| 2014 – current | Professor of Economics, Mainz, Germany |
| Sep/Oct 2022 | Visiting Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy |
| Sep/Oct 2021 | Visiting University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
| April – September 2020 | Visiting Research Fellow IZA, Bonn, Germany (50%) |
| May 2014 | Offer University of Basel, Switzerland (declined) |
| July 2012 | Offer University of Nottingham, England (declined) |
| 2009 – 2014 | Gutenberg Research Council – Research Professor of Economics, Mainz, Germany |
| 2007 to 2009 | Professor of Economics, Glasgow, Scotland UK |
| 2004 to 2007 | Professor of Economics, Würzburg, Germany |
| 2003 to 2004 | Economic Adviser, European Commission (DG ECFIN), Brussels, Belgium |
| 2000 to 2003 | Professor of Economics, Dresden, Germany |
| Post-doc | |
| 1998 to 1999 | Economist, World Bank, Washington DC, USA |
| 1996 to 2000 | Assistant Professor, Dortmund, Germany |
| 1994 to 1996 | Post-doc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Education | |
| 1999 | Habilitation, Dortmund, Germany |
| 1994 | PhD in Economics, Kiel, Germany |
| 1991 | Diploma Industrial Engeneering (Wirtschaftsingenieur), Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 1991 | Exams in Economics, Bordeaux, France |
| 1966 | born in Nürnberg, Germany |
