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. 1242
Institutions and Development: The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2005, 10 (3), 229-270
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1024
Noncognitive Abilities and Within-Group Wage Inequality
Hartmut Egger, Volker Grossmann
published as "Non-Routine Tasks, Restructuring of Firms, and Wage Inequality Within and Between Skill-Groups" in: Journal of Economics, 2005, 86 (3), 197-225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 955
Risky Human Capital Investment, Income Distribution, and Macroeconomic Dynamics
Volker Grossmann
published in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, 30 (1), 19-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 738
Managerial Job Assignment and Imperfect Competition in Asymmetric Equilibrium
Volker Grossmann
published as "Firm Size, Productivity, and Manager Wages: A Job Assignment Approach" in: B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Advances in Theoretical Economics, 2007, 7 (1), Article 8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 523
Workplaces in the Primary Economy and Wage Pressure in the Secondary Labor Market
Josef Falkinger, Volker Grossmann
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2003, 159 (3), 523-544
IZA World of Labor Article
How immigration affects investment and productivity in host and home countries
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