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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
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 258 KB)

Course website

Prof. Dr. Guido Schwerdt
University of Konstanz

February 26 - March 1, 2024

 

 

Personnel and Labor Economics for Education Economists
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 357 KB)

 

Prof. Dr. Tor Eriksson
Aarhus University

 

Prof. Dr. Anders Frederiksen
Aarhus University

 

April 8 - 12, 2024

2. Semester Fall Term 2024

Apprenticeship Training: Institutions and Markets
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 462 KB)

Course website 

Prof. Dr. Samuel Mühlemann
LMU Munich

Prof. Dr. Ursual Renold
ETH Zurich

Prof. Dr.
Paul Ryan

King's College Cambridge

 

September 2 - 6, 2024

 

Microeconomic Foundations of Economics of Education (3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 324 KB)

Course website

Prof. Dr. Ludger Woessmann
University of Munich and Ifo Institute

 

 

October 7 - 10, 2024

                                                   Elective Courses

3. Semester Spring Term 2025

Personality, Economic Preferences, Skills and Education
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus

Prof. Dr. Thomas Dohmen

University of Bonn

March 31 - April 4, 2025

 

 

Natural Experiments for Causality Analysis in Economics of Education (3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus

Prof. Dr. Dinand Webbink

Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam; Tinbergen Institute; CPB; IZA, Bonn; ROA, Maastricht

June 23 - 27, 2025

4. Semester Fall Term 2025

Concise Scientific Writing
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus

 

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Pull 

University of Tübingen

 

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Uschi Backes-Gellner

University of Zurich

August 25 - 29, 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
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 218 KB)

Course website

Prof. Dr. Guido Schwerdt
University of Konstanz

February 28 - March 4, 2022

 

 

Microeconomic Foundations of Economics of Education (3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 280 KB)

Course website

Prof. Dr. Ludger Woessmann
University of Munich and Ifo Institute

 

 

May 9 - 12, 2022

2. Semester Fall Term 2022

Apprenticeship Training: Institutions and Markets
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 325 KB)

course website 

Prof. Dr. Samuel Mühlemann

LMU Munich

 

Prof. Dr. Ursula Renold

ETH Zurich

 

Prof. Paul Ryan, PhD
King's College Cambridge

September 12 - 16, 2022

 

Personnel and Labor Economics for Education Economists
(3 ECTS)

 

Syllabus (PDF, 735 KB)

Course website

Prof. Dr. Tor Eriksson
Aarhus University

 

Prof. Dr. Anders Frederiksen
Aarhus University

 

September 26 - 30, 2022

                                                   Elective Courses

1. Semester Spring Term 2022

Crafting Scientific Publications: Developing a clear line of argument to communicate to
target readers

(3 ECTS)

Syllabus (PDF, 183 KB)

Course website

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Uschi Backes-Gellner
University of Zurich

 

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Pull
University of Tübingen & Inge Strauch Visiting Professor at University of Zurich

April 4 - 8, 2022

3. Semester Spring 2023

Conducting Research with Administrative Data
in Economics of Education

(3 ECTS)

Syllabus (PDF, 749 KB)

Course website

Prof. Aline Bütikofer PhD

Norwegian School of Economics

 

March 27 - 31, 2023

 

Randomized Experiments in Economics of Education
(3 ECTS)

Syllabus (PDF, 560 KB)

Course website

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)

Syllabus (PDF, 363 KB)

Course website

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)

Syllabus (PDF, 532 KB)

Course website

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