Assistant Professor Dr. Robert Mahlstedt
Robert Mahlstedt studied economics at the University of Mannheim and the University of Bonn. He completed his bachelor's degree in 2010 and the master's degree in 2012. Robert Mahlstedt was a Resident Research Affiliate at IZA from November 2012 until April 2017 and became a IZA Research Affiliate in May 2017. He received his PhD from the University of Potsdam in June 2017 for his thesis "Essays on Job Search Behavior and Labor Market Policies: The Role of Subjective Beliefs, Geographical Mobility and Gender Differences“ (summa cum laude).
Since 2019 Robert is "Assistant Professor" at the University of Copenhagen, where he worked as a Postdoc Fellow from 2017-2019. His research interest include the evaluation of active labor market programs, regional labor market mobility and applied microeconometrics.