Professor Dr. Andreas Irmen University of Luxembourg

Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance Department of Economics and Management (DEM) Campus Kirchberg, Bloc G 6, Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 Luxembourg

Tel.: ++352 - 46 66 44 61 19 E-mail: andreas.irmen@uni.lu

http://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/creapeople/andreas_irmen

http://ideas.repec.org/e/pir7.html https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=c YkqkkMAAAAJ&hl=de

CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Position Professor of Macroeconomics and Applied Microeconomics,

Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREA), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg - since September 2010

Affiliations CESifo Research Network Fellow, CESifo, Munich - Macro,

Money, and International Finance - since October 2005 Standing Field Committee of Macroeconomists of the German

Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) - since June 2001 Research Interests Economic Growth, Economics of Innovation, Digitization and

Automation, Population Economics, Public Economics Citizenship German

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Languages German: mother tongue English: fluent in speech and writing French: fluent in speech and writing EDUCATION

Jul. 02 Habilitation (Postdoctoral Degree), University of Mannheim,

Germany

Postdoctoral Dissertation: "Essays on the Theory of Economic Growth" (Advisor: Professor Martin Hellwig, Ph.D.)

Jan. 96 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Dissertation: "Essays on Product Differentiation and Market Structure” (Advisor: Professor Dr. Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg)

Oct. 93 Master's Degree in Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Aug. 91 Diplom-Volkswirt (Diploma in Economics), University of Constance,

Germany Oct. 86 - Jun. 89 Studies in Economics, Business Administration, Philosophy, and

English at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (ESCAE), Marseille, France, Kingston Polytechnic, London, Great Britain, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany

ACADEMIC AWARDS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS Jun. 20 Invited guest editor, Economics and Business Review, Volume 6

(20) vol. 2, June 2020 Sep. 17 - Aug. 18 INTER Mobility Grant for the Project “Competitive Growth

Theory - CGT”, 2017 - 2018, Luxembourg national research fund, FNR, € 100,000

Jul. 16 Selected Participant of the “Pairing Scheme - Politics meets

Research” of the Luxembourg national research fund, FNR Jul. 15 European Commission Grant for a Jean Monnet Centre of

Excellence (with Robert Harmsen, Herwig Hoffmann, David Howarth, René Leboutte, and Eleftheria Neframi), € 100,000

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Dec. 14 University of Luxembourg Grant for the Project “Agecon_C - Population Aging: An Exploration of its Effect on Economic Performance and Culture”, 2015 - 2017, € 221,000, principal investigator

Jun. 03 Best Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of

Mannheim, Germany Nov. 01 - Sep. 02 Scholarship, German Science Foundation (DFG - Forschungs-

stipendium) Oct. 97 - Oct. 01 Research Fellowship, German Science Foundation (DFG), for the

Program “Industrial Organization and Input Markets”, ("Industrieökonomik und Inputmärkte")

Jan. 97 Selected Participant of the Econometric Society Winter Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal Oct. 96 Prix "Suisse Assurance", Academic Award for Ph.D.-Dissertation,

granted by the University of Lausanne, Switzerland Jun. 95 Summer School, European Economic Association, Florence, Italy PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS Mar. 18 - Aug. 18 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (by invitation of Professor Oded Galor, Ph.D.) Feb. 18 Visiting Professor, Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany (by invitation of Professor Dr. Bettina Peters) Sep. 17 - Jan. 18 Visiting Professor, Paris School of Economics (PSE), France (by invitation of Professor Dr. Hippolyte d'Albis) Jan. 16 - Dec. 18 Director, Robert Schuman Institute of European Affairs at the

University of Luxembourg - a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Luxembourg

Apr. 17 Visiting Professor, Poznań University of Economics and

Business, Poland (by invitation of Professor Dr. Krzysztof Malaga)

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Apr. 14 Visiting Professor, Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d’Aix-Marseille (Greqam), University of Aix-Marseille, France (by invitation of Professor Dr. Raouf Boucekkine)

Oct. 06 - Aug. 10 Professor of Economics, Chair of Economic Policy

(Macroeconomics), University of Heidelberg, Germany Jul. 09 - Aug. 10 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies, University

of Heidelberg, Germany Jul. 09 - Jun. 10 Managing Director, Department of Economics (Alfred-Weber-

Institute), University of Heidelberg, Germany Dec. 06 - Jun. 09 Director, Department of Economics (Alfred-Weber-Institute),

University of Heidelberg, Germany Sep. 08 - May 09 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA (by invitation of Professor Daron Acemoglu, Ph.D.)

Feb. 05 - Jan. 09 Research Affiliate in the Economic History Initiative of the CEPR,

London, Great Britain Nov. 99 - Jan. 09 Research Affiliate in the Industrial Organization Programme of

the CEPR, London, Great Britain Feb. 08 Visiting Professor, University of Constance, Germany Mar. 05 - Sep. 06 Professor of Economics, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy Jun. 05 - Jul. 05 Visiting Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany Apr. 05 Visiting Scholar, CESifo, University of Munich, Germany Oct. 04 - Feb. 05 Associate Professor (C2), University of Mannheim, Germany;

Visiting Professor, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy Oct. 02 - Sep. 04 Temporary Professor of Economics (Macroeconomics and

Economic Policy), University of Mannheim, Germany Mar. 03 / Visiting Professor, ESCEM, School of Business and Management, Mar. 04 Poitiers, France (by invitation of Professor Dr. Aidan O’Connor)

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Sep. 01 - Aug. 02 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (by invitation of Professor Philippe Aghion, Ph.D.)

