Old and outdated communications and announcements

FAU/IAB Seminar: “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets”

Save the date!

All students are welcome to attend the economists‘ reception on Wednesday, June 5 (6:30 – 8:00 pm) in Lange Gasse, 0.222/3. Our guests will be Michaela Haderer (Reserve Bank of Australia) and Julia Holleitner (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung – IAB ).

More information can be found here.

May 28th, 2024

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, June 4th, from 12:00 pm (noon) to 1:30 pm (German time).

Christos Makridis (Arizona State University and WU Wien) will talk about “The Allocation of Time and Remote Work – With Evidence on Employee Engagement and Remote Work”.

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

May 6th, 2024

FAU/IAB Seminar: “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets”

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, May 7th, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm (German time).

Katherine Stapleton (World Bank) will talk about “Firm networks and global technology diffusion” (joint work with Paulo Bastos, Daria Taglioni and Hannah Wei).

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

April 17th, 2024

FAU/IAB Seminar: “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets”

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, April 23th, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm (German time).

Cynthia Doniger (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) will talk about “Reevaluating What We Know About Labor Market Transitions and Wage Changes” (joint work with Hie Joo Ahn).

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

March 28th, 2024

Exam review: “International Economics / Internationale Wirtschaft”

The exam review for “International Economics / Internationale Wirtschaft” will take place on Monday 15 April at 10.30 am in room FG 2.016. Registrations are required by sending an email by 11 April 5pm to stefan.suttner@fau.de.

March 22nd, 2024

FAU/IAB Seminar: “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets”

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

March 12th, 2024

Exam review: “International Finance”

The exam review for “International Finance” will take place on Tuesday 16 April between 3.00 pm – 4:00 pm in room LG 3.155. Registrations are required by sending an email by 12 April to kristina.saveska@fau.de.

March 11th, 2024

Exam review: “Macroeconomics” (Bachelor, English)

The exam review for “Macroeconomics” (Bachelor, English) will take place on Wednesday 17 April between 3.00 pm – 4:00 pm in room LG 3.152/3. Registrations are required by sending an email by 12 April to kristina.saveska@fau.de.

Note: This applies only to the English exam version!

January 16th, 2024

Call for Papers: Ensuring Economic and Employment Stability

Workshop “New Developments in the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets” will take place on Monday, May 27 – Tuesday, May 28, 2024, Bonn, Germany. Ilse Lindenlaub (Yale University) and Andreas Mueller (University of Texas at Austin) will deliver keynote speeches.

Submission deadline is Sunday, February 19, 2024.

More information can be found here.

January 31st, 2024

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, February 6, from 11.30am to 1pm (German time).

Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po) will talk about “The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers” (joint work with Antonin Bergeaud, Clément Malgouyres, Sara Signorelli, and Thomas Zuber).

The seminar will take place in-person in room 1.026 (“Dekanatssaal”, 1^st floor) at Findelgasse 7/9. Online participation will be possible through 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 24th, 2024

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, January 30th, from 12:00 to 13.30 (German time) via Zoom.

Andrea Ariu (University of Milan) will talk about “Service Imports, Workforce Composition, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Finnish Microdata” (joint work with Katariina Nilsson Hakkala, J. Bradford Jensen, and Saara Tamminen).

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

January 12th, 2024

Save the date!

All students are welcome to attend the economists‘ reception on Tuesday, January 23 (6:30 – 8:00 pm) in Lange Gasse, 0.424. Our guests will be Alexander Sukles (European Central Bank) and Fabian Waldow (Siemens Healthineers).

More information can be found here.

December 12th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, January 16th, from 16:00 to 17.30 (German time) via Zoom.

Brenda Samaniego de la Parra (University of California, Santa Cruz) will talk about “Wage Setting Protocols and Labor Market Conditions: Theory and Evidence” (joint work with Stanislav Rabinovich and Ronald Wolthoff).

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

November 29th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, December 5th, from 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time) via Zoom.

Doireann Fitzgerald (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) will talk about “The Impact of Multinationals Along the Job Ladder” (joint work with Ragnhild Balsvik and Stefanie Haller).

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

November 15th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, November 21st, from 2 noon to 3.30 pm (German time) via Zoom.

Isabel Cairó (Federal Reserve Board) will talk about “Labor Market Discrimination and the Racial Unemployment Gap: Can Monetary Policy Make a Difference?” (joint work with Avi Lipton).

