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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Economic Policy, Applied Economics,Mathematical and Applied Statistics |
| Keywords | econometrics, labor economics, policy evaluation, duration analysis, causal analysis |
Current contact address
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| City | Bristol |
| Institution | University of Bristol |
| Institute | Department of Economics |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Arndt | Universität Mannheim, Mannheim |
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| Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Thadden | Universität Mannheim, Mannheim |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/10/2009 |
Program(s)
| 2009 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship |
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Nominator's project description
| Gerard van den Berg is a world leader in the field of Econometrics, an academic discipline which uses methods taken from statistics to analyse and explain economic relationships. He specialises in labour market and health economics. Van den Berg’s outstanding reputation is not only based on his innovative research; he is also considered to be one of the best exponents of his discipline with regard to combining scientific theory and economic practice. He is a member of various research institutes all over Europe and is one of the most productive econometricians worldwide. He will set up a new Centre of Economics and Empirical Economics at Mannheim University and help the university to progress from being a top German institution in this field to becoming one of the very best in the world. |