Jul. 00 Visiting Scholar, Carl Melchior Minerva Center for Macro-

economics and Growth, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (by invitation of Professor Oded Galor, Ph.D.)

Feb. 00 - Apr. 00 Visiting Lecturer, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New

Zealand Oct. 97 - Oct. 01 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany Oct. 96 - Sep. 97 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Lausanne,

Switzerland Oct. 91 - Sep. 96 Teaching Assistant, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Nov. 88 - Apr. 91 Research Assistant, University of Constance, Germany

PREVIOUS NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS Oct. 91 - Oct. 94 Staff Instructor, Crédit Suisse Bank, Lausanne, Switzerland Feb. 90 - Mar. 90 Royal Court Theatre, London, Great Britain, Intern, Marketing

and Finance Department Mar. 88 - Apr. 88 Deutsche Bank, London, Great Britain, Intern, Various

Departments Aug. 87 - Sep. 87 Deutsche Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany, Intern, Credit Department Jul. 85 - Sep. 86 Military Service, Saxophone player in a music corps, Luftwaffenmusikkorps 3, Münster, Germany Aug. 83 - Jun. 85 Deutsche Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany, vocational training in banking

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REFERENCE Professor Martin Hellwig, Ph.D. Max-Planck-Institut Tel: 49-228-91416-22 zur Erforschung öffentlicher Güter Fax: 49-228-91416-21 Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 10 E-mail: hellwig@coll.mpg.de D-53113 Bonn

Luxembourg, July 2020

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PUBLICATIONS Research Papers in Refereed Journals

1. "Tasks, Technology, and Factor Prices in the Neoclassical Production Sector",

Journal of Economics, forthcoming

2. "Endogenous Task-Based Technical Change - Factor Scarcity and Factor Prices", Economics and Business Review, vol. 6, 2020, 81-118

3. "Endogenous Factor Income Distribution: Piketty meets Romer", Economic Inquiry, vol. 58, 2020, 1342-1361 (with Amer Tabaković)

4. "A Generalized Steady-State Growth Theorem", Macroeconomic Dynamics, vol. 22, 2018, 779-804

5. "Endogenous Capital- and Labor-Augmenting Technical Change in the Neoclassical Growth Model", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 170, 2017, 346-384 (with Amer Tabaković)

6. "A Note on the Characterization of the Neoclassical Production Function", Macroeconomic Dynamics, vol. 21, 2017, 1827-1835 (with Alfred Maußner)

7. "Capital- and Labor-Saving Technical Change in an Aging Economy", International Economic Review, vol. 58, 2017, 261-285

8. "What a Study of 33 Countries Found About Aging Populations and Innovation", Harvard Business Review, Digital Article, https://hbr.org/2017/01/what-a-study-of-33-countries-found-about-aging-populations-and-innovation (published on January 18, 2017) (with Anastasia Litina)

9. "Real Factor Prices and Factor-Augmenting Technical Change", The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 14, 2014, 661-687

10. "Population, Pensions, and Endogenous Economic Growth", Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 46, 50-72, 2014 (with Burkhard Heer)

11. "Property Rights, Public Enforcement, and Growth", Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 116, 3, 797-819, 2014 (with Johanna Kuehnel)

12. "Adjustment Costs in a Variant of Uzawa’s Steady-State Growth Theorem", Economics Bulletin, vol. 33, 4, 2860-2873, 2013

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13. "Steady-State Growth and the Elasticity of Substitution", Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 35, 1215-1228, 2011

14. "Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth", Journal of

Economic Surveys, vol. 23, 692-733, 2009 (with Johanna Kuehnel)

15. "Factor Substitution, Income Distribution, and Growth in a Generalized Neoclassical Growth Model", German Economic Review, vol. 10, 464-479, 2009 (with Rainer Klump)

16. "Frictional Unemployment, Labor Market Institutions, and Endogenous Economic Growth", Economics Bulletin, vol.29 (2), 1128-1139, 2009

17. "On Wage Policies and Unemployment", The Open Economics Journal, vol. 2,

39-44, 2009

18. "Neoclassical Growth and the “Trivial” Steady State", Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 30, 1097-1103, 2008 (with Hendrik Hakenes)

19. "On the Long-Run Evolution of Technological Knowledge", Economic Theory,

vol. 30, 171-180, 2007 (with Hendrik Hakenes)

20. "National Minimum Wages, Capital Mobility, and Global Economic Growth", Economics Letters, vol. 90, 285-289, 2006 (with Berthold Wigger)

