Michael Zibrowius

Email: michael.zibrowius@wiso.uni-erlangen.de

Michael Zibrowius studied International Economics at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and received his German Diploma in 2009. During his studies he spent one academic year at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI and received his M.A. in Economics in May 2007. In October 2009 he joined the chair of Prof. Regina T. Riphahn, Ph.D., at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Since 2010 he has been a scholarship holder of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE). From August to December 2012 he worked as a visiting student researcher at the Center for Labor Economics at the University of California at Berkeley.

Research Areas:

Labor Economics, Economics of Immigration, Microeconometrics

Working Papers:

Zibrowius, M. (2012). Convergence or divergence? Immigrant wage assimilation patterns in Germany. SOEPpaper 479.

Zibrowius, M. (2013). Ethnic background and youth unemployment in Germany. BGPE Discussion Paper No. 138.

Riphahn, R.T. and M. Zibrowius (2013). Apprenticeship training and early labor market outcomes in East and West Germany. BGPE Discussion Paper No. 136.

Refereeing (Journals):

International Journal of Manpower

Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics)

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Review of Income and Wealth

Schmollers Jahrbuch

Conference Presentations:

2013:

  • Riphahn, R.T. and M. Zibrowius, „Vocational training in East and West Germany and Early Labor Market Outcomes“, annual meeting of the Scottish Economic Society (SES), Perth, Scotland, April 2013.
  • Zibrowius, M., „Ethnic Background and Youth Unemployment“, 47th annual conference of the Canadian Economics Association (CEA), Montréal, Canada, June 2013.
  • Zibrowius, M., „Ethnic Background and Youth Unemployment“, OECD conference New Directions in Welfare III, Paris, France, July 2013.

2012:

  • Zibrowius, M., „Ethnic Background and Youth Unemployment“, annual meeting of the Scottish Economic Society (SES), Perth, Scotland, April 2012.

2011:

  • Zibrowius, M., „Convergence or Divergence? Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany“, annual meeting of the Scottish Economic Society (SES), Perth, Scotland, April 2011.
  • Zibrowius, M., „Convergence or Divergence? Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany“, annual conference of the Irish Economic Association (IEA), Limerick, Ireland, April 2011.
  • Zibrowius, M., „Convergence or Divergence? Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany“, 45th annual conference of the Canadian Economics Association (CEA), Ottawa, Canada, June 2011.
  • Zibrowius, M., „Convergence or Divergence? Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany“, OECD conference New Directions in Welfare II, Paris, France, July 2011.
  • Zibrowius, M., „Convergence or Divergence? Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany“, 26th annual congress of the European Economic Association (EEA), Oslo, Norway, August 2011.
  • Zibrowius, M., „Convergence or Divergence? Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany“, 23rd annual conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Paphos, Cyprus, September 2011.

2010:

  • Zibrowius, M., „Konvergenz oder Divergenz? Lohnassimilationsmuster von Migranten in Deutschland“, Nachwuchsworkshop der Deutschen Statistischen Gesellschaft, Nürnberg, September 2010.