Regular biography
Till Von Wachter is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research affiliate at the Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Social Science (CCPR) and RAND. His research focuses on unemployment insurance, employment transitions of workers, and the impact of job loss. His work has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Von Wachter holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his research areas include aging, applied microeconomics, labor economics, and macroeconomics.
Scholar-generated biography
Till von Wachter is a labor economist whose research focuses on Labor Economics, Economics of Aging, and Macroeconomics. His work examines the long-term effects of labor market conditions on individuals' careers, particularly the impact of graduating in a recession and the consequences of job displacement. He investigates how unemployment insurance, minimum wage policies, and labor market concentration influence employment and earnings. His studies also explore the relationship between job loss and mortality, as well as the persistent earnings losses from mass layoffs. Von Wachter's research provides insights into the structural determinants of wage inequality and the role of firm dynamics in shaping labor market outcomes.