21. "Extensive and Intensive Growth in a Neoclassical Framework", Journal of

Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 29, 1427-1448, 2005

22. "Shopping Hours and Price Competition", European Economic Review, vol. 49, 1105-1124, 2005 (with Roman Inderst) – featured in Management Today, July 5, 2005 (https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/buyer-beware-shopping-hours-price-competition/article/548104)

23. "Malthus and Solow - A Note on Closed-Form Solutions", Economics Bulletin, vol. 10, No. 6, 1-6, 2004

24. "Trade-Union Objectives and Economic Growth", FinanzArchiv, vol. 59, 49-67,

2003 (with Berthold Wigger)

25. "Endogenous Technical Change in a Competitive Economy", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 101, 1-39, 2001 (with Martin Hellwig)

26. "Attribute Dependence and the Provision of Quality", Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 31, 547-569, 2001 (with Hans Degryse)

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27. "On the Incentives to Provide Fuel-Efficient Automobiles", Journal of Economics, vol. 73, 149-165, 2001 (with Hans Degryse)

28. "Competition in Multi-Characteristics Spaces: Hotelling was Almost Right",

Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 78, 76-102, 1998 (with Jacques-François Thisse)

29. "Precommitment in Competing Vertical Chains", Journal of Economic

Surveys, vol. 12, 333-359, 1998

30. "Mark-up Pricing and Bilateral Monopoly", Economics Letters, vol. 54, 179-184, 1997

31. ''Note on Duopolistic Vertical Restraints'', European Economic Review, vol. 41,

1559-1567, 1997 Comments in Refereed Journals

32. "On the Openness to Trade as a Determinant of the Macroeconomic Elasticity of Substitution - A Comment on Saam (2007)", Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 30, 703-706, 2008

Research Papers in Edited Volumes

33. "Review concerning the proposal to confer the degree of doctor honoris causa from Poznań University of Economics and Business on Oded Galor", in: PUEB (2019), "Odedowi Galorowi - doctor honoris causa", 82-94 (Polish translation 67-81)

34. "Ist Wirtschaftswachstum systemimmanent? (Is Economic Growth inherent to the System?)", in: Wachowiak, M., Kiełczewski, D., and Diefenbacher, H. (2011), “Nachhaltiger Konsum? Die Entwicklung des Verbraucherverhaltens in den letzten 30 Jahren in Polen und in Deutschland“, Heidelberg, FEST, 21-40

35. "Population, Specialized Occupations, and Semi-Endogenous Growth'', in: O'Connor, A. (2010), "Managing, Trade, Economies and International Business", Palgrave Macmillan, 3-18

36. "Growth and Gains from Specialization - Solow Meets Smith and Young'', in:

ElShagi, M., Rübel, G. (2005), ''Aspects of International Economics,'' Festschrift in Honor of Professor Jürgen Schröder, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 65-74

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Editorials

37. Editorial Introduction, Economics and Business Review, Volume 6 (20), vol. 2, June 2020, 3-6

Pedagogical Contributions (in German)

38. "Beschäftigungswirkungen verringerter Sozialleistungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt'', Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium - WiST, vol. 40, 578-584, 2011 (with Christoph Lipponer)

COMPLETED RESEARCH PAPERS

39. "Automation, Growth, and Factor Shares in the Era of Population Aging

DEM Discussion Paper 15-2020, University of Luxembourg

40. "Endogenous Task-Based Technical Change - Factor Scarcity and Factor Prices -", DEM Discussion Paper 11-2020, University of Luxembourg, and CESifo Working Paper No. 8215, April 2020

41. "Tasks, Technology, and Factor Prices in the Neoclassical Production Sector", CREA Discussion Paper 12-2018, University of Luxembourg, December 2018, and CESifo Working Paper No. 8353, June 2020

42. "The Supply of Hours Worked and Endogenous Growth Cycles", (with Ka-Kit Iong), DEM Discussion Paper 10-2020, University of Luxembourg, March 2020

43. "Automation, Growth, and Factor Shares in the Era of Declining Investment Good Prices", draft, University of Luxembourg, December 2019

44. "Automation, Economic Growth, and the Labor Share - A Comment on Prettner (2019)", (with Burkhard Heer), CESifo Working Paper No. 7730

45. "Individual Attitudes towards Immigration in Aging Populations", (with Rana Comertpay and Anastasia Litina), CREA Discussion Paper 19-04, University of Luxembourg, and CESifo Working Paper No. 7565, March 2019

46. "Technological Progress, the Supply of Hours Worked, and the Consumption-Leisure Complementarity", CESifo Working Paper No. 6843, January 2018

47. "Population Aging and Inventive Activity" (with Anastasia Litina), CESifo Working Paper No. 5841, March 2016 (featured in the CESifo Newsletter of

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April 2016 “Gerontoinnovation” - http://www.cesifo-group.de/cesifo/newsletter/0416/FP_April_2016.html)

48. "Population Aging and the Direction of Technical Change", CESifo Working Paper No. 2888, December 2009

49. "Cross-Country Income Differences and Technology Diffusion in a Competitive World", CESifo Working Paper, Series No. 2504, December 2008

