Claus Schnabel

Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel is a Chair of Economics (Labor Market and Regional Policy) at the Department of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), since 2000. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) since 2006, Research Professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) since 2014, and Spokesperson for the Interdisciplinary Center for Labor Market and Working World (LASER) since 2007. His academic career includes a private lectureship at Ruhr University Bochum (1997–2000) and roles at the German Economic Institute in Cologne.

• Education: MA in Economics (1985), University of Kent; PhD (1998), University of Hohenheim.
• Rank: Full Professor.

Research Interests: Schnabel’s work focuses on trade unions, employers’ associations, collective bargaining, employee participation, wage formation, self-employment, monopsony, and business dynamics. He examines labor market institutions, including their interaction with digitalization and regional policy.

Article Trends: His recent publications (2025–2020) cover collective bargaining coverage, pandemic labor adjustments, electronic monitoring, gender pay gaps, and unionization of retirees. These span Labor Economics, Industrial Relations, and Workplace Technology, with subfields like wage differentials, pandemic resilience, and gender dynamics.

Leadership Roles: Co-editor of the Journal for Labor Market Research (since 2008) and organizer of LASER’s interdisciplinary initiatives.