Anna Bindler

Anna Bindler is a Professor of Applied Microeconomics at the University of Potsdam and Head of the Crime, Labour and Inequality Department at DIW Berlin. She holds affiliations with the Berlin School of Economics and institutions like CEPR and CESifo. Her research focuses on the interplay between crime, labour markets, and inequality, with emphasis on policy impacts and institutional effects. Key areas include criminal victimization dynamics, labour market scarring from crime, and the historical role of policing.

Education: PhD in Economics from University College London (2015), followed by roles as Postdoc/Assistant Professor at the University of Gothenburg and Professor at the University of Cologne (2020–2024). She contributed to the ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence on Markets & Public Policy.

Research highlights include analyses of age-victimization profiles, police effectiveness, and recession-induced criminal behavior. Her work appears in top journals like the American Economic Journal and Review of Economics and Statistics. She actively advises on crime prevention policies and frequently lectures at international conferences (e.g., European Economic Association Congress, Max Planck Institute workshops).

Affiliations: CEPA (University of Potsdam), CEPR Labour Economics Programme, BMWK Ökonominnen-Netzwerk. Her advocacy spans gender economics, social inequality, and evidence-based crime discourse.