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Prof. Dr. Antje Mertens

FB Duales Studium
Professur für Economics
Fachgebiet: Economics, particularly labour market economics
Professorin

T: +49 (0)30 30877-2419
F: +49 (0)30 30877-2019
E: antje.mertens@hwr-berlin.de


Besucheradresse
Campus Lichtenberg
Haus 5
Raum 53012
Alt-Friedrichsfelde 60
10315 Berlin

Postanschrift
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Campus Lichtenberg
Fachbereich 2
Haus 5
Alt-Friedrichsfelde 60
10315 Berlin

 


Wissenschaftlicher und beruflicher Werdegang

  • 1989-1993: Studied Economics at the Technical University, Berlin and the University of Sussex in England, graduating with a Diploma in Economics and an MA in International Economics
  • 1998: Doctorate from the Humboldt University, Berlin; title of dissertation: “Labor mobility and wage dynamics – an empirical study for Germany in comparison with the United States”
  • 1998-2005: Research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Educational Research – in the research area of education, work and social development
  • Since April 2005: Professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
  • 2009: Post-doctoral lecturing qualification at the Humboldt University, Berlin on the topic, “Vocational training systems, regional unemployment and fixed-term contracts as career determinants”
  • Since October 2009: Dean of Studies at the Vocational Academy

Kontakte

  • Since autumn 2008: Member of the advisory committee for the project “The discovery of youth learning potential”, run by the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
  • Member of the Verein für Socialpolitik (an association for social policy)
  • Member of the European Economic Association

Expertin/Experte für

  • Gender, work and organisation
  • German Economic Review (a quarterly periodical)
  • LABOUR
  • Labour market economics
  • Journal for Labour Market Research (ZAF)

Schwerpunkte in der Lehre

  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Foreign trade
  • Labour market economics
  • Economic policy

Forschungsprojekte und -gebiete

  • Main areas of research: atypical employment situations, labour market mobility, impact of employment situation on health and satisfaction in life, applied micro-econometrics
  • Project 1: “Women between part-time and full-time work: the influence of changing hours of work on happiness and life-satisfaction”, with Vanessa Gash (University of Manchester) and Laura Romeu-Gordo (The German Centre of Gerontology – DZA)
  • Project 2: “Do older workers earn more than they deserve?”: 2009, mimeo, with Laura Romeu-Gordo (The German Centre of Gerontology – DZA)
  • Project 3: “Job stability – a cohort perspective”, with Karl Ulrich Mayer (University of Yale)

Ausgewählte, aktuelle Publikationen

  • Michael Burda und Antje Mertens, „Estimating wage losses of displaced workers in Germany“, Labour Economics, 2001, (8)1, 15-4.
  • Antje Mertens, „Regional and Industrial Wage Dynamics in West Germany and the United States“, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik – Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 222/5, 584-608.
  • Tomas Korpi und Antje Mertens, „Training Systems and Labor Mobility - A Comparison between Germany and Sweden“, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2003, 105 (4), 597-617.
  • Felix Büchel und Antje Mertens, „Overeducation, Undereducation and the Theory of Career Mobility“, Applied Economics, 2004, 36 (8), 803-816.
  • Frances McGinnity, Antje Mertens und Stefanie Gundert, „A Bad Start? Fixed-Term Contracts and the Transition from Education to Work in West Germany”, European Sociological Review, 2005, 21 (4), 359-374.
  • Antje Mertens und Anette Haas, „Regionale Mobilität und Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland – Eine Analyse auf Kreisebene“, Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, 2006, 26, 147-169.
  • Vanessa Gash, Antje Mertens und Laura Romeu Gordo, „Are fixed-term jobs bad for your health?: A comparison of West-Germany and Spain“, European Societies, 2007, 9(3), 429-458.
  • Antje Mertens, Vanessa Gash und Frances McGinnity, „The Cost of Flexibility at the Margin. Comparing the Wage Penalty for Fixed-Term Contracts in Germany and Spain using Quantile Regression“, Labour, 2007, 21 (4/5), 637-666.
  • Gash, Vanessa, Antje Mertens und Laura Romeu-Gordo, „Women between Part-Time and Full-Time Work: The Influence of Changing Hours of Work on Happiness and Life-Satisfaction“, CCSR Working Paper 2009-6, The University of Manchester: www.ccsr.ac.uk/publications/working.
  • Job Insecurity and Training, Special Issue der Zeitschrift Labour, herausgegeben mit Wiemer Salverda und Thomas Zwick, 23, s1 (March), 2009.