Klaus F. Zimmermann is President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO); Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT; Full Professor of Economics at Bonn University (em.); Honorary Professor, Maastricht University, Free University of Berlin and Renmin University of China, Beijing; Member, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Regional Science Academy, and Academia Europaea, the European Academy of Sciences, and Senator of Leopoldina & Chair of its Section “Economics and Empirical Social Sciences”. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Economics. Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and Fellow of the European Economic Association. Founding Director, Institute for the Study of Labor; Past-President, German Institute for Economic Research. Previous Professorships and visits (among others) at Macquarie University, University of Melbourne, Princeton University, Harvard University, Munich University, Dartmouth College, Kyoto University and University of Pennsylvania. Rockefeller Foundation Policy Fellow 2017; Eminent Research Scholar Award 2017, Australia.        

	Selected publications by Klaus F. Zimmermann
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Huang, Guogui, Fei Guo, Lucy Taksa, Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani, Lihua Liu, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Marika Franklin & S. Sandun Malpriya Silva, 2024, Changing impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy 2019–2023 and its decomposition: Findings from 27 countries, SSM - Population Health, 25(3), DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101568
Huang, Guogui, Fei Guo, Lucy Taksa, Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani, Lihua Liu, Klaus F. Zimmermann & Marika Franklin, 2023, Decomposing the differences in healthy life expectancy between migrants and natives: the “healthy migrant effect” and its age variations in Australia, Journal of Population Research, 41(3), More information
Huang, Guogui, Fei Guo, Zhiming Cheng, Lihua Liu, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Lucy Taksa, Massimiliano Tani & Marika Franklin, 2023, Nativity in the healthy migrant effect: Lessons from Australia, SSM-Population Health, More information
Constant, Amelie, Simone Schüller & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2023, Ethnic spatial dispersion and immigrant identity, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, More information
Huang, Guogui, Fei Guo, Zhiming Zhiming, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Lihua Liu, Lucy Taksa, Marika Franklin & Max Tani, 2023, The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in 27 countries, Scientific Reports, 13(8911), More information
Ngo, Vu M., Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan L.D. Huynh & Huan H. Nguyen, 2022, How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Archives of Public Health, 80(171), DOI: DOI 10.1186/s13690-022-00924-0
Piracha, Matloob, Max Tani, Klaus F. Zimmermann & Yu Zhang, 2022, Higher Education Expansion and the Rise of China in Economics Research, China Economic Review, 74(101813), More information
Roman, Monica, Klaus F. Zimmermann & Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, 2022, Religiosity, Smoking and Other Risky Behaviors, Journal of Economics, Management and Religion, 3(1), More information
Chowdhury, Shyamal, Matthias Sutter & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2022, Economic Preferences across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-scale Experiment in a Developing Country, Journal of Political Economy, 130(9): 2361-2410, More information
Karabulut, Gokhan, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Asli Cansin Doker, 2021, Democracy and COVID-19 Outcomes, Economics Letters, 203(June 2021): 109840-, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109840, More information
Drydakis, Nick & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2020, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Labour Market Outcomes: New Patterns and Insights, International Journal of Manpower, 40(6): 621-628
Zimmermann, Klaus F., Gokhan Karabulut, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Asli Cansin Doker, 2020, Inter-country Distancing, Globalization and the Coronavirus Pandemic, The World Economy, 43: 1484-1498, DOI: doi:10.1111/twec.12969, More information
Pastore, Francesco & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2019, Contributions to school-to-work transitions: vocational training, skill mismatch and policy, International Journal of Manpower, 40(8): 1361-1363
Chakraborty, Tanika, Simone Schüller & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2019, Beyond the Average: Ethnic Capital Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 163(4): 551-569, More information
Gözgör, Giray, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2019, Public employment decline in developing countries in the 21st century: The role of globalization, Economics Letters, 184: 1-3, More information
Pastore, Francesco & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2019, Understanding school-to-work transitions, International Journal of Manpower, 40(3): 374-378, More information
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2018, Fading hope and the rise in inequality in the United States, Eurasian Business Review, 8(1): 1-12, DOI: 10.1007/s40821-016-0071-3, More information
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2018, Fading Hope and the Rise in Inequality in the United States, Eurasian Business Review, 8(1), DOI: 10.1007/s40821-016-0071-3, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2017, Migration for development: : From challenges to opportunities, Revue d'Economie du Developpement, 25(1), DOI: 10.3917/edd.311.0013, More information
Akay, Alpaslan, Olivier Bargain & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants, Journal of Human Resources, 52(2): 1-, DOI: 10.3368/jhr.52.2.0115-6900R1, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2017, Editorial: 30 Years Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Population Economics, 30(1), DOI: 10.1007/s00148-016-0621-0, More information
Kahanec, Martin, Martin Suster & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Adjustments in EU labor markets and the Euro area during the Great Recession: a foreword, International Journal of Manpower, 38(7): 910-912, DOI: 10.1108/IJM-08-2017-0188, More information
Simionescu, Mihaela & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Big Data and Unemployment Analysis, Journal of Renmin University of China, 31(6): 2-11, More information