50. "Long-Run Growth and the Evolution of Technological Knowledge", University of Heidelberg, Discussion Paper Series No. 438, March 2007 (with Hendrik Hakenes)

51. "Wage Growth, Productivity Growth, and the Evolution of Employment", Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Discussion Paper, No. 2927, 2001 (with Martin Hellwig)

52. "On the Growth Effects of the Elasticity of Substitution", draft, October 2000,

University of Mannheim UNPUBLISHED WORK

53. Habilitation, "Essays on the Theory of Economic Growth", University of Mannheim, Germany, January 2002

54. Ph.D.-Dissertation, "Essays on Product Differentiation and Market Structure",

University of Lausanne, Switzerland, January 1996

55. ''Exclusive Dealing and Horizontal Product Differentiation''; Master's Thesis No. 44, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, October 1993

56. "Behavioral Anomalies - Implications for Economics", (''Verhaltensanomalien -

Ihre Bedeutung für die Wirtschaftswissenschaft''), Diploma Thesis, University of Constance, Germany, August 1991

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

LECTURES Undergraduate Teaching

1. Introduction to Economics - Macroeconomics and International Trade

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2. Intermediate Macroeconomics 3. Economic Growth 4. Macroeconomic Policy 5. International Trade 6. Intermediate Microeconomics 7. Game Theory

Graduate Courses (Master Program or equivalent)

1. Advanced Macroeconomics (Master) 2. International Macroeconomics 3. Overlapping Generations (Master) 4. Population Economics (Master) 5. Endogenous Growth Theory (Master) 6. Industrial Organization 7. Intermediate Microeconomics (Master of Banking and Finance) 8. General Equilibrium Theory

Ph.D. Courses

1. Advanced Microeconomics 2. Advanced Macroeconomics 3. Endogenous Growth Theory 4. Advanced Topics in the Theory of Economic Growth 5. Job Market Seminar

SEMINARS

1. Dynamic Macroeconomics 2. The Theory and Policy of Economic Growth 3. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 4. Development Economics 5. Population, Technology, and Economic Growth 6. Unemployment in Dynamic Open Economies

TEACHING OUTSIDE ACADEMIA

1. Money and Banking, Staff Instructor; Crédit Suisse Bank, Lausanne,

Switzerland

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES CURRENT SUPERVISION OF PH.D. - DISSERTATIONS Joachim Horzela, University of Luxembourg - as of Sep. 2020 COMPLETED SUPERVISION OF PH.D. - DISSERTATIONS Dec. 2019 Ka-Kit Iong (University of Luxembourg), “Essays on Demographic

Change and Economic Performance” (Supervisor) Apr. 2015 Amer Tabaković (University of Luxembourg), “Essays on Dynamic

Economic Analysis” (Supervisor) Dec. 2014 Marion Davin (Université Aix-Marseille, Faculté d’Economie et de

Gestion), “Essais en macroéconomie théorique sur l’éducation" (External Expert - Rapporteur)

May 2013 Ridwan Rusli (University of Luxembourg), “Financing and Regulation

for Developing Country Resource and Energy Industries” (Co-Supervisor)

May 2011 Johanna Kuehnel (University of Heidelberg), “Essays on the Theory of

Productive Government Activity and Economic Growth” (Supervisor - Dissertation awarded with the Ruprecht-Karls-Prize for the best dissertation at the University of Heidelberg in 2011)

Jul. 2010 Edgar Vogel (University of Mannheim), “Human Capital Investment

and Population Dynamics” (Co-supervisor) Dec. 2009 Thushyanthan Baskaran (University of Heidelberg), “Fiscal Decentra-

lization and Fiscal Policy: An Economic Analysis” (Co-supervisor) Jan. 2007 Maik Timo Schneider, University of Heidelberg, “Knowledge

Codification and Endogenous Growth Theory” (Co-supervisor) Nov. 2003 David-Pascal Dion (Universitè Paris IX Dauphine, France), “Integration

Regionale et Developpement Economique" (External Expert -Suffragant)

SUPERVISION OF POSTDOCS AND POST- DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS (“HABILITATION”)

1. Dr. Ka-Kit Iong, University of Luxembourg, since Jan. 2020

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2. Dr. Michal Burzynski, University of Luxembourg, recipient of the CREA Award for Young Researchers for the best published paper in 2017 (Sep. 2016 - Aug. 2018)

3. Dr. Amer Tabaković, University of Luxembourg (Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2016)

4. Dr. Anastasia Litina, University of Luxembourg (Jan. 2012 - Jan. 2017)

5. Dr. Jan Schnellenbach, University of Heidelberg, “Papers on Public Economics and Economic Policy” (Co-supervisor), Habilitation completed in Sep. 2008

6. Dr. Friedrich Heinemann, University of Heidelberg, “Papers on Empirical Public Finance” (Co-supervisor), Habilitation completed in Jul. 2010

