Master-Thesis

You can register for your thesis at the Chair of Empirical Economics only during the following time periods:

• 01.04.-15.04.
• 01.10.-15.10.

If you are interested in writing your thesis at our chair in the winter semester 2024/25, please contact Nicole Pohle by e-mail between 1 September and 30 September 2024. You will receive the current list of topics for the semester on request (from 1 September). 

In the e-mail, you should briefly explain which courses you have already attended at the chair (including final grades and current transcript of records), where your thematic interests lie and whether your thesis should have a theoretical or empirical focus. The general subject areas and some of the topics you have already worked on at the chair are listed below.

After reviewing the applications, assigning the topics and determining the supervisors, we will contact you by email by 2 October 2024. Once you have been accepted, you should immerse yourself in your topic and submit a first rough outline of your thesis to your supervisor. The official registration (topic assignment) must be submitted to the Examinations Office by 15 October 2024.

Please note that in the semester in which you write your thesis, you must also attend the BA: Colloquium at the chair. You can only take part in this if we have received the official registration (topic assignment) for your thesis. Please note the separate registration deadlines in PULS for the BA: Colloquium.

If you do not meet the above deadlines, we cannot guarantee supervision of your thesis in the respective semester.

Based on academic studies from the literature, you will autonomously examine a research question from a variety of different economic fields (e.g. Labor, Public Policy or Entrepreneurship).

• Treatment Effects: Theory, Methods, and Practical Applications
• Entrepreneurship
• Personality, Preferences, and Economic Outcomes
• Labor Economics

For a recent list of topics please contact Nicole Pohle.