Curriculum Vitae
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Contact Details
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jens Wrona
Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) Heinrich-Heine-University (HHU) Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf (Germany) Bldg. 24.31 (Oeconomicum), Room 02.14 Phone: +49 (0) 211 81 11624 Fax: +49 (0) 211 81 15499 E-mail: jens.wrona@dice.hhu.de Website: jenswrona.com |
Education
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2009 - 2014
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany Ph.D. in Economics, dissertation: "Essays on Offshoring and High-skilled Migration" Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Udo Kreickemeier (TU Dresden), Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kohler (University of Tübingen) 2004 - 2009 Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany Diploma in International Economics (with regional focus Japan), diploma thesis: "Trade in Tasks: Unemployment and the Welfare State" Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kohler (University of Tübingen) 2004 - 2008 Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany; Dôshisha University Kyôto, Japan B.A. in Japanese Studies, bachelor thesis: „Das japanische Wirtschaftswachstum von 1950 bis 2000: Eine Erklärung an Hand des Solow Modells“ Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Horres (University of Tübingen) |
Positions
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2015 - present
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) Assistant professor 2014 - 2015 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) Post-doctoral researcher 2009 - 2014 Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany Chair of International Economics, Prof. Dr. Udo Kreickemeier Ph.D. student |
Publications
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Jens Wrona (2017). "Border Effects without Borders: What Divides Japan's Internal Trade?" accepted for publication in the International Economic Review.
Udo Kreickemeier and Jens Wrona (2017). "Two-Way Migration between Similar Countries," World Economy 40(1), pp.182-206. Hartmut Egger, Udo Kreickemeier and Jens Wrona (2015). "Offshoring Domestic Jobs," Journal of International Economics 97(1), pp. 112-125. Jan Hogrefe and Jens Wrona (2015). "Trade, Tasks, and Training: The Effect of Offshoring on Individual Skill Upgrading," Canadian Journal of Economics 48(4), pp. 1537-1560. |
Working Papers
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Florian Knauth and Jens Wrona (2018). "There and Back Again: A Simple Theory of Planned Return Migration," DICE Discussion Paper No. 290, May 2018
Udo Kreickemeier and Jens Wrona (2017). "Industrialisation and the Big Push in a Global Economy," CESifo Working Paper No. 6475, May 2017. Hartmut Egger, Udo Kreickemeier, Christoph Moser, and Jens Wrona (2016). "Offshoring and Job Polarisation between Firms," CESifo Working Paper No. 6142, October 2016. Wilhelm Kohler and Jens Wrona (2011). "Offshoring Tasks, yet Creating Jobs?" University of Tübingen Working Paper in Economics and Finance No. 12. |
Scientific Presentations |
2017
Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University Göttingen, Germany; Dresden Conference "International Trade and Production", TU Dresden, Germany; Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), University of Florence & EUI Florence, Italy. 2016 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association, University of Augsburg, Germany; Fifth International Conference "Industrial Organization and Spatial Economics", Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg, Russia; Midwest International Trade Meetings, Rochester University, U.S.; Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), ISCTE - University Institute Lisbon, Portugal; 9th FIW-Research Conference "International Economics", University of Vienna, Austria; Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University Göttingen, Germany. 2015 Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA), University of Mannheim, Germany; Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association, University of Münster, Germany; European Meeting of the Urban Economic Association (UEA) at the Meeting of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Lisbon, Portugal; Midwest International Trade Meetings, PennState University, U.S.; Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France; Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University Göttingen, Germany. 2014 Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), WU Vienna, Austria; Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University of Göttingen, Germany 2013 Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association, University of Düsseldorf, Germany; Migration: Global Development, New Frontiers, University College London (UCL), UK; Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University of Göttingen, Germany; Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) Annual Postgraduate Conference, University of Nottingham, UK; Mainz Workshop on Trade and Macroeconomics, University of Mainz, Germany 2012 Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association, University of Göttingen, Germany; Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), ZEW Mannheim, Germany; Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, KU Leuven, Belgium; RIEF Doctoral Meetings in International Trade and International Finance, Bocconi University Milano, Italy; International Workshop “Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development” University