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

November 2nd, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, November 7, from 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time), in room E10 at the IAB (Regensburger Str. 100). Online participation is possible via Skype Business.

Isabel Gödl-Hanisch (LMU) will talk about “Wage Setting in Times of High and Low Inflation”.

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

October 13th, 2023

Im dritten Semester steht die Schwerpunktwahl im Bachelor Wirtschaftswissenschaften an. Hier finden Sie gute Argumente für die VWL in Nürnberg. Wer mehr erfahren möchte, ist herzlich willkommen am 19. Oktober ab 1645 Uhr zur Informationsveranstaltung Schwerpunktwahl in den H5 zu kommen.

Allen Drittsemestern mit Schwerpunkt VWL empfehlen wir die Wahl des Moduls „VWL: Zur Diskussion gestellt“. Mehr Informationen finden Sie hier bzw. hier.

October 23rd, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, October 24th, from 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time) via Zoom.

Joanna Tyrowicz (University of Warsaw) will talk about “The European Unemployment Puzzle: Implications from Population Aging” (joint work with Krzysztof Makarski and Sylwia Radomska).

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

October 13th, 2023

The exam review “Makroökonomie” (Wiso, German) will take place on Tuesday 24 October between 3.00pm – 4:30pm in the room LG 3.152. Registrations are required here by October 14, 2023 (10:55 p.m.) to view your exam.

Please also note that an alternate appointment is not possible, and you need to bring an identification document (ID card, FAU card etc.).

October 10h, 2023

Exam review: “International Economics” and “Internationale Wirtschaft”

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

October 5th, 2023

Winter Semester 2023/24

The Chair of Macroeconomics is pleased to inform you about our teaching offer for the upcoming winter term.

All the information on the Bachelor and Master courses can be found here.
Seminar on “Labor Markets: A Macroeconomic Perspective” is offered.

September 12th, 2023

Exam review: “Macroeconomics” (Bachelor, English)

The exam review “Macroeconomics” (Bachelor, English) will take place on Wednesday 18 October between 3.00pm – 4:00pm in the room LG 3.166. Registrations are required by sending an email until 13 October to kristina.saveska@fau.de.

Note: This applies only to the English exam version!

August 17th, 2023

Klausureinsicht: Unternehmen, Märkte, Volkswirtschaften (UMV)

Die Klausureinsicht der Bachelor-Prüfung UMV findet am Donnerstag, den 19. Oktober von 10:30 Uhr bis 12:00 Uhr im Raum LG 3.155 statt.

Sie können sich bis spätestens Freitag, 13. Oktober, bei Frau Azra Guenes (azra.guenes@fau.de) anmelden. Bitte geben Sie in der E-Mail Ihren Namen, Vornamen und Ihre Matrikelnummer an.

Bitte bringen Sie zur Einsicht Ihren Studentenausweis mit.

August 8th, 2023

The exam review will take place on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 at 12pm, in the Findelgasse 9, Room FG 3.023.
Review only after contacting Mr. Maximilian Fleig: maximilian.fleig@fau.de – before 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 2nd, 2023.

More information can be found here.

July 12th, 2023

Information about “Makroökonomie”

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, July 18, 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time). Brigitte Hochmuth (University of Vienna) will talk about “The Dark Shadow of Benefit Reforms in the Open Economy” (joint work with Christian Merkl and Heiko Stüber).

This will be a hybrid seminar. People from Nürnberg can attend in room 7.06 at the IAB building (Regensburger Str. 100). Remote participation is possible via Skype Business.

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

May 11th, 2023

Our new IAB-Kurzbericht is online: “Wie Männer und Frauen sich bei der Jobsuche unterscheiden: Bewerbungsverhalten kann die Hälfte der bereinigten Verdienstlücke erklären.”

More information can be found here.

April 18th, 2023

The Chair of Macroeconomics offers a course on “Monetary Policy” in the summer semester of 2023 for bachelor students interested in economic policy making and recent events in the global banking system. You can register for the course via StudOn here.

April 18th, 2023

You can find the information regarding the module “Makroökonomie” here.

March 20th, 2023

Information on the “Schlüsselqualifikationsmodul: Aktiv Wirtschaftswissenschaften gestalten und vermitteln“ can be found here.

March 2nd, 2023

We are delighted to announce that two former members of the Chair of Macroeconomics have new professorships. Britta Gehrke will move to the Free University of Berlin, starting in April 2023. Heiko Stüber started as a professor at the University of Applied Labor Studies in March 2023. Congratulations to both!

