Silke Anger

Professor Silke Anger is a leading economist specializing in education and labor market research. She serves as Head of the Research Department "Education, Training, and Employment Over the Life Course" at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and holds a professorship in Economics of Education at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg.

• Active since 2013 at IAB and Bamberg University
• Focus areas: Vocational training, adult education, digital/ecological transformation
• Affiliated with IZA, ROA, DZHW, and NEPS

Research interests include life-course education, minimum wage impacts, and workforce development. Her work bridges academic economics and policy-oriented labor market analysis.

Academic affiliations:

• Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• Research Fellow, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University
• Scientific Advisory Board, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)