Dr. Christian Westermeier
Next Employer: German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Research Department A1: Labour Market Processes and Institutions
Current occupation:
- Research assistant, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, since 07/2017
Former occupation:
- Research assistant at the socio-economic panel, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin
- Project: "Wealth in Germany: Status quo and Prospect" (in cooperation with Hertie School of Governance), 2013-2017
Education:
- Doctoral studies in Economics, School of Business and Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, 2013-2017.
- Master of Science in Statistics, Joint Masters Program in Berlin (concerned universities: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität in Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin), 2012
- Bachelor of Science in Economics, school of economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2009
Previous occupations:
- Research project at DIW Berlin in cooperation with Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) and Deutscher Rentenversicherung Bund (DRV Bund), subject: "Changing curriculums and provision for old age", 2010-2012
- Student assistant at the chair of statistics, school of economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2008-2009
- Teaching assistant for statistics I/II, school of economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2008-2010
Research interests:
- Pension policies, income and poverty in old age
- Distribution and mobility of wealth
- Microsimulation and staistical matching
- Imputation of missing values in survey data
