Ulrich Zierahn

Economist at Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH

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Dr. Ulrich Zierahn is a Senior Researcher at Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH and a Research Fellow at Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH.
He is a Senior Researcher at ZEW’s Research Department “Labour Markets and Social Insurance” in the Research Area “Digitalisation and International Labour Division (Leibniz-Program for Female Professors)” and Assistant Professor of Economics and Data Analytics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
His research focuses on the consequences of digitalization and globalization for the dynamics of individual labour market careers and for the economic performance of regional labour markets.
Moreover, he investigates the effects of agglomeration of economic activities on regional labour market disparities.
He joined ZEW in October 2012 and Utrecht University in November 2019.
After his graduation in 2010, he worked as a research assistant in a co-operation between the University of Kassel and the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI).
He studied economics at the University of Kassel.
In November 2012, he completed his doctorate with his thesis on “Regional Labor Market Disparities – A New Economic Geography Perspective” at the University of Kassel .

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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Founded in 1990, the firm conducts research in the field of applied and policy-oriented economics and provides national and international research with important data sets via its research data center. They support politicians, companies and administrations at national and European level in overcoming economic policy challenges through in-depth advice. ZEW pursues the economic analysis of functioning markets and institutions in Europe as an overarching research guiding principle. Their main research interests are in the areas of competition and regulation. Methodologically, research at ZEW is based in particular on microeconomic and micro econometric approaches.	Economist	01/10/2012
Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH (HWWI) is an independent economic research institute headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2012, the firm carries out basic and applied research, while providing impetus for business, politics and society. The HWWI's research activity spans over four areas. Metatrends such as globalization, digitization, demographic change, sustainability, and urbanization are thereby addressed as transversal objectives in various dimensions.	Economist	01/02/2010

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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Founded in 1990, the firm conducts research in the field of applied and policy-oriented economics and provides national and international research with important data sets via its research data center. They support politicians, companies and administrations at national and European level in overcoming economic policy challenges through in-depth advice. ZEW pursues the economic analysis of functioning markets and institutions in Europe as an overarching research guiding principle. Their main research interests are in the areas of competition and regulation. Methodologically, research at ZEW is based in particular on microeconomic and micro econometric approaches.	Finance
Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut gemeinnützige GmbH (HWWI) is an independent economic research institute headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2012, the firm carries out basic and applied research, while providing impetus for business, politics and society. The HWWI's research activity spans over four areas. Metatrends such as globalization, digitization, demographic change, sustainability, and urbanization are thereby addressed as transversal objectives in various dimensions.	Finance