MEA Director Prof. Dr. h.c. Axel Börsch-Supan, PhD, holds the Chair of Economics of Aging at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Theses of TUM students with a connection to the research topics of the MEA can be supervised by Prof. Börsch-Supan and affiliated to a MEA research area.

Scope:

The thesis should be in empirical economics and relate to the research conducted at MEA.

Requirements:

Candidates should have sufficient knowledge of empirical econometrics and experience in working with common statistical software.

Contact:

Please first contact the Research Unit Leader from the area you are interested in.

•     Old-Age Provision and Social Policy (Dr. Johannes Rausch)
•     Migration (Romuald Ménago, Ph.D.)
•     Life-Cycle Decisions (Dr. Duarte Nuno Semedo Leite)
•     Health Econometrics (Dr. Helmut Farbmacher)