Measurement and Estimation
Econometrics and Statistics
- Head of the team: Prof. Dr. Robert Jung (University of Hohenheim).
- The main focus of the team is related to estimation techniques and their application with regards to financial markets, e.g., the transmittion channels between different financial markets around the globe (Dimpfl and Jung, 2012 and Jung and Maderitsch, 2014).
- Financial markets and their proper functioning have important implications on the transmission of assets and wealth between markets and countries and therefore on the evolution of inequality. In a recent project the team analyzed the price discovery process in a range of agricultural commodity markets with a specific focus on the role of speculation (Dimpfl et al., 2015).
Econometrics and Empirical Economics
- Head of the team: Prof. Dr. Aderonke Osikominu (University of Hohenheim).
- Together with coauthors she has analysed the links between societal changes, earnings, and income inequality in OECD countries (Mira d'Ercole and Osikominu, 2008a, b).
- Other research includes evaluating the effects of job training programs for the unemployed (Biewen et al. (2014); Osikominu, 2013).
- Her team is currently working on a DFG project related to the effects of different learning activities within and outside school on the acquisition of noncognitive skills. The knowledge on skill formation is important for designing effective educational policies to mitigate the negative effects of inequality.
Household and Consumer Economics
- Head of the team: Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza (University of Hohenheim).
- Together with coauthors he and his team analysed how food prices and income changes affect nutritional intake in India (Mahajan et al. 2015) and in China (Nie and Sousa-Poza, 2016).
- Another research topic is obesity among children in Europe (Gwozdz et al., 2015; Gwozdz et al., 2013) and the socio-economic determinants of child health in China (Nie and Sousa-Poza, 2014; Nie et al. 2015).
- His team conducts research comissioned by the World Bank and supported by the DAAD. Further research interests of his team include: subjective wellbeing, malnutrition, and the effects of job insecurity and working conditions on health.