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Biography
Sascha O. Becker is Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics at Monash University, Melbourne, and part-time Professor at the University of Warwick, England. Previously, he held positions at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich and at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
He studied Economics at the Universities of Bonn, Germany, and at the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) in Paris, France. He obtained his Ph.D. at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence in 2001. In Spring 2000, he was a visiting scholar at the Center for Labor Economics at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB). In 2006, he spent 7 months at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). During 2014/15 and 2018 he was a Visiting Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
His research has appeared in international journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the American Economic Review.
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, PhD, European University Institute
Award Date: 9 Nov 2001
External positions
Part-time Professor, University of Warwick
Research area keywords
- Economic History
- Labour Economics
- Political Economy
Network
Projects
- 1 Active
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Understanding Regional Inequalities: Technology, Education, and Policies for Levelling Up
Becker, S., Ku, H. & Dustmann, C.
1/07/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Forced displacement in history: some recent research
Becker, S. O., Mar 2022, In: Australian Economic History Review. 62, 1, p. 2-25 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
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Es liegt nicht alles am Sozialismus — über Ost-West-Unterschiede und ihre Ursprünge
Becker, S. O., Mergele, L. & Woessmann, L., Mar 2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 101, p. 32-36 5 p.Translated title of the contribution :It is not all because of socialism — on east-west differences and their origins Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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More choice for men? Marriage patterns after World War II in Italy
Battistin, E., Becker, S. O. & Nunziata, L., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Demographic Economics. 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The impact of public employment: evidence from Bonn
Becker, S. O., Heblich, S. & Sturm, D. M., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Urban Economics. 122, 20 p., 103291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Forced migration and human capital: evidence from post-WWII population transfers
Becker, S. O., Grosfeld, I., Grosjean, P., Voigtländer, N. & Zhuravskaya, E., May 2020, In: American Economic Review. 110, 5, p. 1430-1463 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access18 Citations (Scopus)