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Welcome to my home page!
My name is Silke Uebelmesser and I am Professor of Public Economics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and research professor of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich.
I am Research Fellow at CESifo Munich and member of the Advisory Board of the Stability Council.
My current research interests are in public finance and public economics, in particular related to pension economics, demographic change as well as gender, language, education and migration.
New RESEARCH:
The paper "Beliefs about demographic change: How well are individuals informed?", has been accepted for publication in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (joint with Elisa Stumpf, Jana Schuetz, Carmela Aprea and Ronja Baginski).
The paper "Regional Determinants of Attitudes Towards Immigrants" has been published in the Journal of Regional Science (joint with Julia Peter).
New CESifo Working Paper on "Lifting the Veil of Ignorance - Survey Experiments on Preferences for Wealth Redistribution" has been published (joint with Elisa Stumpf).
New CESifo Working Paper on "Gender inequality over the life cycle, information provision and policy preferences" has been published (joint with Alessandra Casarico and Jana Schuetz).
The paper "Biased Beliefs about Immigration and Economic Concerns: Evidence from Representative Experiments" (joint with Patrick Dylong) has been published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
The paper "Pension Reform Preferences in Germany: Does Information Matter?" (joint with J. Schuetz, C. Aprea and R. Baginski) has been published in the European Journal of Political Economy.
New PUBLIC ACTIVITIES
"Se la Germania dice basta con l’austerity" (If Germany says enough with austerity) article has now been published on LaVoce.info.
Article about "Zukunftsorientierte Wirtschaft und solide Finanzen" (Future-oriented economy and solid public finances) is now available in ifo Schnelldienst (and online).
MDR "Fakt Ist" (TV Talk Show) about "Rotstift oder neue Schulden? Das 60-Milliarden-Loch und seine Folgen" (Red pencil or new debt? The 60 billion hole and its consequences) is now online.
Interview at ZDF.de about "Reformstau bei Altersvorsorge: Warum die Rente nur bedingt sicher ist" (Reform backlog in old-age provision: Why the pension is not fully secure).
The article "Was die Lohnlücke zwischen Frauen und Männern übersieht" (joint with Alessandra Casarico) is now available on Oekonomenstimme.