Dr Matthias Umkehrer

Dr Matthias Umkehrer studied macroeconomics at the University of Regensburg and graduated  in November 2010 with a Master of Science degree. Afterwards, he held a scholarship in the joint graduate programme of the IAB and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He obtained his doctorate in June 2015.

Since January 2011, he has been working as a research associate in the Federal Employment Agency’s Research Data Centre (FDZ) at the IAB.

His research focuses on the empirical analysis of minimum wages, youth unemployment and long-term unemployment.