Simon Wiederhold

Simon Wiederhold is Professor of Labor Economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Senior Research Advisor at the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH), where he also heads the Research Group on 'Education, Skills and the Labour Market'. He holds additional affiliations as an ifo Research Professor, CESifo Research Fellow, IZA Research Fellow, ROA Research Fellow, and Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

His research lies at the intersection of labor economics, education economics, and behavioral and experimental economics, with a strong focus on understanding and addressing inequalities in education and labor markets. He frequently employs field experiments and survey methods to evaluate policy interventions related to child care access, gender norms, skill formation, and migration. Recent work investigates how information campaigns can reduce polarization in public support for equity policies and how application assistance can close socioeconomic gaps in early child care enrollment.

The trends in his recent publications show a consistent emphasis on causal inference, equity, and real-world policy impact. His work spans diverse subfields including maternal labor supply, automation and training, migrant discrimination, and intergenerational skill transmission. He utilizes large-scale datasets and international comparisons to strengthen external validity.

Simon Wiederhold is actively engaged in the academic and policy communities, contributing to organizations such as the European Commission and various German foundations. He participates in and organizes major workshops and is involved in mentoring and research networks, including collaborations with leading institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and Duke.

Scientific Affiliations:

• ifo Institute, Munich – Research Professor
• CESifo – Research Fellow
• IZA – Research Fellow
• ROA – Research Fellow
• Hoover Institution, Stanford – Visiting Fellow

He has advised multiple PhD and postdoctoral researchers through collaborative projects, though formal advisee names are not listed in the provided text. He leads a research team focused on rigorous evaluation of social policies using experimental methods.

His work is primarily conducted within the Department of Structural Change and Productivity at IWH and the Faculty of Business and Economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He is involved in large-scale field experiments and policy evaluations, often in collaboration with Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, and other prominent economists in the education and labor fields.