7. Dr. Thomas Eife, University of Heidelberg, Sep. 2006 - Aug. 2010 REFEREE FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS American Economic Review (3), B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Eastern Economic Journal, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economics Bulletin (2), Economics Letters (2), Economic Theory (2), European Economic Review (2), European Journal of Political Economy, German Economic Review (2), International Journal of Industrial Organization (3), International Tax and Public Finance (2), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2), Journal of Economic Growth (10), Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Economics (4), Journal of Income Distribution, Journal of Economic Theory (5), Journal of the European Economic Association (3), Journal of Industrial Economics (2), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2), Journal of Macroeconomics (4), Journal of Mathematical Economics (2), Journal of Public Economic Theory, Labour, Labour Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics (4), Mathematical Social Sciences (4), Metroeconomica, Portuguese Economic Journal, Rand Journal, Regional Science and Urban Economics (5), Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2), Southern Economic Journal, The Economics of Transition (total 86) REFEREE FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND GRANT-AWARDING AGENCIES Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ARFT), France; Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung / Foundation, Bonn, Germany; Collegium of Economic Analyses of Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland ; Fonds de Recherche Société et Culture, Québec (John R. Evans Leaders Fund), Canada; Centre for European Economic Research (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung ZEW), Mannheim, Germany; German Science Foundation (DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Bonn, Germany (3); German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des

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deutschen Volkes), Bonn, Germany; Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; Ludwig-Maximilans University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Poznan University of Economics and Business (PUEB), Poznan, Poland; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland (2); University of Bonn, Germany; University of Konstanz, Germany; University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China; Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium (total 19) CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION

Dec. 2018 CREA Workshop on Culture and Comparative Development, Dec. 12-

13, 2018, University of Luxembourg (joint with Anastasia Litina) Jun. 2018 European Conference of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC Europe 2018), June 6-8, 2018, University of Luxembourg (joint with Anastasia Litina and Skerdilajda Zanaj), http://www.asrec.org/conferences/ Jun. 2017 Annual Conference of the Standing Field Committee of

Macroeconomists of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), University of Luxembourg

Dec. 2016 2nd CREA Workshop on Aging, Culture, and Comparative

Development, Dec. 15-16, 2016, University of Luxembourg (joint with Anastasia Litina),

http://creaworkshop1.webs.com/2nd-crea-workshop Dec. 2016 OLG Days 2016, Dec. 12-14, 2016, University of Luxembourg (joint with

Anastasia Litina), http://creaworkshop1.webs.com/olg-days May 2016 1st CREA Workshop on Aging, Culture, and Comparative

Development, May 26-27, 2016, University of Luxembourg (joint with Anastasia Litina), http://creaworkshop1.webs.com/

Sep. 2001 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für

Socialpolitik), Magdeburg, Germany MEMBER OF PROGRAM COMMITTEES 2009 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik); 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association; 2006 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association; 2004 Econometric Society European Meeting; 2004 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik); 2002 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik);

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2001 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik); 2000 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE); 1997 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association PRESENTATIONS - Presentations at Academic Meetings

Sep. 2019 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Leipzig, Germany; Aug. 2019 34th Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Manchester, Great Britain; Jul. 2019 Association for Public Economic Theory (APET), International Meeting, Strasbourg, France; Jun. 2019 Conference on Growth and Regional Development (Wachstum und Regionale Entwicklung), Siegen, Germany; Sep. 2018 Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade DEGIT XXIII, Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow, Russia; Sep. 2018 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Freiburg, Germany; Nov. 2017 1st CEREC Workshop on Macroeconomics and Growth, University Saint-Louis, Brussels; Sep. 2017 Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade DEGIT XXII, Paris School of Economics (PSE), France; Dec. 2016 2nd CREA Workshop on Aging, Culture, and Comparative Development, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Sep. 2016 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Augsburg, Germany; Aug. 2016 31th Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Geneva, Switzerland; Sep. 2015 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Münster, Germany; Aug. 2015 30th Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Mannheim, Germany; Jun. 2015 29th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), İzmir, Turkey; Apr. 2015 1st International Conference in Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance (AMSE), Thessaloniki, Greece; Aug. 2014 Econometric Society European Meeting, Toulouse, France; Apr. 2014 4th AMSE Workshop in Growth and Development, University of Aix-Marseille, France; Jul. 2013 Association for Public Economic Theory (APET), International Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal; May 2013 Overlapping Generations Days, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Oct. 2012 Macro & Aging Workshop, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich, Germany; Sep. 2012 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Göttingen, Germany; Aug. 2012 Econometric Society European Meeting, Malaga, Spain; Sep. 2011 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Frankfurt, Germany; Aug. 2011 Econometric Society European Meeting, Oslo, Norway; May 2011 Overlapping Generations Days, Vielsalm, Belgium; Aug. 2010 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Glasgow, Scotland; Jun. 2010 Annual Meeting of the German - Polish Network “Scientists for Sustainable Development”, Heidelberg, Germany; Sep. 2009 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Magdeburg, Germany; Aug. 2009 Annual Meeting of the European Economic

