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Prof. Dr. Pia Pinger

Senior Research Fellow

Research Focus

My research revolves around human capital and socioeconomic inequalities. It includes work on educational decision-making, early childhood health, applied microeconometrics, and behavioral economics.

Academic Career

  • 2019 Full Professor of Economics at the University of Cologne, Germany
  • 2018 CESifo Affiliate
  • 2017 briq Research Associate
  • 2017 Reinhard Selten Institute Affiliate
  • 2015 IZA Research Fellow
  • 2017 Elected Member of the "Ausschuss für Bildungsökonomie"
  • 2015 Prize for the best dissertation in education economics (Bildungsökonomischer Ausschuss)
  • 2014 HCEO Emerging Scholar
  • 2014 Karin Islinger dissertation award
  • 2014 Dissertation prize "The Future of Labor" (ZEW/Volksbank Weinheim Foundation)
  • 2013-2019 Assistant Professor, University of Bonn
  • 2013 Dr. rer. pol, University of Mannheim
  • 2009-2013 Researcher, University of Mannheim
  • 2008-2013 Researcher, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
  • 2008 and 2011 Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago
  • 2006-2007 Advanced Studies Program, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
  • 2006 Master in International Economic Studies, Maastricht University
  • 2004-2005 Exchange student, Sciences Po, Paris
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