Dr. Andreas Mense
I am a labor/housing/urban economist at the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg (IAB). I work at the intersection of local labor and housing markets, with a focus on low-income households, unemployment, and housing affordability. In my current projects, I investigate the effects of housing assistance on labor market outcomes, the role of housing supply for local housing and labor markets, and determinants of local homeownership rates.
Positions
2021- Research Position, FB REGIO, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg
2021-2024 Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
2016-2021 Post-Doc, School of Business and Economics, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
2019 Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
2017 Co-founder mietpreischeck.de
2011-2016 Doctoral researcher, Institute of Economics, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
2010-2011 Internship and research assistance, DIW Berlin
Research Grants
2024-2026 „The Spatial Stratification of Local Labor Markets“ (DFG / German Research Foundation)
2019-21 „Who Benefits from New Housing Supply?“ (DFG / German Research Foundation)
2019 „Angebotseffekte der Mietpreisbremse“ (Society of Property Researchers Germany)
2018 „Evaluierung der Wirksamkeit der in 2015 eingeführten Regelungen zur Dämpfung des Mietanstiegs auf angespannten Wohnungsmärkten (Mietpreisbremse)“ (Federal Ministery of Justice and Consumer Protection)
Prizes, Scholarships
2019 Post-doctoral research grant (German Academic Exchange Service)
2018 Emerging Talents Initiative, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
2017 IZA Research Prize, Immobilienakademie Freiburg
2017 Research Prize, Society of Property Researchers Germany
Education
2011-16 PhD student (economics/ Dr. rer. pol.) at the School of Business and Economics, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
2013-16 BSc. Mathematics, majors in statistics and probability theory, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2006-11 Diplom (BA + MA equivalent) Political Science , University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Kalamazoo College (Michigan/USA)
Research Seminars and other Invited Presentations
ifo Institut Munich Research Seminar, Dec. 2, 2024
U Paris-Cergy, Research Seminar in Economics, June 4, 2024
RTG Research Seminar in Economics, TU Dortmund, October 25, 2022
LMU Munich Public Economics Research Seminar, May 19, 2022
Ausschuss für Regionaltheorie und -politik des Vereins für Socialpolitik, October 6, 2021.
Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics, June 29, 2021.
Advances in Research on Housing Markets Workshop at U Duisburg, June 17, 2021.
CEP Urban Seminar, London School of Economics, March 20, 2020.
RWI Essen Research Seminar, December 18, 2019.
Housing Affordability Workshop, Bank of Spain, November 20, 2019.
European Business School Wiesbaden Research Seminar, October 24, 2017.