of Bari, Italy; IOS/APB Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe, Lake Starnberg, Germany; Ruhr Graduate School (RGS) Doctoral Conference in Economics, University of Duisburg, Germany; Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University of Göttingen, Germany; Tübingen-Hohenheim X-mas Workshop, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart), Germany; Doktoranden-Workshop der Universitäten Hohenheim, Tübingen & des IAW Tübingen, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart), Germany 2011 Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, University of Copenhagen & Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) Annual Postgraduate Conference, University of Nottingham, UK; Ruhr Graduate School (RGS) Doctoral Conference in Economics, University of Dortmund, Germany; München-Tübingen International Economics Workshop, Ifo Institute for Economic Research Munich, Germany; Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University of Göttingen, Germany; Tübingen-Hohenheim X-mas Workshop, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart), Germany 2010 Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, University of Glasgow, UK; Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Asian Dynamics in a Global Context, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Göttinger Workshop für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, University of Göttingen, Germany; Tübingen-Hohenheim X-mas Workshop, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart), Germany 2009 Tübingen-Hohenheim X-mas Workshop, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart), Germany |
Invited Presentations at Faculty and Research seminars |
2017
Research Seminar at the University of Würzburg: "Offshoring and Job Polarisation between Firms"; Research Seminar at the University of Bergen: "Industrialisation and the Big Push in a Global Economy"; Research Seminar at the University of Tübingen: "Industrialisation and the Big Push in a Global Economy" ; Research Seminar at the University of Hohenheim: "Industrialisation and the Big Push in a Global Economy"; Research Seminar at the University of Munich: "Offshoring and Job Polarisation between Firms"; Research Seminar at Shiga University (Hikone, Japan): "Offshoring and Job Polarisation between Firms". 2016 Research Seminar at the University of Göttingen: "Industrialisation and the Big Push in a Global Economy"; Research Seminar at the University of Kyôto: "Migration as a Signal"; Research Seminar at the University of Salzburg: "Offshoring and Job Polarisation between Firms". 2015 International Trade Seminar at the London School of Economics (LSE): "Border Effects without Borders: What divides Japan's Internal Trade?"; Research Seminar at the University of Bayreuth: "Border Effects without Borders: What divides Japan's Internal Trade?". |
Research Stays
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2016 (Sep.) Kyôto University, Japan
2017 (Oct.) Kyôto University, Japan |
Professional Affiliations
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Teaching
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Lectures:
- MW 25 Labour Economics (1st year Master), winter term 2014/15, 2015/16 at the University of Düsseldorf - MW 28 International Trade (1st year Master), winter term 2014/15, 2015/16 at the University of Düsseldorf - BW 28 International Trade (3rd year Bachelor), summer term 2015, 2016, 2017 at the University of Düsseldorf - Intermediate Microeconomics E170 (1st year Bachelor), summer term 2013 at the University of Tübingen Seminars: - Bachelor Seminar on International and Development Economics E372 (3rd year Bachelor), summer term 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, winter term 2010/2011, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 - Master Seminar on International Economics E570 (2rd year Master), summer term 2010, 2011, winter term, 2009/10 2013/14 at the University of Tübingen Tutorials: - Development Economics E370 (3rd year Bachelor), winter term 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 2013/14 at the University of Tübingen - International Economics E470 (1st year Master), summer term 2013, winter term 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12 at the University of Tübingen - Intermediate Microeconomics E170 (1st year Bachelor), summer term 2010, 2013 at the University of Tübingen |
Grants and Awards
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DFG Research Grant (09/2016-09/2017) "Agglomeration and the Spatial Structure of Transportation Costs" (Grant No. 632453) for building up a Japanese-German research cooperation with Tomoya Mori (Kyôto University)
Rolf-Schwarz-Schütte Prize (2015) for the best publication record of a junior researcher at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) in 2015 Young Author Best Paper Award (Reinhard-Selten-Prize) (2015) for the paper: "Border Effects Without Borders: What Divides Japan's Internal Trade?" at the Annual Conference of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) Young Author Best Paper Award (by the Review of World Economics) (2015) for the paper: "Border Effects Without Borders: What Divides Japan's Internal Trade?" at the Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) RWT-Reutligen Best PhD Thesis Award (2015) University of Tübingen & RWT Reutlingen Norbert-Kloten-Prize for Applied Economic Research (2010) Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW) Tübingen and the German Federal Bank Prize for Excellence in the Studies of Economics (2009) University of Tübingen & KPMG |