Seminar Topics in Macroeconomics

The Seminar "Topics in Macroeconomics” discusses recent research projects in the field of macroeconomics on a weekly basis. Ph.D. students and professors from the University of Mannheim present their work.
The seminar takes place in lecture room S031, L7 3-5, every Wednesday from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm during the lecture period. The exact dates, presenters and topics are shown below.

The presentation titles will be updated on a rolling basis.

 09 September
2026
Yiwei Yin“Unemployment Insurance and Family Labor Supply”
 23 September 2026Bjarne Horst“Strategic Pricing and Cost-Shock Transmission in a Multi-Sector Open Economy”
 30 September 2026Mohamed Dhia Khalfallah“College Expansion and Graduate Unemployment: Composition versus Congestion”
 14 October 2026Tanay Agarwal“Demand Misallocation under Quality Uncertainty: Certification and Firm Dynamics”
 30 October 2026Mingjie Xu “The Dual Role of Family Commitment for Fertility”
 04 November 2026Giacomo Ranzato“From Policy Fluctuations to Policy Counterfactuals”
 11 November 2026Pablo Arnaiz Pérez“When Tourism Moves In: Local Labor Markets and Tourist Demand for Local Housing”