Constant, Amelie, Annabell Krause, Ulf Rinne & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Reservation Wages of First- and Second-Generation Migrants, Applied Economics Letters, 24(13): 945-949, More information
Krause, Annabell, Ulf Rinne & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, European Labor Market Integration: What the Experts Think, International Journal of Manpower, 38(7): 954-974, More information
Constant, Amelie & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Le défi des migrations: quelles options pour L'Europe?, Revue d'économie financière, 125(1): 195-208, More information
Brown, Alessio J. G. & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Jagdhunde der Globalisierung, Personalführung, 2017(7-8): 32-37, More information
Akay, Alpaslan, Olivier Bargain & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Home Sweet Home? : Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants, Journal of Human Resources, 52(2): 351-373, More information
Cervellati, Matteo, Uwe Sunde & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Demographic dynamics and long-run development: insights for the secular stagnation debate, Journal of Population Economics, 30(2): 401-432, DOI: 10.1007/s00148-016-0626-8, More information
Brown, Alessio J. G. & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Three decades of publishing research in population economics, Journal of Population Economics, 30(1): 11-27, DOI: 10.1007/s00148-016-0620-1, More information
Nikolova, Milena, Monica Roman & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Left behind but doing good? : Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries, Journal of Comparative Economics, 45(3): 658-684, DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2016.04.006, More information
Mbaye, Linguère & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Natural Disasters and Human Mobility, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 10(1): 37-56, DOI: 10.1561/101.00000082, More information
Hinte, Holger , Ulf Rinne & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Punkte machen?! Warum Deutschland ein aktives Auswahlsystem für ausländische Fachkräfte braucht und wie ein solches System aussehen kann, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 17(1): 68-87, DOI: 10.1515/pwp-2016-0005, More information
Constant, Amelie & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Diaspora Economics: New Perspectives, International Journal of Manpower, 37(7): 1110-1135, DOI: 10.1108/IJM-07-2016-0151
Ritzen, Jo, Caroline Wehner & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Euroskepticism, Income Inequality and Financial Expectations, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 16(2): 539-576, DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2015-0052, More information
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2014, A vibrant European labor market with full employment, IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 3
Book chapters
Vernon, Victoria & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2021, Walls and Fences: A Journey Through History and Economics, in: Kourtit, K., Newbold, B., Nijkamp, P. and Partridge, M, The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration, Springer, Heidelberg et al., pp. 33-54, More information
Vernon, Victoria & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2021, Walls and Fences: A Journey Through History and Economics, in: Kourtit K., Newbold B., Nijkamp P., Partridge M, The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration. Footprints of Regional Science, Springer, Cham, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48291-6_3, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2019, Social Cohesion and Labor Mobility, in: Oesterreichische Nationalbank (eds), Economic and Monetary Union – Deepening and Convergence, Proceedings of the 45th International Conference 2018 in Linz, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2019, Identity Economics, in: Schaltegger, C. and Frey, B. S. (eds), 21st Century Economics. Economic Ideas You Should Read and Remember, Springer International Publishing, Frankfurt, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2019, Gaps and Challenges of Migration Policy Advice: The German Experience, in: Ruhs, M., Palme, J. and Tamas, K, Bridging the Gaps: Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy Making on Migration and Integration, Oxford University Press, UK, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2017, Refugee and Migrant Labor Market Integration: Europe in Need of a New Policy Agenda, in: Bauböck, R. and Tripkovic, M. (Eds.), The integration of migrants and refugees An EUI forum on migration, citizenship and demography, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, More information
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, A Vibrant European Model, in: Jo Ritzen (Ed.), A Second Chance for Europe. Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union, Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg, More information
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Halting Support for the EU, in: Jo Ritzen (Ed.), A Second Chance for Europe. Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union, Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg, More information
Kahanec, Martin & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, EU Post-Enlargement Migration and the Great Recession: Lessons and Policy Implications, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information
Zaiceva, Angelica & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Returning Home at Times of Trouble? Return Migration of EU Enlargement Migrants During the Crisis, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information
Elsner, Benjamin & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Migration 10 Years After: EU Enlargement, Closed Borders, and Migration to Germany, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information
Kahanec, Martin, Mariola Pytliková & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, The Free Movements of Workers in an Enlarged European Union: Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment, in: Kahanec, Martin, Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Eds.), Free Preview © 2016 Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Berlin, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F. & Angelica Zaiceva, 2016, Migration and Demographic Shift, in: John Piggot, Alan Woodland (eds), Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Vol. 1A, North Holland, Amsterdam, More information
Books (monograph or edited volume)
