Professur für betriebliche Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

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Michael Oberfichtner has been professor for employment research at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and head of the research department “Establishments and Employment” at IAB since April 2023.

His current research focuses on imperfect competition in labour markets, on understanding gender differences in employment outcomes, and on field experiments to evaluate labour market policies.

Michael Oberfichtner is research fellow of IZA, associate of the interdisciplinary research network LASER and member of the Standing Field Committees for Social Policy and for Population Economics of the Verein für Socialpolitik.