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(including Research and Graduate Student Placements)

 

David A. Jaeger
School of Economics and Financedavid.jaeger@st-andrews.ac.uk
University of St Andrewswww.djaeger.org
Castlecliffe, The ScoresGoogle scholar: https://tinyurl.com/djaeger
KY16 9AR St Andrews, Fife
Scotland

 

 

Current Positions

 

Professor of Economics, University of St Andrews, since 2020

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, since 2019

Research Fellow, Institute for Labor Economics (IZA), since 2011

Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Program in Economics, City University of New York Graduate Center, since 2020

 

 

Previous Positions

 

Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012-2020

Professor, Ph.D. Program in Economics, City University of New York Graduate Center, 2008-2020

Professor of Economics (W3), University of Cologne, 2009-2011

Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, College of William and Mary, 2001-2008

Associate Professor of Economics, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1997-2001

Research Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 1995-1997

Statistical Consultant, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 1991-1995

Research Assistant, MDRC, New York, 1986-1988

 

 

Visiting Appointments

 

Visiting Lecturer, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Collective Goods, Bonn, 2008-2009 and 2021

Visiting Lecturer, ZEW/Mannheim PhD Summer School, 2020

Visiting Professor, University of Linz, 2018

Visitor, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, 2018

Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn, 2017 and 2018

Visitor, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2017

Visiting Lecturer, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, Essen, 2006, 2007, 2014, and 2016

Visitor, Center for Economic Studies, Munich, 2015

Visiting Lecturer, Moscow State University Economics, Statistics, and Informatics, 2012 and 2013

Visiting Professor (2011-2019) and Fakultätsmitglied (since 2011), University of Cologne

Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, 2003-2004 and 2006-2011

Vertretungsprofessur (W3), Bonn Graduate School in Economics, Bonn University, 2007-2008

Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2000-2001

Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Princeton University, 1999-2000

 

 

Other Research Affiliations

 

Research Fellow, RWI Research Network, since 2016

Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 1998-2011

Research Fellow, CESifo Research Network, since 2015

Mitglied, Ausschuss für Bevökerungsökonomik, Verein für Sozialpolitik, since 2011

Faculty Associate, CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, since 2008

Research Fellow, CReAM, University College London, since 2007

Adjunct Scholar, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC, 2006-2007

 

 

Education

 

Ph.D. Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1995

M.A. Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993

M.A. Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1990

B.A. Economics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1986

Level 3 Award in Wines and Spirits, Wine and Spirt Education Trust, London, UK, 2018

 

 

Honors and Fellowships

 

Invited Lecturer, IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics, 2008

Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2003-2004

Biographical Listing, Who's Who in Economics, 4th ed., M. Blau and H. Vane, eds., 2003

Dissertation Award (First Prize), W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1995

Moore Dissertation Research Prize, Department of Economics, University of Michigan, 1994

 

 

Grants and Contracts

 

IZA, Principal Investigator, Coronavirus Emergency Research Grant, 2020

NICHD, Principal Investigator, Grant 1R03HD086488-01, 2016-2018

PSC-CUNY Research Grant, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2013-2014, 2016-2017

CUNY Collaborative Incentive Research Grant, 2013-2014

Consultant, World Bank, 2011-2012

Consultant, IHS/Global-Insight, 2010-2011

Smith Richardson Foundation, Research Grant (with Harriet Orcutt Duleep), 2006-2009

Brookings Institution, Research Grant (with Rachel Friedberg), 2006-2009

Neaman Institute (Israel), Research Grant (with M. Daniele Paserman), 2006-2007

Center for American Progress, Contracts, 2005, 2006

W.E. Upjohn Institute, Mini-grant, 2002

College of William and Mary, Summer Research Grant, 2002

U.S. Department of Labor and Employment Policy Foundation, Contract, 2002

Sloan Foundation and University of Virginia, Research Grant, 1999-2000

Hunter College, Presidential Faculty Incentive and Teaching Grants, 1997-1998, 2000-2001

 

 

Editorial Activities

 

Editor, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2021-

Co-Editor, International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics, 2017-2021

Associate Editor, Empirical Economics, 2012-2014

Guest Editor, Labour Economics 18:6 (December 2011) European Association of Labor Economists/Society of Labor Economists 2010 London Conference Issue