More information can be found here.

January 24th, 2023

Seminar: “Monetary Economics and Numerical Methods”

The Chair of Macroeconomics will offer the seminar “Monetary Economics and Numerical Methods” during the summer term of 2023 (Master of Science in Economics).

More information can be found here.

June 26th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, July 04, 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time). Ana Figueiredo (Erasmus School of Economics) will talk about “Labor market beliefs and the gender wage gap” (joint work with Christine Braun).

This will be a hybrid seminar. People from Nürnberg can attend in room 2.429 at the WISO building (Lange Gasse 20). Remote participation is possible 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

June 16th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time). David Koll (University of Mannheim) will talk about “Equity and Efficiency of Childcare Subsidies: A Dynamic Structural Approach” (joint work with Dominik Sachs, Fabian Stürmer-Heiber, and Hélène Turon).

This will be a hybrid seminar. People from Nürnberg can attend in room E10 at the IAB building (Regensburger Str. 100). Remote participation is possible via Skype-Business.

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

June 6th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, June 6, 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time). Matthias Hertweck (Bundesbank) will talk about “EU enlargement and (temporary) migration: Effects on labour market outcomes in Germany” (joint work with Luisa Hammer).

This will be a hybrid seminar. People from Nürnberg can attend in room 0.423 at the WISO building (Lange Gasse 20). Remote participation is possible 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

April 28th, 2023

All students are welcome to attend the economists‘ reception on Wednesday, June 7 (6:30 – 8:00 pm) in Lange Gasse, 0.142. Our guest will be Kristine Langenbucher (OECD) and Christina Schuberth (Pegasus Capital Partners).

More information can be found here.

May 16th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, May 23, from 2 pm to 3.30 pm (German time).

Daniel Bias (Vanderbilt University) will talk about “Great Recession Babies: How Are Startups Shaped by Macro Conditions at Birth?” (joint work with A. Ljungqvist).

The seminar will be held via Zoom. The login information will be sent via e-mail. If you are a researcher and you are interested in joining the talks, please send an e‐mail to macrolabor.seminar@gmail.com

May 8th, 2023

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, May 9, from 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time).

Bastian Schulz (Aarhus University) will talk about “Marriage and Divorce under Labor Market Uncertainty” (joint work with Christian Holzner).

This will be a hybrid seminar. People from Nürnberg can attend in room E10 at the IAB building (Regensburger Str. 100). The link for Skype will be sent beforehand.

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

March 15th, 2023

The second Bavarian Macro Day (co-organized by Prof. Merkl) will take place in Würzburg on 5 May 2023. If you are interested to join, please use the registration link in the PDF.

April 18th, 2023

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, April 25, from 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time) via Zoom.

Francis Kramarz (CREST) will talk about “Matching Workers’ Skills and Firms’ Technologies: From Bundling to Unbundling” (joint work with Philippe Choné).

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

March 31st, 2023

March 28th, 2023

The review of the Bachelor exam UMV will be held on Tuesday, April 18 from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in room LG 0.222. Registration is required, please contact paolo.bontempo@fau.de
Please bring a valid ID with you.

March 24th, 2023

For information on exam review in Makroökonomie (German, WiSo), please see here.

February 23rd, 2023

Our Ph.D. student Cesar Barreto is featured in the IAB-Forum: Link

If you are interested in joining the graduate program of FAU and IAB (GradAB), you can apply until March 17, 2023: Link

February 1st, 2023

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 1.15pm to 2.45pm, in-person at room 0.423 (Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nürnberg).

Leo Kaas (University of Frankfurt) will talk about:
„Labor and Wealth Dynamics in Equilibrium“ (joint work with Etienne Lalé and Nawid Siassi).

Please find the preliminary schedule here.

January 12th, 2023

All students are welcome to attend the economists‘ reception on Wednesday, January 25 (6:30 – 8:00 pm). Our guest will be Fatima Rico Encinas (Puma SE).

More information can be found here.

January 10th, 2023

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time) in-person, in room: 0.423, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nürnberg.

Sydnee Caldwell (UC Berkeley) will talk about: “Bargaining in the Labor Market” (joint work with Ingrid Haegele and Joerg Heining).

More information can be found here.

January 9th, 2023

As part of “Pact4Ukraine,” WiSo will organize webinars on the economic, business, and public finance consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Prof. Dr. Christian Merkl will be presenting as part of a session on 11 January 2023 at 16:45 (German time). For those who are interested, Zoom login information can be found here.

