Jul 2001 -
Research Fellow at Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging,
Ph.D. Studies, Universität Mannheim
- Population Aging and its Macroeconomic Implications
- Demographic Effects on International Capital Flows
- International Capital Mobility
- Age-specific Consumption Demand Patterns
- Demand Analysis
Jul 2001 -
Ph.D. Studies in Economics,
MEA, Department of Economics, Universität Mannheim
2001
Best Empirical Diploma Thesis Award in Economics by the BAK Konjunkturforschung, Basel
02 Jun - 05 Jun 2005
Second EALE/Sole World Conference, San Francisco
Title: Labor Market Participation, Home Production and the Demand for Unskilled Labor (joint with M. Weiss)
Current Position
2003 - 2005
Mittelbauvertreterin im Fakultätsrat
Apr 2000-Jul 2001
Ph.D. Studies in Economics,
Chair of Prof. Börsch-Supan, Ph.D., Universität Mannheim
Aug 1998 - Apr 1999
Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and McKinsey & Company, Inc. Düsseldorf
Since 2001
Member of the European Economic Association (EEA)
28 Sep - 01 Oct 2004
Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Dresden
Title: Population Aging and the Changing Composition of Consumption Demand
Research Interests
Mar 2000
Diploma in Economics
Title: Internationale Kapitalströme, Demographie und unvollkommene Kapitalmärkte (in German)
Since 2000
Member of the German Economic Association
18 May - 20 May 2005
X. Kongress Junge Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft, Hanns Martin Schleyer Stiftung, Berlin
Education
Oct 1993 - Mar 2000
Studies in Economics, Universität Mannheim
Focus: Applied Economic Policy, Financial Systems and Capital Markets
1995 - 2000
Student Research Assistant at the Chair of Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D.
-Contribution of Case Studies for a Book on Applied Economics and Co-editorial Assistence (see publications for reference)
-Empirical Analysis of Individual Savings Decisions based on Repeated Cross-Sectional Data (EVS)
-Contributing to an Expertise on the German Pension Reform and Simulations of Alternative Reform Proposals
Scholarships & Awards
01 Feb - 30 Apr 2005
Visiting Researcher at the European Central Bank, Frankfurt
Title: On the determinants of current accounts and portfolio flows: a global perspective
Aug 1998 - Apr 1999
Studies in Economics at the University of California at Berkeley
(participation in the Ph.D. program)
Focus: Development Economics, Public Finance, Labor Economics
Frühjahr 1997
Forschungsprojekt zu internationalen Klimaschutzverhandlungen und -vereinbarungen, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italien (3 Monate)
Conferences & Research Visits
23 Feb - 29 Feb 2004
Visit and Seminar Presentation at the CAM Thursday Seminar, Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (CAM), Copenhagen, Denmark
Title: Population Aging and the Changing Composition of Consumption Demand
Oct 1996 - Dec 1996
Italian Language Program at the Università per Stranieri di Siena
1993 - 1998
Member of the Studenteninitiative Wirtschaft und Umwelt e.V. (WUM)
-Planning and Implementation of the Interdisciplinary Field course "Economics and the Environment". Established at the Universität Mannheim since 1996;
-Head of the Board in 1995;
-Member of the Board
Other Activities
01 Nov - 20 Dec 2003
Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Sep 1984 - May 1993
Erzbischöflich Katholisches Suitbertus Gymnasium, Düsseldorf - Kaiserwerth,
Graduation degree: Abitur
1994 -1995
Member of the Economics Students Union
02 Oct - 04 Oct 2003
Third Workshop of the RTN project on the Economics of Aging, IFS, London
Title: Demand changes in an ageing economy
02 Jul - 05 Jul 2003
Third Villa Mondragone Workshop in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Universita degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome
Title: How aging affects the consumption structure
12 May - 16 May 2003
Visiting Researcher and Seminar Presentation at CEPREMAP, Paris
Title: Demographic Change, Foresight, and International Capital Flows
08 May - 10 May 2003
Second Workshop of the RTN project on The Economics of Ageing in Europe, Naples
13 Mar - 15 Mar 2003
Empirical Economics of Innovation and Patenting, ZEW, Mannheim
Discussion of Hujer/Radic "Holistic Innovation Success?"
06 Dec - 07 Dec 2002
MEA-Workshop Aging and International Capital Markets
Title: Demographic Change, Foresight, and International Capital Flows
19 Sep - 21 Sep 2002
Workshop Demographic Macroeconomic Modeling, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
27 Nov 2001
Economics Lunch, Department of Economics, Universität Basel
Title: The role of demographic chnage in explaining international capital flows
16 Nov - 17 Nov 2001
ENEPRI Workshop Ageing and International Capital Flows, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague
Title: The role of demographic change in explaining international capital flows
29 Aug - 01 Sep 2001
Annual Conference of the European Economic Association, Lausanne
Title: The role of demographic change in explaining international capital flows
Jun 2001
Barcelona Macroeconomics Summer School 2001,
Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
01 Jan - 30 Apr 1997
Research Internship at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Venice
Topic: International Climate Change Negotiations and Treaties