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Association, Barcelona, Spain; Apr. 2009 CESifo Area Conference Public Economics, Munich, Germany; Oct. 2007 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Munich, Germany; Aug. 2007 Econometric Society European Meeting, Budapest, Hungary; Aug. 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Budapest, Hungary; Aug. 2006 Econometric Society European Meeting, Vienna, Austria; Aug. 2006 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Vienna, Austria; Sep. 2004 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Dresden, Germany; Sep. 2003 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Zurich, Switzerland; Aug. 2003 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Stockholm, Sweden; Aug. 2002 Econometric Society European Meeting, Venice, Italy; Sep. 2000 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Berlin, Germany; Aug. 2000 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Bolzano, Italy; Sep. 1999 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Mainz, Germany; Aug. 1999 Econometric Society European Meeting, Santiago de Compostella, Spain; Sep. 1998 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Rostock, Germany; Sep. 1998 Econometric Society European Meeting, Berlin, Germany; Sep. 1996 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Vienna, Austria; Sep. 1996 Econometric Society European Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey; Sep. 1995 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Juan-les-Pins, France; Sep. 1995 Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Prague, Czech Republic; Oct. 1994 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Jena, Germany; Sep. 1994 Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Chania, Greece (total 50) - Invited Seminars Jan. 20 University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; May 19 University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; Apr. 18 Brown University, Providence, USA; Mar. 18 Brown University, Providence, USA; Mar. 18 Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany; Jan. 2018 Paris School of Economics (PSE), Paris, France; Jan. 2018 University Èvry-Val d'Essonne, Èvry, France; May 2017 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; Apr. 2017 Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland; Jul. 2016 University of Mainz, Germany; Sep. 2015 Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany; Feb. 2015 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; Oct. 2014 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; Jun. 2014 University of Augsburg, Germany; Mar. 2014 Swiss Federal Technical University Zurich (ETH), Switzerland; Apr. 2013 Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Jan. 2013 University of Trier, Germany; Dec. 2012 University of Mainz, Germany; May 2011 University of Antwerp, Belgium; Feb. 2011 Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; Jan. 2011 University of Hannover, Germany; Jun. 2010 University of Bielefeld, Germany; Jun.

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2010 German Economic Association, Committee of Macroeconomists, Hamburg, Germany; Jun. 2010 LEPAS - The Mechanics of Aging, Vienna, Austria; Feb. 2010 University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Jul. 2009 University of Augsburg, Germany; May 2009 European University Institute, Florence, Italy; Mar. 2009 Swiss Federal Technical University Zurich (ETH), Switzerland; Mar. 2009 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; Feb. 2009 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Dec. 2008 W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Nov. 2008 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; Oct. 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA; Jul. 2008 University of Dresden, Germany; Feb. 2008 University of Constance, Germany; Oct. 2007 University of Cologne, Germany; Oct. 2007 Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging, Mannheim, Germany; Jun. 2007 German Economic Association, Committee of Macroeconomists, Hamburg, Germany; Jun. 2006 International Workshop on Innovation and Growth, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; Jun. 2005 German Economic Association, Committee of Macroeconomists, Bonn, Germany; May 2005 University of Innsbruck, Austria; Mar. 2004 University of Antwerp, Belgium; Mar. 2004 University of Leuven, Belgium; Jan. 2004 University of Bern, Switzerland; Jun. 2003 German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Committee of Macroeconomists, Bonn, Germany; Jan. 2003 University of Regensburg, Germany; Oct. 2002 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Jun. 2002 University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; Feb. 2002 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Dec. 2001 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; June 2001 German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik), Committee of Macroeconomists, Bonn, Germany; Jun. 2001 University of Cologne, Germany; May 2001 DFG - Meeting Constance, Germany; Jan. 2001 University of Dresden, Germany; Nov. 2000 University of Munich, Germany; Jul. 2000 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; Jun. 2000 Free University of Berlin, Germany; Mar. 2000 University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; Nov. 1999 Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany; Oct. 1999 DFG-Meeting Heidelberg, Germany; Jan. 1999 DFG-Meeting Reisensburg, Germany; Jan. 1997 Econometric Society Winter Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal; Dec. 1996 University of Mannheim, Germany; May 1996 University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal; Mar. 1996 University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Feb. 1996 University of Basle, Switzerland; Nov. 1995 University of Bergen, Norway; Jun. 1995 Summer School of the European Economic Association, Florence, Italy; Feb. 1995 Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany (total 69) PRESS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES, PUBLIC LECTURES, HEARINGS, PUBLIC CONFERENCES Jun. 2020 "Zur Zukunft der Telearbeit" ("On the Future of Teleworking"),

Luxemburger Wort, June 20, 2020, p. 15, newspaper article, joint with André Bauler, MP Luxembourg (available under https://www.pressreader.com/luxembourg/luxemburger-wort/20200620/page/15)

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May 2020 "Covid-Krise: Die Angst vor der Inflation ist zurück" ("Covid Crisis and the Fear of Inflation"), Luxemburger Wort, May 4, 2020, p. 11, newspaper interview (available under https://www.wort.lu/de/business/covid-krise-die-angst-vor-der-inflation-ist-zurueck-5eafdcf3da2cc1784e35d02b)