Details about the webinar can be found here.

December 22nd, 2022

Bavarian Macro Day

Bavarian Macro Day will take place in University of Würzburg on May 05, 2023. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2023.

For more information on the program and how to register see here.

December 15th, 2022

We are pleased to invite you to Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics.

The next seminar will be held on December 21, 2022, from 13:15 to 14.45 (German time) in-person, at the School of Business, Economics and Society (WiSo), room: 0.423, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nürnberg.

Hüsnü C. Dalgıç (University of Mannheim) will talk about: “Sterilized FX Interventions: Benefits and Risks”

More information can be found here.

November 29th, 2022

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, December 6, 2 to 3.30 pm (German time).

Ilse Lindenlaub (Yale) will talk about “Firm Sorting and Spatial Inequality” (joint work with Ryungha Oh and Michael Peters).

More information can be found here.

November 18th, 2022

All interested students are invited to participate in the presentation (in German) of our alumnus Harald Riedel (Treasurer of the City of Nuremberg).

He will talk about challenges for the budget of the City of Nuremberg (with its €2 billion volume).

More information can be found here.

October 27th, 2022

Vacancy: Student assistant at IAB

The research department Forecasts and Macroeconomic Analysis of the Institute for Employment Research is looking for a student assistant for 10 hours/week.
Interested students can apply until November 13 through this website: LINK

October 24th, 2022

Exam review “Macroeconomics” (Bachelor, Englisch)

— Canceled — Please excuse any inconvenience.

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 12 noon to 1.30 pm (German time) in-person, at the School of Business, Economics and Society (WiSo), room: 4.154, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nürnberg.

Berthold Wigger (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) will talk about: “Who wants (them) to work longer?”.

More information can be found here.

September 30th, 2022

The exam review “Macroeconomics” (Bachelor, English) will take place on Monday 17 October between 5.15 – 6pm in the room LG 3.166. Registrations are required by sending an email until 12 October to franziska.winkler@fau.de.

Please also note that an alternate appointment is not possible, you are not allowed to bring any materials, solutions will be provided directly by the lecturer, and you need to bring an identification document (ID card, FAU card etc.).

Note: This applies only to the English exam version, below is the information for the German version.

September 23rd, 2022

Exam review “Makroökonomie” (Bachelor, Deutsch)

More information regarding the exam review “Makroökonomie” (Bachelor,Deutsch) can be found on the “Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik” (Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel) chair’s website.

August 3rd, 2022

The Chair of Macroeconomics wishes all students good luck with their exams and a pleasant summer time!

July 21st, 2022

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held on Tuesday, July 26, noon (German time) in person, on the IAB premises (building RE100, room E10, Regensburger Str. 100, 90478 Nürnberg):

Christian Kleinertz (University of Duisburg-Essen) will talk about:
“Cross-Border Commuting, Gender Differences, and the Outside Option” (joint work with Christoph Moser and Klaus Nowotny).

More information can be found here.

June 14th, 2022

Seminar: “Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics”

The reception takes place on Wednesday, June 22 (6:30 – 8:00pm) and our guests will be Johann Eppelsheimer (Immowelt) and Manuel Meisenecker (Sparda-Bank München).

More information can be found here.

June 2nd, 2022

We look forward to Matteo Cacciatore’s (HEC Montreal) presentation on “Time Use and Macroeconomic Uncertainty” on Wednesday, June 15th in the Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics (13:15-14:30). The seminar will take place in presence (LG 0.423).

More information on the speaker can be found here.

May 27th, 2022

Seminar: “Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics”

Thomas Steger (Universität Leipzig) will present his paper “Das House Kapital“ (joint work with Volker Grossmann and Benjamin Larin) in the Nuremberg Research Seminar in Economics on June 1^st from 13:15-14:30 (German time). The session will take place via Zoom.

More information on the seminar series can be found here.

May 4th, 2022

Exam review “Makroökonomie” (Bachelor)

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held in in-person on the IAB premises (building RE100, room E10, Regensburger Str. 100, 90478 Nürnberg) on Tuesday, May 10th, at noon (German time):

Harald Fadinger (University of Mannheim) will talk about:
“Robot imports and firm-level outcomes” (joint work with Alessandra Bonfiglioli, Rosario Crino and Gino Gancia).

More information can be found here.

March 31th, 2022

Bachelor Course

Bachelor students who want to register for the “Schlüsselqualifikationsmodul: Aktiv Wirtschaftswissenschaften gestalten und vermitteln,“ please follow this link:

More information on this module can be found here.

