Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm

• Professor of Development Economics, University of Passau, School of Business, Economics and Information Systems, Germany, since 2012.
• Professor of Applied Development Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007-2012.
• Guest-Professor, Paris School of Economics, France, 2009-2012.
• Guest-Professor, University of Bordeaux, France, 2011, 2013, 2014.
• J.-Professor of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany, 2003-2007.
• Consultant, World Bank, Washington D.C., USA, Macroeconomics and Poverty Assessment Skills Program, 2003.
• PhD student/Research fellow (allocataire de recherche) at SciencesPo Paris and at the Development Economics Research Institute DIAL with a fellowship of the French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology, 1999-2002.

Other affiliations

• Invited researcher, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), since 2024.
• Research Fellow, RWI – Leibniz Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen, Germany, since 2016.
• Senior Fellow, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany, since 2015.
• Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany, since 2012.
• Research Associate, Ibero-America-Institute of Economic Research, University of Göttingen, Germany, since 2007.
• Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, since 2004.

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, SciencesPo Paris, 1999-2002.
  Dissertation title: Demo-economic behaviour, income distribution and development.
  Board of examiners: Didier Blanchet, François Bourguignon, Denis Cogneau, Philippe de Vreyer, Marc Gurgand and Stephan Klasen.
• Visiting scholar at the Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED), Paris, 1999 (5 months).
• Master's Degree (D.E.A.) in Population Economics, SciencesPo Paris, 1998-1999.
• Master's Degree in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), University Frankfurt/Main, 1992-1997.
• High School Graduation (Abitur), Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Gymnasium, Rodgau, Germany, 1991.

Awards and fellowships

• Best Paper Award 2019, Journal of Economic Psychology.
• Award for International Engagement, University of Passau, 2017.
• Best Practice Award. Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet), 2015.
• Excellent reviewer award, Labor Economics, 2015.
• USAEE/IAEE 2014 Best Paper Award.
• Publication award of the University of Göttingen foundation, 2006.
• Doctoral fellowship, French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (Allocataire de Recherche), 1999-2002.
• Graduate scholarship for a Master program, French Government and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 1998-1999.

Membership in networks and associations

• Member of the Program Board of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI) (2011-2015)
• Member of the Board of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE) (2012-2017, 2023-)
• Member of the Technical Advisory Group to Paris21
• Member of the ‘Growth and Equity’ knowledge platform at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands (2007-2012)
• Member of the ‘Reference Group’ of experts to advise the Growth and Equity Programme at the Overseas Development Institute, London (2008-2012)
• Member of the Executive Committee of the European Development Research Network (EUDN)
• Member of the German Economic Association (VfS)
• Member of the Research committee for ‘Population Economics’ of the German Economic Association (VfS)
• Member of the Research committee for ‘Development Economics’ of the German Economic Association (VfS), (Chairman 2019-2023)
• Member of the editorial board of the Review of Income and Wealth (2009-2014)
• Member of the Poverty and Economic Policy Network (PEP), Université Laval, Québec
• Founding member and Advisory Board Member of the Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet), Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Recent seminar and conference talks

• University of Indonesia, Jakarta
• World Bank, Africa Economic Series
• University of Bordeaux
• OECD/Paris21, Paris
• IIFAD Rome
• GIZ Malawi
• DIW Berlin
• DENeB seminar Berlin
• University of Connecticut
• UNU-MERIT Maastricht
• Entrepreneurship Summit, Hurghada, Egypt, Key-note Speaker.
• ETH Zürich
• University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
• CSAE conference, Oxford
• Vienna Institute of Demography
• Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Aix-Marseille School of Economics
• OECD Paris, Development Centre
• Development economics conference, Bordeaux, Key-note Speaker
• University of Maastricht
• University of Oxford
• IZA-World Bank conference on Employment and Development, Delhi
• DIW Berlin
• World Bank's Solutions4Work Conference
• WIDER/UNU Conference on Inequality, Helsinki
• International Labour Organisation (ILO), Genf
• Wageningen University
• Groningen University
• INSEAD-ILO Symposium on Jobs, Abu Dhabi

Media Appearances (Selection)

• 19 October 2011, National TV Mali, Secteur Informel au Mali – défis et opportunités
• 11 September 2014, The Broker, 'Small firms can create jobs!'.
• 10 March 2015, ARTE TV, 'Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft' / 'Les fabuleux bénéfices du Système D'
• 20 March 2015, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 'Gesundheit!'
• 31 May 2015, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 'Das afrikanische Wunder'
• 6 June 2015, Radio Bayern 2, Das ist der Gipfel! G7-Countdown in Elmau
• 6 July 2015, Bayerisches Fernsehen (ARD), 'Faszination Wissen'
• 9 July 2015, 3Sat TV, 'Nano'
• 10 July 2015, ARD Alpha, 'Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft (extended version)'
• 27 July 2015, Radio Bayern 2, 'radioWelt'
• 30 July 2015, Wirtschaftwoche, Bevölkerungsexplosion: Kann die Erde so viele Menschen ernähren?
• 1 September 2015, corporAID Magazin, 'Die goldene Mitte'
• 21 February 2016, D +C Development and Cooperation (Magazine), ‘Debate on Industrial Policy’
• 3 May 2016, ARD alpha, 'Planet Wissen - Bazaaristan'
• 23 December 2016, Earthlink, Radio LoRa, ‘Giftmüllexporte in Entwicklungsländer’
• 11 January 2017, Huffington Post, ‘Sicherheitspaket: Wer Entwicklungshilfe kürzt begeht einen fatalen Fehler’
• 9 February 2019, The Economist, ‘Light for all nations? Electricity for the poor’
• 10 November 2022, Der Spiegel Geschichte, ‘Ich kann nicht zusehen, wenn Leute leiden.‘
• 15 December 2022, Deutschlandfunk, ‘Margaret Sanger, Pionierin der Geburtenkontrolle‘
• 22 July 2024, Deutschlandfunk, ‘Wirtschaftsgespräch: Wirtschaftliche Kosten von AIDS’
• 23 December 2024, BR2, ‘Die Welt am Abend: Direkte Geldzahlungen helfen Kleins-Unternehmen am besten‘

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Professor Grimm's publications