Ann-Kristin Becker, M. Sc. Econ.
Ann-Kristin Becker was a research associate and Ph.D. candidate at the Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Cologne from summer 2021 to Spring 2025.
She is currently a visiting scholar at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. She holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Lübeck and an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Cologne. Ann-Kristin gained experience working as a Carlo-Schmid Fellow and as an consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva. Her research focuses on the economic impact of industrialisation and resource extraction on labour markets and the long-term effects of migration on economic cooperation. Ann-Kristin Becker also conducts research on climate policy.
Research Interests
- Labor Economics
- Economic History
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Climate Policy
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Development Economics
Work in Progress
- Understanding Local Economic Effects of Resource Extraction: The Importance of Economic Linkages
- Industrialization and the return to labor: Evidence from Prussia (with Erik Hornung)
- Forced Melting Pot: The Impact of Exposure to Foreigners on Long-Term Economic Relations (with Carola Stapper)
- Vulnerable entrepreneurs’ preferences for climate risk management: A discrete choice experiment with micro-enterprises in the Philippines (with Gerald Leppert & Alexandra Köngeter) R&R at Journal of Environmental Management
Publications
2024
- Warum die internationale Klimafinanzierung mehr Verbindlichkeit braucht, Makronom, 19.12.2024, with Ina Sieberichs
- Kontroversen um den Entwicklungshaushalt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Nr. 219, 19.9.2024, with Ina Sieberichs
- Sparen an der falschen Stelle? Geplante Kürzungen im BMZ-Budget für 2025, Kölner Impulse zur Wirtschaftspolitik 04/2024, with Ina Sieberichs
2023
- Taking Responsibility or Prioritizing Donor Interests? An Assessment of Germany’s International Climate Finance, Wirtschaftsdienst, 103. Jhg., Vol. 2023, Issue 6 with Ina Sieberichs
- Zwischen Verantwortungsübernahme und Geberinteresse – Deutschlands internationale Klimafinanzierung auf dem Prüfstand, Kölner Impulse zur Wirtschaftspolitik 01/2023, with Ina Sieberichs
2022
- Compulsory Insurance Against Damage Caused by Natural Disasters, Wirtschaftsdienst, 102. Vol. 2022, Issue 1, with Christoph Oslislo
- Eine Kommentierung wagen – Schlaglichter auf den Koalitionsvertrag, Kölner Impulse zur Wirtschaftspolitik 01/2022, with Michael Krause, Theresa Markefke, Felix Mindl, Christoph Oslislo and Steffen J. Roth
2021
- Eliciting Entrepreneurs’ preferences on climate risk management strategies. A discrete choice experiment with micro-sized enterprises in the Philippines, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, with Gerald Leppert
- Baseline-Studie zu Klimarisikomanagement auf den Philippinen im Projektgebiet von RFPI III. Onlineanhang, in: Leppert, G., et al. (2021), Evaluierung von Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel. Instrumente zum Umgang mit residualen Klimarisiken, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn, with Cornelia Römling
- Alle (zehn) Jahre wieder: Der Ruf nach einer verpflichtenden Versicherung gegen Schäden infolge von Naturkatastrophen, Kölner Impulse zur Wirtschaftspolitik 05/2021, with Christoph Oslislo
Teaching at the University of Cologne
SS 2024
- Exercise on Finance and Economic Policy
WS 2023/2024
- Lecture Series: "Energy from an Economic Policy Perspective"
SS 2023
- Exercise on Finance and Economic Policy
WS 2022/2023
- Project Course in Economics - Scientific Argumentation in Public
SS 2022
- Exercise on Financial and Economic Policy
- Seminar Dialogue Young Researchers and Practitioners: "Migration from an economic policy perspective"
Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik an der Universität zu Köln
Pohligstraße 1, 50969 Köln, Tel.: +49 (0)221 470-5347, E-Mail: iwp(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de