Head of Department Social Policy and Labour Markets
Ifo Institute Social Policy and Labour Markets Poschingerstraße 581679 München
Phone: +49(0)89/9224-1607 Fax: +49(0)89/985369
Professor of Economics, esp. Social Policy and Labour Markets Faculty of Economics, University of Munich Website: http://www.sam.vwl.uni-muenchen.de
Family Economics, Population Economics, Labour Economics
German, English
Optimal Immigration Policies in Europe: From Conflicting Interests to Mutual Gains
Coordination of the 8th report on family affairs
Ex Post Evaluation of Monetary Family Related Benefits in Germany (Child Benefits and Allowances)
Ex-Post-Evaluation of Public Subsidies for Child Care
Rainer, Helmut (with T. Siedler), "Social Networks in Determining Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the German Reunification”, Economics of Transition 17 (4), 2009, 739-767
Rainer, Helmut (with T. Siedler), "O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Effects of Having a Sibling on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes”, Economica 76 (303), 2009, 528-556
Rainer, Helmut (with T. Siedler), "Does Democracy Foster Trust?”, Journal of Comparative Economics 37 (2), 2009, 251-269
Rainer, Helmut (with M. Francesconi and W. van der Klaauw), "The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britain on Married Couples: Theory and Evidence”, Economic Journal 119 (535), 2009, F66-F100
Rainer, Helmut (with T. Siedler), "Subjective Income and Employment Expectations and Preferences for Redistribution”, Economics Letters 99 (3), 2008, 449-453.
Rainer, Helmut, "Gender Discrimination and Efficiency in Marriage: the Bargaining Family under Scrutiny”, Journal of Population Economics 21 (2), 2008, 305-329.
Rainer, Helmut, "Should We Write Prenuptial Contracts”, European Economic Review 51 (2), 2007, 337-363.
Rainer, Helmut (with Helena Holmlund and Thomas Siedler), "Meet the Parents? The Causal Effect of Family Size on the Geographic Distance between Adult Children and Older Parents", IZA Discussion Paper No. 4398, 2009
Rainer, Helmut (with Marco Faravelli and Oliver Kirchkamp), "Social Welfare versus Inequality Aversion in an Incomplete Contract Experiment", Jena Economic Research Papers 2009-016, 2009
Rainer, Helmut (with Geethanjali Selvaretnam and David Ulph), "Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in a Model of Fertility Choice", ISER Working Paper 2008-02, 2008
Rainer, Helmut (with Marco Francesconi and Wilbert van der Klaauw), "Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reform: The Case of Divorced Couples", CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7107, 2008
2005 - 2009: Intermediate Microeconomics (BSc. level), Law and Economics (BSc. level), Contemporary Issues: Auctions (BSc. level), The Economics of Negotiations (MSc. level)
2003 - 2005: Mathematical Methods in Economics (BSc. level), Contemporary Topics in Microeconomics (BSc. level), The Economics of Negotiations (BSc. level), Advanced Mi-croeconomics (MSc. level), Game Theory (MSc. level)
2000 - 2003: Mathematical Methods (MSc. level, Pre-Sessional), Introduction to Econom-ics (BSc. level), Intermediate Microeconomics (BSc. level), Introduction to Quantitative Economics (BSc. level)
RES Annual Conference (Warwick 2007, Nottingham 2006)
ESPE (London 2008, Verona 2006)
EEA Annual Conference (Budapest 2007, Amsterdam 2005, Stockholm 2003)
ESEM (Vienna 2006)
IFAU/IZA Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation (Uppsala 2006)
9th World Congress of the Econometric Society (London 2005)
RSS