Introduction
Ulf Rinne is a labor economist who works at IZA - Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany. His research interests are in various fields of empirical labor economics and applied microeconometrics. He is particularly interested in the evaluation of labor policies, in the design of immigration policies, in research on discrimination, and in the consequences of technological change and digitalization on the labor market.
Expert
Ulf Rinne is Head of Scientific Management and Senior Research Associate at IZA - Institute of Labor Economics. In this role, he acts at the interface between research, policy advice, and scientific management. Next to his own research, he participates in research projects on behalf of renowned institutions, and he performs management duties as member of IZA’s executive staff.
Ulf Rinne joined IZA in 2005. He studied economics in Bonn and Lisbon, and he received his doctorate from the Freie Universität Berlin in 2009.
His research interests are in various fields of empirical labor economics and applied microeconometrics. He is particularly interested in the evaluation of labor policies (such as training programs for the unemployed or integration measures for refugees), in migration policies (for example, in the context of immigration law), in instruments to combat discrimination (such as anonymous job applications), and in the consequences of technological change and digitalization on labor markets (such as new forms of employment and the gig economy).
Fields of expertise: Education, Gender equality, Migration, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy design and delivery, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Social change / social transformations, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation, Social policy, Social protection