Dr. Roos, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum

Professional experience 04/2010–05/2010 Internship ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich, Germany, research department “Public Finance” 10/2009–04/2010 Student Research Assistant Center for Macroeconomic Research, University of Cologne 08/2007–09/2007 Internship German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), research department“German Socio-Economic Panel Study” Awards and Scholarships • Full Scholarship for doctoral studies granted by the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (10/2011– 09/2013) • Full Scholarship for undergraduate studies, granted by the German foundation “Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung” (01/2007–01/2011) • Oliver-Wyman Award for best intermediate diploma (05/2007)

Ph.D. Courses 03/2014–04/2014 International Trade (Jens Sudekum,¨ University of Dusseldorf,¨ and Tobias Seidel, Uni- versity of Duisburg-Essen) 10/2013–02/2014 Applied Cointegration Analysis (Joscha Beckmann and Robert Czudaj, University of Duisburg-Essen)

04/2013–07/2013 Time Series Analysis (Christoph Hanck, University of Duisburg-Essen)

05/2013 Business Cycle Analysis and Economic Forecasting (Roland D¨ohrn, RWI Essen)

10/2012–02/2013 Advanced Methods for Macroeconomic Research (Falko Jußen¨ and Roland Winkler, TU Dortmund)

04/2012–07/2012 Microeconomics II (Wolfgang Leininger and Lars Metzger, TU Dortmund), Macroeconomics II (Andreas Schabert and Ludger Linnemann, TU Dortmund), Econometrics II (Reinhold Schnabel, University of Duisburg-Essen)

03/2012 Econometrics I (Thomas Bauer and Christoph M. Schmidt, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum) 10/2011–02/2012 Microeconomics I (Erwin Amman, University of Duisburg-Essen, and Burkhard Hehenkamp, University of Paderborn), Macroeconomics I (Andreas Schabert and Ludger Linnemann, TU Dortmund), Economics of Migration (Thomas Bauer, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum)

10/2011 The Economics of Discrimination (J¨org Spenkuch, University of Chicago)

Languages German (native), English (fluent), French (conversational), Polish (conversational)

Computer Skills Stata, Matlab, Dynare, Scientific Workplace, MS Office

Bochum, February 6, 2015