Skip to content

Functions at the IAB

Professional background

Professor Dr Enzo Weber is head of the research area "Forecasts and Macroeconomic Analyses" at the IAB and holds the Chair of Empirical Economics at Universität Regensburg. Previous positions as a research assistant at Freie Universität Berlin, member of the Collaborative Research Center 649 “Economic Risk” at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, visiting researcher at the Japan Center for Economic Research, postdoc at Universität Mannheim, junior professor at Universität Regensburg.

Professor Weber is a labour market researcher, macroeconomist, forecaster, and econometrician. His topics include macroeconomic labour market development and business cycles, technological change and economic transformation, labour market reforms and policy, economic crises, demographic change, and social security. Prof. Weber publishes in academic journals such as Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, European Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He advises national and international governments, parliaments, institutions, parties, and associations. Prof. Weber develops current policy proposals for labour market and economic challenges and is a member of high-level advisory bodies. He frequently appears on TV, radio, print and online media.

Here is a personal profile.
 

Activities