Curriculum Vitae

David A. Jaeger

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Research · PhD Students

Current Positions and Appointments

  • Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of St Andrews, since 2025
  • Founding Director, Scottish Institute for Policy Studies, since 2026
  • Founding Director, Master of Public Policy Programme, University of St Andrews, since 2025
  • President-Elect, European Society for Population Economics, 2025–2026
  • 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 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
  • 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

Editorial Positions

  • Editor, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, since 2021
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Wine Economics, since 2021
  • 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 Co-Editor, Labour Economics 25 (August 2025), EALE Bergen Conference issue, 2025
  • Guest Editor, Labour Economics 18(6), EALE/SoLE 2010 London Conference issue, December 2011

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan, 1995
  • M.A. in Statistics, University of Michigan, 1993
  • M.A. in Economics, University of Michigan, 1990
  • B.A. in Economics, Williams College, 1986

Visiting Appointments

  • Visiting Lecturer, ZEW/Mannheim PhD Summer School, 2020–2021, 2024, 2026
  • Visiting Lecturer, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Collective Goods, Bonn, 2008–2009 and 2021
  • Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Linz, 2018 and 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, 2003–2004, 2006–2011, 2017, and 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

  • President, European Society for Population Economics, 2026-27
  • 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, Research Grant, with M. Daniele Paserman, 2006–2007
  • Center for American Progress, Contracts, 2005 and 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 and 2000–2001

Seminar and Conference Presentations, Last Ten Years

2027

  • Conferences: European Society for Population Economics, Presidential Address

2026

  • Seminars: Aalto University; Institute for Fiscal Studies; Newcastle University
  • Conferences: European Society for Population Economics; Second Annual Fife Applied Microeconomics and Golf Conference

2025

  • Seminars: Cardiff University; Universidad de los Andes; Universidad de las Américas Puebla; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 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; University of Bath
  • 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; University of Liverpool; 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
  • Discussant: American Economic Association, Atlanta

2018

  • Seminars: Aarhus University; CUNY Graduate Center; Georgia State University; Harvard/MIT Econometrics; Johannes Kepler University Linz; London School of Economics (2); NTNU Trondheim; Sapienza University of Rome; University of Cologne
  • Conferences: Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics, Seoul; IZA World of Labor, Berlin; VfS Ausschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomik, Munich; 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; University of Potsdam; Yale University
  • Conferences: IZA/University of Cologne Labor Group, keynote; NBER Labor Studies Fall Meeting; Wisconsin-La Crosse Education Conference

Conference Organization

  • Fife Applied Microeconomics and Golf Conference, since 2025
  • Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Microeconomics (SaNE), since 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, Helsinki, 2026, Chair
  • Scottish Economic Society, Glasgow, 2022, 2024, and 2025, Co-Chair
  • Royal Economic Society/Scottish Economic Society joint meeting, Glasgow, 2023, Co-Chair
  • Society of Labor Economists, Berlin, 2020
  • European Society for Population Economics, Rotterdam, 2024; Braga, 2014; Aarhus, 2013; Bern, 2012; Barcelona, 2009; Milan, 2008; Bergen, 2004
  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Düsseldorf, 2013
  • European Association of Labour Economists, Barcelona, 2026; Bergen, 2024; London, 2010
  • European Economic Association, Barcelona, 2009; Milan, 2008
  • IZA/World Bank Conference, Bonn, 2007

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 for CERGE-EI/Charles University, King’s College London, Middlebury College, University College London, and University of Cyprus

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, SGPE); Identification Strategies in Econometrics (Cologne, ZEW); Labor Economics (Bonn); Economics of Immigration (RGS, ZEW); Economics of Education (Bonn, CUNY, RGS); Econometric Methods for Experiments (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Collective Goods); Writing and Publishing in English (Cologne, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Collective Goods).

M.A., M.P.P., and M.Sc.

Applied Econometrics (Cologne); Causal Inference in Econometrics (St Andrews); Economics of Immigration (Cologne); Public Policy and the Labor Market (Cologne); Microeconometrics (Bonn); Economic Statistics (Hunter); Econometrics (Hunter); Personnel Economics (Cologne, MESI); Public Policy of Labor Markets (William & Mary); Quantitative Methods II (William & Mary).

B.A.

Econometrics (William & Mary); Econometrics of Impact Evaluation (St Andrews); Economics of Education (Cologne); Labor Economics (Cologne, Bonn, William & Mary, and Princeton); Economics of Immigration (William & Mary); Economics of Migration (St Andrews); Intermediate Microeconomics (William & Mary); Introduction to Economics (Hunter); Personnel Economics (St Andrews).

Languages

  • English, native
  • German, fluent