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Welcome to the Chair of Economics and Social Policy
The Chair of Economics and Social Policy, under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede, is dedicated to research and teaching in the fields of Social Policy, Public Finance, and Urban and Regional Economics.
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The Chair of Social Policy (Prof. Wrede), along with the Chair of Public Finance (Prof. Büttner) and the Chair of Economics (Prof. Necker), are offering the Master Seminar Public Economics 1 in Summer Semester 2025.
Master students who would like to participate in the seminar during the Summer Se...
Applications to complete a Bachelor thesis in Summer Semester 2025 at the Chair of Economics and Social Policy are due by March 28, 2025.
The Chair supervises Bachelor and Master theses with a focus on:
Social Policy
Housing Policy
Regional and Urban Economics
Old-age Provision /Pen...
What can be done about the significant increase in rents on the tight housing markets in Germany? One way is to better support housing cooperatives. The analysis of surveys among housing cooperatives and the 2011 and 2022 census show that although housing cooperatives are also significantly affected...
