Mothers in Western Germany work, on average, around two months less per year than mothers in Eastern Germany. More than three decades after German reunification, this indicates that significant differences in mothers’ work behavior persist. These findings come from a new study by Zainab Iftikhar (University of Bonn), Bastien Chabé-Ferret (Middlesex University), and JungJae Park (Yonsei University), which was funded by the EPoS Economic Research Center at the Universities of Bonn and Mannheim.

The Rectorate of the University of Bonn and the Faculty of Law and Economics award annual teaching prizes to lecturers who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in teaching. These awards recognize and highlight excellence in teaching at the University of Bonn.

People around the world are more cooperative than we believe. This is shown by a new study in the renowned scientific journal Science, authored by Prof. Peter Andre (Goethe University Frankfurt), Prof. Teodora Boneva (University of Bonn), Prof. Dr. Felix Chopra (Frankfurt School of Finance), and Prof. Dr. Armin Falk (University of Bonn).

The Bachelor’s program in Economics at the University of Bonn performs well in the latest university ranking by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE). The program is classified in the top group in 15 out of 18 evaluated criteria and achieves positive results both in fact-based indicators and in student surveys.

International guests from academia, central banking, and economic policy institutions gathered at the IMPULSE House for Intellectual Innovation and Creativity at the University of Bonn to celebrate the achievements of Bonn economist Jürgen von Hagen. The former Dean of the faculty of Law and Economics and Vice-Rector is regarded as one of Germany’s leading experts in monetary policy, European integration, public finance, and international macroeconomics. The symposium was held on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

The Department of Economics congratulates Prof. Dr. Hendrik Hakenes on his admission to the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. The appointment took place during the Academy’s annual ceremony, at which eleven new members were officially admitted.

Prof. Botond Kőszegi Ph.D., Professor of Economics at the University of Bonn and member of the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute, has been appointed Co-Editor of the American Economic Review, one of the leading journals in economics. His term will begin on January 1, 2027.

Farzad Saidi (Universität Bonn), Valentin Kecht (Universität Bonn), and Alessandro Lizzeri (Princeton University) show in a new discussion paper that executives in the United States now reach top positions significantly later than they did two decades ago. This trend towards higher CEO age at appointment is particularly pronounced outside the largest listed firms. The researchers attribute this development to the fact that firms increasingly demand broad knowledge and diverse skills from their CEOs.