March 25th, 2022

Bavarian Macro Day

Prof. Dr. Fabian Kindermann (Universität Regensburg) and Prof. Dr. Christian Merkl (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) organize the first Bavarian Macro Day in Regensburg on 6 May 2022.

For more information on the program and how to register see here.

March 25th, 2022

More information regarding the exam review “Makroökonomie” (Bachelor) can be found on the “Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik” (Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel) chair’s website.

March 22nd, 2022

Bachelor Theses, Summer Term 2022

We still have several free spots for Bachelor theses in the summer semester. If you have already attended one module at our Chair (besides Macro and UMV), have some empirical experience, and most importantly are interested in answering economic questions, please feel free to contact Ben Lochner for further details.

February 16th, 2022

Seminar: “Macroeconomic Stabilization in Severe Economic Crises“

Summer Term 2022 -online via Zoom-

The Chairs of Macroeconomics (Christian Merkl) and Global Governance (Christoph Moser) at FAU and the Macroeconomic domain at IAB co-organize a joint seminar series at the intersection of macroeconomics, trade and labor economics.

The seminar typically takes place on Tuesdays at noon or 2 pm (German time).

A preliminary schedule can be found here. Zoom login information will be distributed by e-mail.

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

February 11th, 2022

The Chair of Macroeconomics will offer the seminar “Macroeconomic Stabilization in Severe Economic Crises“ during the summer term of 2022 (Master of Science in Economics).

The introductory session to the seminar will take place on March 11th at 15:00 via Zoom.

This initial meeting will clarify the seminar format and assign the topics for the seminar papers. The list of topics will be made available at StudOn about a week in advance of the first meeting.

Those who are interesting, please register at Studon (not binding at this stage)

January 26th, 2022

Economists‘ reception (Empfang der Volkswirte)

We are pleased to invite you to the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“.

The next seminar will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, February 1, 2:15 pm (German time):

Johannes Schmieder (Boston University) will talk about:
“The Labor Supply Effects of Unemployment Insurance for Older Workers” (joint work with Matthew Gudgeon, Pablo Guzman, Simon Trenkle, and Han Ye).

More information can be found here.

December 13th, 2021

IAB: Call for Applications

The IAB and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg invite applications for seven doctoral scholarships in labour market research, beginning October 1st, 2022. The Graduate Center GradAB offers a three-year doctoral programme (fourth year possible under certain conditions).

The application deadline is 15th March 2022.

For further information on the programme and the application procedure, have a look at this document and visit the website.

December 10th, 2021

All students are welcome to attend the economists‘ reception on January 11th, 6.30 – 8 pm.

We are happy to welcome Daniela Schackis, Deputy Director General, Banking Supervision Governance and Operations at ECB and former Economics student at FAU.

More information can be found here (Flyer).

September 28th, 2021

Winter Semester 2021/22

The Chair of Macroeconomics is pleased to inform you about our teaching offer for the upcoming winter term.

All the information on the Bachelor and Master courses can be found here.
Please take a look at this document on all information regarding lectures in the upcoming winter term
As usual, we also offer the seminar series on “Macroeconomics and Labor Markets“, see here.
We still have topics free for a Bachelor’s or Master’s Thesis. Please take a look at the minimum requirements here.

August 19th, 2021

Exam review “Makroökonomie” (Bachelor)

More information regarding the exam review “Makroökonomie” (Bachelor) can be found on the “Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik” (Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel) chair’s website.

August 5th, 2021

Papers submissions for the Workshop: “Perspectives of Unemployment”

The Chair of Macroeconomics is pleased to invite Ph.D. students to submit a paper to GradAB’s 13th Ph.D.-Workshop “Perspectives of Unemployment”, a joint initiative by Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
More information can be found here.

July 23rd, 2021

Bachelor Thesis: Free Topics

We still have free topics for the upcoming semester (WS21/22).

The basic requirements for a bachelor thesis at the chair are:

The visit of International Economics (Veranstaltung Internationale Wirtschaft)
As well as at least one elective course of the different modules offered by the Department (usually Monetary Policy former Geldtheorie und angewandte Makroökonomie).

Please note that the Bachelor Lecture „Macroeconomics (Makroökonomie)“ is not a choice module. Not more than one module from these can be recognized when studied abroad (Learning Agreement).

A bachelor thesis takes on average 9 weeks.
If you are interested, please contact Benjamin Lochner.

July 12th, 2021