Courses
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9th Course Program (starting Spring 2026)
8th Course Program (starting Spring 2024)
The course program for doctoral students consists of four core courses and a variety of electives.
Core Courses
| 1. Semester Spring Term 2024 | Econometric Methods in Economics of Education
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Prof. Dr. Guido Schwerdt |
February 26 - March 1, 2024
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Personnel and Labor Economics for Education Economists
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Prof. Dr. Tor Eriksson
Prof. Dr. Anders Frederiksen
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April 8 - 12, 2024 |
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| 2. Semester Fall Term 2024 | Apprenticeship Training: Institutions and Markets
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Prof. Dr. Samuel Mühlemann Prof. Dr. Ursual Renold Prof. Dr.
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September 2 - 6, 2024 |
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Microeconomic Foundations of Economics of Education (3 ECTS)
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Prof. Dr. Ludger Woessmann
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October 7 - 10, 2024 |
Elective Courses
| 3. Semester Spring Term 2025 | Personality, Economic Preferences, Skills and Education
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Dohmen |
March 31 - April 4, 2025
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Natural Experiments for Causality Analysis in Economics of Education (3 ECTS)
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Prof. Dr. Dinand Webbink |
June 23 - 27, 2025 |
| 4. Semester Fall Term 2025 | Crafting Scientific Publications: Developing a clear line of argument to communicate to target readers
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Prof. Dr. Kerstin Pull University of Tübingen Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Uschi Backes-Gellner University of Zurich |
August 25 - 29, 2025 |
| 4. Semester Fall Term 2025 | Handling Administrative Data in Education Economics: State of the Art Applications, Topics and Research Innovations
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Prof. Aline Bütikofer, PhD Norwegian School of Economics |
November 10 - 14, 2025 |
7th Course Program (starting Spring 2022)
The course program for doctoral students consists of four core courses and a variety of electives.
Core Courses
| 1. Semester Spring Term 2022 | Econometric Methods in Economics of Education
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Prof. Dr. Guido Schwerdt |
February 28 - March 4, 2022
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Microeconomic Foundations of Economics of Education (3 ECTS)
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Prof. Dr. Ludger Woessmann
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May 9 - 12, 2022 |
| 2. Semester Fall Term 2022 | Apprenticeship Training: Institutions and Markets
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Prof. Dr. Samuel Mühlemann LMU Munich Prof. Dr. Ursula Renold ETH Zurich
Prof. Paul Ryan, PhD |
September 12 - 16, 2022 |
Personnel and Labor Economics for Education Economists
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Prof. Dr. Tor Eriksson
Prof. Dr. Anders Frederiksen
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September 26 - 30, 2022 |
Elective Courses
1. Semester Spring Term 2022 |
Crafting Scientific Publications: Developing a clear line of argument to communicate to (3 ECTS) |
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Uschi Backes-Gellner
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Pull |
April 4 - 8, 2022 |
3. Semester Spring 2023 |
Conducting Research with Administrative Data (3 ECTS) |
Prof. Aline Bütikofer PhD Norwegian School of Economics
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March 27 - 31, 2023 |
Randomized Experiments in Economics of Education |
Prof. Dr. h.c. Eric Bettinger, PhD Stanford University |
June 19 - 22, 2023 | |
| 3. Semester Fall 2023 | Corporate Communication - Theoretical Foundations, Case Studies, Role Playing and Media Training (3 ECTS) |
Dr. Andrea Timmesfeld Head of Public Affairs & Community Engagement, Generali Deutschland |
August 21 - 25, 2023 |
Machine Learning with Python for Education and Personnel Economists (3 ECTS) |
Michael E. Rose, PhD Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition |
October 9 - 13, 2023 | |
Discussion workshop: Personnel economics and economics of education FS23 (3 ECTS) Syllabus tba Course website tba |
Prof. Dr. h.c. Eric Bettinger, PhD Stanford University |
January 22 - 25, 2024 |