Thomas Lange

(born 26.06.1981)

Junior Economist and Doctoral Student

Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Environment and Transportation
Poschingerstraße 5
81679 München

Phone: +49(0)89/9224-0
Fax: +49(0)89/985369
E-Mail: 101-100-46-111-102-105-64-116-46-101-103-110-97-108
Website: http://www.cesifo-group.de/lange-thomas

University Konstanz
Department of Economics, Box D 133
78457 Konstanz

Phone: +49(0)7531/88-2305
E-Mail: 101-100-46-122-110-97-116-115-110-111-107-45-105-110-117-64-101-103-110-97-108-46-115-97-109-111-104-116

Lange Thomas

Main focus:

Public Economics, Education Funding, Public Pensions

Employed at the Ifo Institute since 2006.

Academic Background:

Feb. 2006			MSc. in Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany
Oct. 2001	-	Feb. 2006	Studies of Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany

Languages:

English, French

Professional Experience:

Jul. 2005	-	Nov. 2005	Siemens VDO Automotive AG, Information Systems Passenger Cars HVAC, Strategy & Marketing, Strategy & Technology (Internship)
Oct. 2004	-	Mar. 2005	Siemens AG, Postal Automation, Sales and Marketing (Working Student)
Sep. 2002	-	Sep. 2004	Siemens AG, Postal Automation, Product Management (Working Student)

Scholarships, awards and prizes:

Award for presenting a paper, Verein für Socialpolitik (2008)

DAAD Scholarship at Queen's University, Department of Economics, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (2008)

Projects

Fritz Thyssen Foundation: "Globalization, tax policy and education policy: need to adjust at the national level and new systems competition"

DFG Project: "How far should the government retreat from financing the educational system?" (within the Research Group "Heterogeneous Labor: Positive and Normative Aspects of the Skill Structure of Labor")

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

2010

Lange, Thomas (with Tim Krieger), "Education Policy and Tax Competition with Imperfect Student and Labor Mobility", International Tax and Public Finance, 2010, in press

2009

Lange, Thomas, "Public Funding of Higher Education when Students and Skilled Workers are Mobile", FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis 65 (2), 2009, 178–199 ( More Information )

Working Papers

2009

Lange, Thomas, "Return migration of foreign students and the choice of non-resident tuition fees", Ifo Working Paper Nr. 74, 2009 ( Abstract / Download )

2008

Lange, Thomas (with Tim Krieger), "Education policy and tax competition with imperfect student and labor mobility", Discussion Paper Nr. 01, 2008 ( Abstract / Download / Discussion Paper No. 08/01 DFG Research Group "Heterogeneous Labor: Positive and Normative Aspects of the Skill Structure of Labor" )

Lange, Thomas, "Local Public Funding of Higher Education when Students and Skilled Workers are Mobile", Discussion Paper Nr. 03, 2008 ( Abstract / Download / Discussion Paper No. 08/03 DFG Research Group "Heterogeneous Labor: Positive and Normative Aspects of the Skill Structure of Labor" )

2007

Lange, Thomas (with Michael Gorski, Tim Krieger), "Pensions, Education and Life Expectancy", Discussion Paper Nr. 0 04, 2007 ( Abstract / Download / Discussion Paper No. 07/04 DFG Research Group "Heterogene Arbeit: Positive und Normative Aspekte der Qualifikationsstruktur der Arbeit" )

Teaching

Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (Introductory Economics), Tutorial, University of Konstanz

Presentations at International Conferences

Thomas Lange, Research Seminar TU Dresden, Nov. 2009, Dresden

Thomas Lange, Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik (VfS), Sept. 2009, Magdeburg, Germany

Thomas Lange, International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Aug. 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

Thomas Lange, Annual Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory (PET09), June 2009, Galway

Thomas Lange, Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet, June 2009, Marseille

Thomas Lange, IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM2), May 2009, Bonn

Thomas Lange, Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Aug. 2008, Milan

Thomas Lange, Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Aug. 2008, Maastricht

Thomas Lange, Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS), March 2008, Jena

Thomas Lange, Research Seminar University of Paderborn, March 2008, Paderborn

Thomas Lange, Forum Retraite 2007 - Séminaire Scientifique, Caisse des Dépôts, Oct. 2007, Bordeaux

Thomas Lange, Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Aug. 2007, Budapest

Thomas Lange, CESifo Venice Summer Institute, July 2007, Venice

Thomas Lange, FNA Colloquium 2007, Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (German public pension fund), Feb. 2007, Erkner/Berlin