 

 

Seminar and Conference Activities, Last 6 Years
2021
Seminars:Liverpool University, Newcastle University, University of St Andrews

 

2020
Seminars:Heriot-Watt University, Strathclyde University, Yale University
Conferences:VfS Ausschuss für Bevökerungsökonomik (Basel)
Discussant:VfS Aussschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomik (Basel)

 

2019
Seminars:Cornell University (Dyson School), Hunter College (CUNY), Rutgers University, University College Dublin, University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews, University of Surrey
Discussant:American Economic Association (Atlanta)

 

2018
Seminars:Aarhus University, CUNY Graduate Center, Georgia State University, Harvard/MIT Econometrics, Johannes-Kepler-Universität (Linz), London School of Economics (2), NTNU (Trondheim), University of Rome-Sapienza, Universität zu Köln
Conferences:Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (Seoul), IZA World of Labor (Berlin), VfS Aussschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomik (München)

 

2017

Seminars:Boston University, Cornell University (Policy Analysis and Management), CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, Fordham University, IZA, Johns Hopkins University (Population Studies), Lancaster University, University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), Universität Potsdam, Yale University
Conferences:IZA/Uni-Köln Labor Group (Keynote), NBER Labor Studies Fall Meeting, Wisconsin-Lacrosse Education Conference

 

2016

Seminars:Auburn University, Brandeis University, CERGE-EI, CUNY Graduate Center, IZA, Middlebury College (2), New York University (2, Steinhardt School and Wagner School), Princeton University, Rutgers University, Karl-Franzens-Universität (Graz), Germania Sacra (Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen), University of Michigan (Population Studies), University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), Eberhard-Karls-Universität (Tübingen, history), ZEW (Mannheim)
Conferences:American Economic Association (San Francisco), Association for Education Finance and Policy (Denver), VfS Ausschuss für Bevökerungsökonomik (Freiburg), CESifo Economics of Education (München), CESifo Venice Summer Institute (Keynote, Economics of Peace and War), IZA Workshop on the Economics of Education (Bonn), Medieval Academy of America (Boston)
Discussant:CESifo Economics of Education (Munich), American Economic Association (San Francisco)

 

 

Conference Organizer

 

Exploring the Breadth of Labor Economics, A Conference in Honor of Dan Hamermesh, IZA (Bonn), 2019

Job Stability and Security in European Labor Markets, IZA (Bonn), 2002

 

 

Scientific Committee

 

European Association of Labor Economists, 2010 (London)

European Economic Association, 2008 (Milan), 2009 (Barcelona)

European Society of Population Economics, 2014 (Braga), 2013 (Aarhus), 2012 (Bern), 2009 (Barcelona), 2008 (Milan), 2004 (Bergen)

IZA/World Bank Conference, 2007 (Bonn)

Society of Labor Economists, 2020 (Berlin)

Verein für Sozialpolitik, 2013 (Düsseldorf)

 

 

Courses Taught

 

Ph.D. and Postgraduate

Microeconomic Theory I (CUNY), Econometrics II (CUNY), Applied Microeconometrics (CUNY), Labor Economics II (CUNY), Personnel Economics (CUNY), Advanced Microeconometrics (Cologne), Identification Strategies in Econometrics (Cologne), Labor Economics (Bonn), Economics of Immigration (RGS), Economics of Education (Bonn, CUNY, RGS), Econometric Methods for Experiments (Max Planck Institute for Public Goods), Writing and Publishing in English (Cologne)

 

M.A.

Applied Econometrics (Cologne), Economics of Immigration (Cologne), Public Policy and the Labor Market (Cologne), Microeconometrics (Bonn), Economic Statistics (Hunter), Econometrics (Hunter), Personnel Economics (Cologne, MESI)

 

M.P.P.

Quantitative Methods II (W&M), Public Policy of Labor Markets (W&M)

 

B.A.

Econometrics (W&M), Economics of Education (Cologne), Labor Economics (Cologne, Bonn, W&M, and Princeton), Economics of Immigration (W&M), Economics of Migration (St Andrews), Intermediate Microeconomics (W&M), Introduction to Economics (Hunter)

 

 

Languages

 

English (native), German (fluent)