Apr. 2019 Horasis Global Meeting - Cascais, Portugal, Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization, panel chair of the plenary session "Revitalizing Economic Growth" (canceled due to COVID-19) Mar. 2019 "The "Nobel Prize in Economics 2018" - Integrating Climate Change and Technological Innovations into Long-Run Macroeconomic Analysis", talk at the European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg (March 6, 2019) Oct. 2018 "Der Klimawandel und die Wirtschaft - US-Ökonomen William Nordhaus und Paul Romer teilen sich den Nobelpreis" ("Nobelprize for William Nordhaus and Paul Romer"), Luxemburger Wort, Oct. 9, 2018, p. 16, newspaper interview Jun. 2018 "Wie Luxemburg weiter wachsen kann" ("How Luxembourg may Continue Growing"), Luxemburger Wort, Jun. 19, 2018, p. 16, newspaper interview (available under https://www.wort.lu/de/business/wie- luxemburg-weiter-wachsen-kann-5b27d025c1097cee25b8b615) Apr. 2018 "Baustelle Digitalisierung" ("Construction Site Digitization"), Luxemburger Wort, Apr. 7, 2018, p. 14, joint with André Bauler, MP Luxembourg (available under https://e-paper.wort.lu/eweb/printcontent/spl/2018/04/07/w/14/1521923) May 2017 Horasis Global Meeting - Cascais, Portugal, Building Togetherness, invited speaker Apr. 2017 Panel Discussion on Security of Financial Systems and Economic Policies at

the 1st International Conference on Finance and Economic Policy (ICOFEP), Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland, invited panelist (Apr. 27, 2017)

Apr. 2017 "Economic Growth: Past, Present, and Future", public lecture at Poznań

University of Economics and Business, Poland (Apr. 25, 2017)

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Feb. 2017 Radio 100,7- Luxembourg, Firwat verschwënnt de 500-Euro-Schäin? (Why does the 500-Euro bill disappear?), radio feature (broadcast on Feb. 14, 2017 and available under https://www.100komma7.lu/podcast/139611)

Jan. 2017 "Warum Wirtschaftswachstum gut sein kann" ("Why Economic Growth

may be a Good Thing"), science.lu, Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), newspaper interview (published on Jan. 12, 2017, and available under http://www.science.lu/de/content/warum-wirtschaftswachstum-gut-sein-kann-interview-mit-wirtschaftsprofessor-andreas-irmen)

Oct. 2016 "Wirtschaftswachstum!? - Die Geschichte der Weltwirtschaft in 6

Folien" ("Economic Growth - The World Economic History in 6 Slides"), talk delivered at the LIONS Club Mannheim (Oct. 20, 2016)

Jun. 2016 Horasis Global Meeting - Liverpool, UK, Visions for Tomorrow - From Uncertainty to Confidence, invited speaker

Feb. 2016 Radio 100,7- Luxembourg, Episteconomie: D’Wirtschaftsgeschicht -

Lektionen aus der Geschicht vir d’Wirtschaft (Economic History –Lessons of History for the Economy, radio interview

(broadcast on Feb. 11, 2016 and available under https://www.100komma7.lu/program/episode/122089/201602110940-201602110950)

Nov. 2015 Hessischer Rundfunk (hr-iNFO), Funkkolleg Wirtschaft, Sendung 1:

Industrie 4.0 - das Ende des klassischen Wirtschaftens?, radio interview (broadcast on Nov. 2, 2015)

May 2015 14th Munich Economic Summit, "Innovation and Competitiveness: The

Quest for Best", invited participant (May 21-22, 2015) Mar. 2015 "Les sociétés vieillissantes sont-elles favorable aux idées nouvelles?"

("Population Aging and Innovation: Do Old Societies Think New Ideas?"), Luxembourger Land (weekly paper, Mar. 20, 2015, p. 11), with Anastasia Litina

Jul. 2014 "EZB - Zinspolitik: Frisst die Inflation die Ersparnisse auf?", newspaper

interview, Luxemburger Wort, Jul. 16, 2014, p. 76 May 2014 13th Munich Economic Summit, "Free Trade and Prosperity", invited

participant (May 15-16, 2014)

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Nov. 2013 "The Past and the Future of Economic Growth”, talk delivered at the Outlook Lunch Conference, ING Investment Management, Luxembourg (Nov. 21, 2013)

May 2013 12th Munich Economic Summit, "Relaunching Europe", invited

participant (May 16-17, 2013) Mar. 2013 "Economic Growth: Past, Present, and Future", public lecture of the

Public Lecture Series "Science and Citizens Meet the Challenges of Sustainability", University of Luxembourg (Mar. 12, 2013)

Sep. 2012 "Country Report Luxembourg", newspaper interview, 52° NORD,

Mittelstandsmagazin der Norddeutschen Landesbank (Nord/LB), 02/2012, p. 18-21

Jul. 2012 "Wie glücklich ist das Land? - Zum Zusammenhang von Geld und

Glück", Luxembourger Land (weekly paper, Jul. 20, 2012, p. 23-24), with Amer Tabaković

