LUDWIG ERHARD ifo
RESEARCH WORKSHOPS
The half-day Ludwig Erhard ifo Research Workshops are regularly hosted at the Ludwig Erhard ifo Research Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics in Fürth. The workshops serve as a platform for discussing current research findings and new developments in economics. Speakers and attendees include guest researchers and researchers from the ifo Institute, FAU, and other academic institutions.
You are invited to the 15th Ludwig Erhard ifo Research Workshop “Labor Markets and Social Policy”, which will take place on July 9, 2026, from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. at “Gewölbe Fürth/Highlight” Mathildenstraße 38b, 90763 Fürth.
Program
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. | Income Effects of a Parental Health Shock: The Role of Informal Long-Term Care Peter Haan (Professor at the Free University of Berlin & Head of the Government Department at the German Institute for Economic Research) |
| 2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 2:35 pm. – 3:25 p.m. | The Gender Gap in Entry Wages: Evidence from Exogenous Vacancies Hannah Illing (Assistant Professor in University of Duisburg-Essen & Research Associate in the Director’s Research Group Institute for Employment Research) |
| 3:25 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3:40 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Mental Health Challenges Among Teachers: The Role of the Workplace Ingo Isphording (Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics) |
| 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. | Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages Simon Wiederhold (Professor of Labor Economics at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg & Senior Research Advisor in the Department of Labor Markets at the Halle Institute for Economic Research) |
| 6:00 pm | Conference Dinner |
Registration via email to ConferencesFuerth@ifo.de.