Welcome to the Chair of Macroeconomics

April 22nd, 2026

FAU/IAB Seminar: “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets”

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, April 28, from 12 (noon) to 1.30 PM (German time). 

Klaus Wälde (Universität Mainz) will talk about How to Make Tax Systems Regressive“ (joint work with Hoang Van Khieu).

The seminar will take place via Zoom.

If you are a researcher and you are interested in joining the talks, please send an e‐mail to macrolabor.seminar@gmail.com

January 29th, 2026

Seminar: “Macroeconomic Stabilization in Severe Economic Crises“

The Chair of Macroeconomics will offer the seminar “Macroeconomic Stabilization in Severe Economic Crises“ during the summer term of 2026 (Master of Science in Economics).

Seminar topics will be handed out in a meeting on 4 February at 9:45 AM (room, LG 3.152).

January 9th, 2026

Guidelines for Bachelor’s Thesis – Summer Semester 26

Please note the updated guidelines for writing a Bachelor’s thesis at our chair in the Summer Semester 2026.

December 17th, 2025

Call for Papers: Ensuring Economic and Employment Stability

The “New Developments in the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets Conference” will take place on Wednesday, June 17 – Thursday, June 18, 2026, Nürnberg, Germany. Ayşegül Şahin (Princeton University) and Benjamin Schoefer (UC Berkeley) will deliver keynote speeches.

Submission deadline is Thursday, January 22, 2026.

More information can be found here.

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