Jan. 2012 "Economic Growth: History and Challenges", public lecture for high

school teachers in Luxembourg in the context of uni@lycées (Jan. 31, 2013)

Nov. 2011 "Reflections on Economic Growth", inaugural public lecture, University

of Luxembourg (Nov. 22, 2011) Jul. 2011 "Luxemburg - Lohnparadies an der deutschen Grenze", radio interview,

SWR 1 Studio Mainz (broadcast on Jul. 28, 2011) Jun. 2011 Hearing of Experts on the Project of the German Ministry of the

Environment (Bundesumweltministerium Berlin, Germany) „Eckpunkte eines ökologisch tragfähigen Wohlfahrtskonzepts als Grundlage für umweltpolitische Innovations- und Transformationsprozesse“ (Jun. 21, 2011)

May 2011 "Endlich Wachsen!? " ("Economic Growth - finite or finally?!"),

presentation and panel discussion at Ökonomisches Symposium des Humbodt-Forum Wirtschaft (HUFW) „Ausgewachsen - Wachstum im Zeichen der Nachhaltigkeit”, Berlin, Germany (May 11, 2011)

Mar. 2011 "Gewinner und Verlierer (The Recent Inflation Experience in Europe

and Luxembourg) ", newspaper interview with Revue - De Magazin fir Letzebuerg, Luxembourg (Mar. 30, 2011)

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Jan. 2011 "Portugal und der Eurorettungsschirm (Portugal and the European Financial Stability Facility)", radio interview with RTL Luxembourg, Luxembourg (broadcast on Jan. 13, 2011)

Dec. 2011 "Eine solche Situation hat es noch nie gegeben (Is there a crisis of the

Euro?)", newspaper interview with Trierischer Volksfreund, Trier, Germany (Dec. 8, 2010) – http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/welt/themendestages/themenderzeit/Weitere-Themen-des-Tages-Eine-solche-Situation-hat-es-noch-nie-gegeben;art742,2624302

Apr. 2010 9th Munich Economic Summit, "The Financial Crisis: The Way

Forward", invited participant (April 29-30, 2010) Jan. 2010 Hearing with the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Umweltveränderung

(WBGU - German Advisory Council on Global Change), Berlin, Germany (Jan., 21, 2010)

Nov. 2009 "Besser Wachsen" ("Growing better"), public lecture, Hochschule

Ansbach (Ansbach University of Applied Sciences), Germany (Nov. 25, 2009)

May 2009 "Brauchen wir ein ständiges Wirtschaftswachstum? (Do we need

ongoing economic growth)", television interview, Quarks & Co., WDR Television, Cologne, Germany (May 19, 2009) -

http://www.wdr.de/tv/quarks/sendungsbeitraege/2009/0519/005_geld2.jsp?pbild=2

Apr. 2009 "Kampf um Frieden 2 - Der Mensch in der fragmentarisierten Welt",

panel discussion at Städtische Bühne Heidelberg, Germany(Apr. 22, 2009) - http://ww2.heidelberg.de/stadtblatt/2009/44_pdf_sehnsucht_31.pdf

Jul. 2008 "Prof. Dr. Computer - Interaktive Software revolutioniert die

Ökonomenausbildung", newspaper interview, Handelsblatt - http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/oekonomie/nachrichten/prof-dr-computer/2982158.html

OTHER ACTIVITIES Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board of the Economics and Business Review, since July 2020

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Study Director, Master of Science in Quantitative Economics and Finance (MScQEF), University of Luxembourg, since Sep. 2019 Study Director, Master in Economics and Finance, Research Track, University of Luxembourg, Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2019 (interrupted from Sep. 2017 to Aug. 2018) Council member of the Doctoral School in Economics and Finance (DSEF) at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, since 2012 Elected member of the University Council of the University of Luxembourg (Apr. 2014 - Oct. 2018) Member of the Board of Directors of the Economist Club Luxembourg, Feb. 2016 - Aug. 2017 and since Sep. 2018 Alfred-Weber-Lecture (Dec. 2007 - Aug. 2010); Initiation and Implementation of a biannual public lecture series at the University of Heidelberg, Germany (http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/wiso/awi/institut/awlecture/awlecture.html) Chairman, Alfred-Weber-Society, Heidelberg, Jan. 2010 - Sep. 2010 Deputy Chairman, Alfred-Weber-Society, Heidelberg, Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2010 Faculty Advisor of the student delegation of the Free University of Bolzano at the Harvard World Model United Nations, Beijing, China, Mar. 2006 Member of the Admission Committee of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (Elite Network in Bavaria), Mar. 2005 Member of the Admission Committee of the Graduate Program CEDEM, University of Mannheim, Germany, Oct. 02 - Feb. 05 Management of the Department Seminar, University of Mannheim, Germany, Oct. 02 - Sep. 04 MEMBERSHIPS American Economic Association, Deutscher Hochschulverband, Economist Club Luxembourg, European Economic Association, Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association)