Ulf Rinne is a Senior Consultant at IW Consult in Cologne and a Research Fellow at IZA@LISER. His work bridges academic research and evidence-based policy advice. Before joining IW Consult in 2026, he spent more than 20 years at IZA, where he held various research and management positions. He studied economics in Bonn and Lisbon and earned his PhD in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin in 2009.
His research interests lie in empirical labor economics and applied microeconometrics, with a particular focus on the future of work and the labor market implications of technological change.
Most of his papers can also be accessed on RePEc, EconPapers, and Google Scholar.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16650
Helen Rahlff, Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend
published in: Education Economics, 2025, 33 (6), 852-865
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16315
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14666
Monique Löwe, Ulf Rinne, Hendrik Sonnabend
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2023, 30 (11), 1526 - 1530
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12726
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2022, 88 (3), 906 - 930
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8383
revised version published as 'European Labor Market Integration: What the Experts Think' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2017, 38 (7), 954-974
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7490
revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7260
substantially revised version published in: IMF Economic Review, 2013, 61 (4), 702-729
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7096
published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:5
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6696
revised version published in: International Migration Review, 2015, 49 (3), 757–789
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6565
revised version published as 'The impact of training duration on employment outcomes: Evidence from LATE estimates' in: Economics Letters, 2013, 120 (3), 487-490
