Sebastian Königs is an Economist at the OECD, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and a Research Affiliate at IZA, Bonn. He previously worked as a part-time researcher at Statistics Norway and as a consultant for the OECD and the World Bank. He holds a DPhil (PhD) in Economics from the University of Oxford. His main research interests are in income and wealth inequalities and income support policies.