Volker Grossmann

Research Fellow

University of Fribourg

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Volker Grossmann studied economics 1991-1996 at the University of Bonn and UC Berkeley. In July 2000 he obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Regensburg for his dissertation on "Inequality, Economic Growth, and Technological Change". From 2000-2005 he held a Post-Doc position at the University of Zurich. Since October 2005 he is Professor at the University at Fribourg, Switzerland, where he holds the 'Chair for Macroeconomics'.

His recent research interests include dynamic macroeconomics, the distribution of wealth, income and health, the effects and determinants of international migration, and the economics of ageing. He has published in journals such as Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, European Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Health Economics, Plos One, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and Journal of Macroeconomics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2002.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5402
Protestantism and Education: Reading (the Bible) and Other Skills
Timo Boppart, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52 (2), 874-895
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5007
Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy
Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger, Timo Trimborn
published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18 (3), 451-485
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3408
Qualifying Religion: The Role of Plural Identities for Educational Production
Timo Boppart, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann, Ulrich Woitek, Gabriela Wüthrich
published in: Explorations of Economic History, 2013, 50 (2), 242-266.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3389
Entrepreneurial Innovation and Sustained Long-Run Growth without Weak or Strong Scale Effects
Volker Grossmann
published as "Entrepreneurial Innovation and Economic Growth" in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2009, 31 (4), 602-613
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3366
International Mobility of the Highly Skilled, Endogenous R&D, and Public Infrastructure Investment
Volker Grossmann, David Stadelmann
published as "Does International Mobility of High-Skilled Workers Aggravate Between-Country Inequality?" in: Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 95 (1), 88 - 94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2747
Brain Drain, Fiscal Competition, and Public Education Expenditure
Hartmut Egger, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published in: Review of International Economics, 2012, 20 (1), 81-94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2558
Growth, Development, and Technological Change
Volker Grossmann, Thomas M. Steger
published in: Wei-Bin Zhang (ed.), UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Mathematical Models in Economics), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK: 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2277
Pareto-Improving Bequest Taxation
Volker Grossmann, Panu Poutvaara
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2009, 16 (5), 647-669
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1863
International Capital Market Integration, Educational Choice and Economic Growth
Hartmut Egger, Peter Egger, Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published as 'The Impact of Capital Market Integration on Educational Choice and the Consequences for Economic Growth' in: World Economy, 2010, 33 (10), 1241-1268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1756
Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with Two Elites
Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published as 'Oligarchic Land Ownership, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 101 (1), 206-215.
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