David A. Jaeger
Curriculum Vitae
Publications, courses taught, and doctoral supervision are listed under Research, Teaching, and PhD Students.
Current Positions and Appointments
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of St Andrews, since 2025
Founding Director, Master of Public Policy Program, University of St Andrews, since 2025
President, European Society for Population Economics, 2026-2027
Trustee Board Member, Royal Economic Society, 2025-2028
Council Member, Royal Economic Society, 2023-2028
Council Member, Scottish Economic Society ex officio, since 2021
Research Fellow, Institute for Labor Economics (IZA)/IZA@LISER, since 1998
Research Fellow, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), University College London, since 2007
Member, Ausschuss für Arbeits- und Bevölkerungsökonomik, Verein für Socialpolitik, since 2011
Research Fellow, CESifo Research Network, since 2015
Research Fellow, RWI Research Network, since 2016
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), since 2019
Research Fellow, Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO), since 2024
Professor of Economics Emeritus, Ph.D. Program in Economics, CUNY Graduate Center, since 2020
Previous Positions and Appointments
Professor of Economics, University of St Andrews, 2020-2025
Professor of Economics, Ph.D. Program in Economics, CUNY 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
President-Elect, European Society for Population Economics, 2025-2026
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012-2020
Faculty Associate, CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, 2008-2020
Adjunct Scholar, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC, 2006-2007
Current and Past Editorial Positions
Editor, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, since 2021
Associate Editor, Journal of Wine Economics, since 2021
Guest Co-Editor, Labour Economics 95 (August 2025), EALE Bergen Conference issue, 2025
Founding Editor, Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics, 2022-2023
Coeditor, International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics, 2017-2022
Associate Editor, Empirical Economics, 2012-2014
Guest Editor, Labour Economics 18:6 (December 2011), EALE/SoLE 2010 London Conference Issue
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
Visiting Appointments
Visiting Lecturer, ZEW/Mannheim PhD Summer School, 2020-2021, 2024, 2026
Visiting Lecturer, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, 2008-2009 and 2021
Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Linz, 2018, 2026
Visiting Lecturer, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, Essen, 2006, 2007, 2014, and 2016
Visiting Lecturer, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics, 2012 and 2013
Visiting Professor, University of Cologne, 2011-2019
Vertretungsprofessur (W3), Bonn Graduate School in Economics, Bonn University, 2007-2008
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Princeton University, 1999-2000
Visitor, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, 2018
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn, 2003-04, 2006-11, 2017, 2018
Visitor, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2017
Visitor, Center for Economic Studies, Munich, 2015
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2000-2001
Honors and Fellowships
Fellow, Royal Economic Society, since 2025
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, 2016-2019
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
Seminar and Conference Presentation Activities, Last 10 Years (including scheduled)
2027
Conferences: European Society for Population Economics (Presidential Address)
2026
Seminars: Aalto University, Heriot-Watt University, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Newcastle University, University of Bolzano
Conferences: European Society for Population Economics, Second Annual Fife Applied Microeconomics and Golf Conference, Inaugural IZA@LISER Conference in Labour Economics (Luxembourg), Econometric Society European Winter Meeting (Warsaw)
2025
Seminars: Cardiff University, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), IÉSEG School of Management
Conferences: First Annual Fife Applied Microeconomics and Golf Conference, Fourth Annual Scotland and Northern England Conference on Applied Microeconomics
2024
Conferences: Conference on Diversity and Human Capital (Exeter, keynote), International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (Catanzaro), EALE PhD Tour (Antwerp, keynote), Scottish Economic Society (Glasgow)
2023
Seminars: University of Bolzano, University of Iceland, Bath University
Conferences: Celebration of Michigan Labor Economics (Ann Arbor), International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (Catanzaro), Royal Economic Society/Scottish Economic Society (Glasgow, panel discussion), VfS Ausschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomik (Berlin)
2022
Seminars: University of Edinburgh, University of Sussex
Conferences: DZHW/IAB Forum on Higher Education and the Labor Market (keynote), Scottish Economic Society (Glasgow), Verein für Socialpolitik (Basel, panel discussion),
2021
Seminars: University of Glasgow, Liverpool University, Newcastle University, University of Essex, University of St Andrews
2020
Seminars: Heriot-Watt University, University of Strathclyde, Yale University
Conferences: VfS Ausschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomik (Basel)
2019
Seminars: Cornell University (Dyson School), Hunter College (CUNY), Rutgers University, University College Dublin, University of St Andrews, University of Glasgow, University of Surrey
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 Ausschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomik (München), ZEW Conference on Immigration
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
Conference Organizer
Fife Applied Microeconomics and Golf Conference, 2025-
Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Microeconomics (SaNE), 2022-
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
Conference Scientific Committees
European Society for Population Economics (2026, Helsinki, Chair)
Scottish Economic Society (2022, 2024, 2025, Glasgow, Co-Chair)
Royal Economic Society/Scottish Economic Society joint meeting (2023, Glasgow, Co-Chair)
Society of Labor Economists, 2020 (Berlin)
European Society for Population Economics, 2024 (Rotterdam), 2014 (Braga), 2013 (Aarhus), 2012 (Bern), 2009 (Barcelona), 2008 (Milan), 2004 (Bergen)
Verein für Socialpolitik, 2013 (Düsseldorf)
European Association of Labor Economists, 2026 (Barcelona), 2024 (Bergen), 2010 (London)
European Economic Association, 2009 (Barcelona), 2008 (Milan)
IZA/World Bank Conference, 2007 (Bonn)
Major Reviewing Activity
DAAD UK/Ireland Master Study Selection Committee, 2026
ESRI Promotion Review Board, 2026
SOEP-Arbeitsgruppe, Wissenschaftsrat, 2025
Czech Academy of Sciences, 2025
Austrian Science Fund, 2011
Tenure and Promotion Reviewer, CERGE-EI/Charles University (Prague), King’s College London, Middlebury College, University College London, University of Cyprus
Languages
English (native), German (fluent)