Kahanec, Martin & Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds.), 2016, Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer, Heidelberg, 478 p, More information
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Misuraca, Roberta & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2024, Migration and Consumption, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-006
Baum, Christopher F, Hans Lööf, Andreas Stephan & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2024, Estimating the wage premia of refugee immigrants: Lessons from Sweden, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-004
Constant, Amelie, Simone Schüller & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2023, Ethnic spatial dispersion and immigrant identity, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-019
Ngo, Vu M., Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan L.D. Huynh & Huan H. Nguyen, 2021, How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-046
Roman, Monica, Klaus F. Zimmermann & Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu, 2021, Religiosity, smoking and other addictive behaviours, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-027
Karabulut, Gokhan, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Asli Cansin Doker, 2021, Democracy and COVID-19 Outcomes, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-004
Chu, Shuai, Xiangquan Zeng & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2020, Parental gender stereotypes and student wellbeing in China, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-052
Cai, Shu & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2020, Social assimilation and labour market outcomes of migrants in China, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-051
Chowdhury, Shyamal, Matthias Sutter & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2020, Economic preferences across generations and family clusters: A large-scale experiment, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-030
Baum, Christopher F, Hans Lööf, Andreas Stephan & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2020, Occupational sorting and wage gaps of refugees, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-023
Zimmermann, Klaus F., Gokhan Karabulut, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Asli Cansin Doker, 2020, Inter-country Distancing, Globalisation and the Coronavirus Pandemic, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-018
Ritzen, Jo, Javi Lopez, André Knottnerus, Salvador Pérez-Moreno, George Papandreou & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2020, Taking the challenge: A joint European policy response to the corona crisis to strengthen the public sector and restart a more sustainable and social Europe, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-015
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2018, Towards a European full employment policy , UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-018
Chowdhury, Shyamal, Matthias Sutter & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2018, Evaluating intergenerational persistence of economic preferences: A large scale experiment with families in Bangladesh, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-008
Constant, Amelie & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2017, Challenged by migration: Europe's options, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2017-018
Kahanec, Martin & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Post-Enlargement Migration and the Great Recession in the E(M)U: Lessons and policy implications, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-066
Constant, Amelie & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Towards a new European refugee policy that works, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-062
Brown, Alessio J. G. & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Three decades of publishing research in population economics, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-055
Constant, Amelie, Annabelle Krause, Ulf Rinne & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Reservation wages of first- and second-generation migrants, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-050
Cervellati, Matteo, Uwe Sunde & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Demographic dynamics and long-run development: Insights for the secular stagnation debate, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-049
Constant, Amelie & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Diaspora economics: New perspectives, Published in International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 37, No. 7, pp. 1110-1135, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-042
Mbaye, Linguère Mously & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Natural disasters and human mobility, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-040
Akay, Alpaslan, Olivier Bargain & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Home sweet home? Macroeconomic conditions in home countries and the well-being of migrants, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-038
Chowdhury, Shyamal, Annabelle Krause & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mental health, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-037
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Fading hope and the rise in inequality in the United States, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-025
External working papers
Ritzen, Jo, Caroline Wehner & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2014, Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8001
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2012, Fading Hope in the US, IZA Discussion Paper No. 6340
Conference contributions
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2018, Reflections on Wage-setting, ECB (2018), Price and Wage-Setting in Advanced Economies, Proceedings of the 18-20 June 2018 ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2018, Social Cohesion and Labor Mobility, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ) (2018), Economic and Monetary Union – Deepening and Convergence, Proceedings of the 5 -7 July 2018 International Conference in Linz, More information
Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2016, Diaspora Economics: Global Challenges and Perspectives, Symposium on “The Economics of Skin Tone, Gender, Ethnicity, and Diaspora“ at Middlebury College, More information
Other (editorship, media appearance, keynote, etc.)
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, The risk of Brexit: an opportunity for the EU?, Policy Network, Opinion piece, More information