Johannes Seebauer

Johannes Seebauer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at DIW Berlin and a lecturer in econometrics at the DIW Graduate Center and Berlin School of Economics. His research focuses on labor economics, wage dynamics, and the socioeconomic impacts of pandemics, particularly on self-employment and gender disparities.

• Ph.D. in Economics (2024) from DIW Berlin & Berlin School of Economics via Freie Universität Berlin
• Research Master in Economics (2018) from Sciences Po Paris
• M.Sc. in Policy Economics (2016) from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.A. in European Business (2015) from OTH Regensburg

Seebauer investigates wage inequality, minimum wage effects, and mental health impacts during crises. His work leverages longitudinal data and novel econometric methods to analyze worker heterogeneity and policy outcomes.

His 2024-2020 publications span topics including communicable diseases' influence on risk preferences, pandemic-induced mental health disparities among self-employed individuals, firm shutdown consequences, and minimum wage policy trade-offs. These works reflect interdisciplinary applications of labor economics, public policy analysis, and behavioral health economics.

• Fulbright Graduate Program (2015-2016)
• Deutschlandstipendium (2014-2015)

Seebauer contributes to policy discussions through commentaries in DIW Weekly Report and media engagements, emphasizing gender-specific vulnerabilities during crises and long-term economic scarring effects.