Simon Wiederhold is Professor of Labour Economics at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Senior Research Advisor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). Previously, he was Professor of Economics, especially Macroeconomics, at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He received his PhD from the University of Jena. His research focuses on labour, education, and behavioral economics.
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Mentoring improves the school-to-work transition of disadvantaged adolescents
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- Education 
- Labour Markets
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Where STEM graduates stem from: The intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
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- Education 
- Labour Markets
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How early childcare can boost the labour market success of lower-educated mothers
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- Gender 
- Labour Markets 
- Poverty and Income Inequality
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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills
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- Poverty and Income Inequality 
- Education
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The socioeconomic gap in childcare enrolment: The role of behavioural barriers
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- Poverty and Income Inequality 
- Education