Boris Hirsch

Prof. Dr. Boris Hirsch is a Full Professor of Economics specializing in Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation at Leuphana University of Lüneburg since 2016. He holds a doctorate from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2009) and has extensive postdoctoral experience. His research focuses on labour market imperfections, monopsony power, gender pay gaps, union effects, and temporary agency work. He serves on editorial boards of German Economic Review and Journal for Labour Market Research, and is a Research Fellow at IWH, LASER, and IZA.

Key research themes include the impact of unions on wage determination during crises (e.g., pandemic), urban wage premiums in imperfect markets, and wage disparities linked to collective bargaining coverage. His work bridges theory and applied microeconometrics, often using German administrative data for rigorous analysis.

Awarded the IZA Research Fellowship since 2014, his contributions address policy-relevant questions like labour market institutions' role in wage inequality and worker mobility. Active in policy evaluation, he collaborates across institutions to inform economic policymaking in structural change contexts.