Klaus Felix Zimmermann (born in

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on December 2, 1952) is a German economist and emeritus professor of economics at Bonn University. Additionally, he is an honorary professor at

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, the

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and the

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as well as president of the Global Labor Organization. His research interests include

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and

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, with Zimmermann being among the leading economists on the topic of migration.

Biography

A native from Göppingen, Klaus F. Zimmermann obtained a graduate diploma, his PhD and his

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in economics from the

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in 1978, 1985 and 1987, respectively. After teaching as research associate at the University of Mannheim from 1978 to 1984, Zimmermann became assistant professor in Mannheim, followed by positions as e.g. research fellow at the

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, as senior research fellow at the

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and as Heisenberg Fellow at the

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. In 1989, Zimmermann accepted a call for a position as Full Professor of Economic Theory at the

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, before moving to the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

as Full Professor of Economics in 1998. In Bonn, Zimmermann became the founding director of the

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(IZA), a position which he held until 2016. Additionally, from 2000 to 2011, Zimmermann was also the president of the

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(DIW) in Berlin, and has been an honorary of professor at the

(since 2001) and the

(since 2006). In 2016, Zimmermann left IZA prior to a major restructuring and accepted an honorary professorship at Maastricht University. A year later, Zimmermann helped found and became the president of the Global Labor Organization, an international research and policy network on labour, demographics and human resources. Throughout his career, Zimmermann has held positions as visiting professor at the

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, the

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and the

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. He is a member of – among else – the

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and

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'' (which he founded in 1987), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Labour Economics'', and the '' International Journal of Manpower''.

Research

Klaus Zimmermann's research centres around issues of

and

. In terms of research, Zimmermann ranks among the top 1% of economists registered on

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. He is a frequent co-author of Amelie Constant, Martin Kahanec and Ulf Rinne.

References

Bibliography (selected)

Research on migration and labour mobility

* Merkle, L., Zimmermann, K.F. (1992). Savings, Remittances, and Return Migration. ''Economics Letters'', 38(1), pp. 77–81. * Schmidt, C.M., Stilz, A., Zimmermann, K.F. (1994). Mass Migration, Unions, and Government Intervention. ''Journal of Public Economics'', 55(2), pp. 185–201. * New, J.P., Zimmermann, K.F. (1994). Native Wage Impacts of Foreign Labor: A Random Effects Panel Analysis. ''Journal of Population Economics'', 7(2), pp. 177–192. * Zimmermann, K.F. (1995). Tackling the European Migration Problem. ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'', 9(2), pp. 45–62. * Zimmermann, K.F. (1996). European Migration: Push and Pull. ''International Regional Science Review'', 19(1–2), pp. 95–128. * Bauer, T., Zimmermann, K.F. (1998). Causes of international migration: a survey. In: ''Crossing Borders: Regional and Urban Perspectives on International Migration'' * Bauer, T.K., Zimmermann, K.F. (1999). Assessment of Possible Migration Pressure and its Labour Market Impact Following EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe. ''IZA Research Report Series'', No. 3. * Gang, I., Zimmermann, K.F. (2000). Is Child Like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin. ''Journal of Population Economics'', 7(2), pp. 177–192. * Bauer, T.K., Lofstrom, M., Zimmermann, K.F. (2000). Immigration policy, assimilation of immigrants, and natives' sentiments towards immigrants: Evidence from 12 OECD countries. ''Swedish Economic Policy Review'', 7, pp. 11–53. * Brücker, H. et al. (2002). ''Managing Migration in the European Welfare State''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. * Zimmermann, K.F. (2005). European labor mobility: challenges and potentials. ''De Economist'', 153(4), pp. 425–450. * Zimmermann, K.F. (2005). ''European Migration: What Do We Know?'' Oxford: Oxford University Press. * Constant, A., Zimmermann, K.F. (2006). The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike? ''Small Business Economics'', 26(3), pp. 279–300. * Zaiceva, A., Zimmermann, K.F. (2008). Scale, diversity, and determinants of labour migration in Europe. ''Oxford Review of Economic Policy'', 24(3), pp. 427–451. * Constant, A.F., Zimmermann, K.F. (2008). Measuring ethnic identity and its impact on economic behavior. ''Journal of the European Economic Association'', 6(2–3), pp. 424–433. * Bonin, H. et al. (2008). Geographic Mobility in the European Union: Optimising its Economic and Social Benefits. ''IZA Research Report Series'', No. 19. * Kahanec, M., Zimmermann, K.F. (2009). ''EU Labor Markets After Postenlargement Migration''. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer. * Constant, A.F., Gataulina, L., Zimmermann, K.F. (2009). Ethnosizing Immigrants. ''Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization'', 69(3), pp. 274–287. * Constant, A.F., Zimmermann, K.F. (2011). Circular and repeat migration: counts of exits and years away from the host country. ''Population Research and Policy Review'', 30(4), pp. 495–515.

Research on econometrics

* Veall, M.R., Zimmermann, K.F. (1992). Pseudo-R2s in the Ordinal Probit Model. ''Journal of Mathematical Sociology'', 16(4), pp. 333–342. * Veall, M.R., Zimmermann, K.F. (1994). Goodness of Fit Measures in the Tobit Model. ''Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics'', 56(4), pp. 485–499. * Veall, M.R., Zimmermann, K.F. (2006). Pseudo-R2 Measures for Some Common Limited Dependent Variable Models. ''Journal of Economic Surveys'', 10(3), pp. 241–259. * Askitas, N., Zimmermann, K.F. (2009). Google Econometrics and Unemployment Forecasting. ''Applied Economics Quarterly'', 55, pp. 107–129.

Other research

* Schmidt, C.M., Zimmermann, K.F. (1991). Work Characteristics, Firm Size and Wages. ''Review of Economics and Statistics'', 705–710. * Mühleisen, M., Zimmermann, K.F. (1994). A Panel Analysis of Job Changes and Unemployment. ''European Economic Review'', 38(3), pp. 793–801.

External links

Personal website of Klaus F. Zimmermann

Profile of Klaus F. Zimmermann on the IZA website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmermann, Klaus German economists 1952 births Living people University of Mannheim alumni Academic staff of Maastricht University Labor economists People from Göppingen Migration economists Fellows of the European Economic Association