Simon Jäger is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the CEO of the IZA Institute of Labor Economics as well as a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He graduated with a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University after studying economics at the University of Bonn and at the University of California, Berkeley.
His work combines experimental and quasi-experimental methods with large administrative datasets to shed light on the functioning of labor markets and the origins and consequences of inequality. He holds affiliations with the NBER, CEPR, IZA, CESifo and briq and was a visitor at Stanford University during the academic year 2019–2020.
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Voice at work: The effects of worker representation on worker welfare and firm performance
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- Labour Markets

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Labour in the boardroom: The effects of codetermination on firm performance and wages
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- Industrial organisation 
- Labour Markets 
- Microeconomic regulation

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Learning about job search: A ‘nudge’ to tackle long-term unemployment
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- Labour Markets