Thomas Siedler

Prof. Thomas Siedler is a Professor of Economics at Universität Potsdam and the Berlin School of Economics, specializing in microeconometrics. He previously held a professorship at Universität Hamburg. His academic credentials include a PhD and MSc in Applied Economics from the University of Essex (UK) and a Diplom-Volkswirt from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is also a Research Associate at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn.

His research focuses on labor market economics, health economics, family economics, and applied microeconometrics. Notably, he developed mcEmpirics, an e-learning platform offering over 1,500 econometrics quizzes used by universities worldwide. His work has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and Journal of Health Economics.

Key projects include studies on climate policy co-benefits, education interventions, and the impact of diversity in classrooms. He has advised on policies related to student internships, smoking bans, and late-night alcohol sales. His research often employs randomized controlled trials and large-scale datasets to address socioeconomic questions.