Current Position

• Since 09/2011 Munich Center for the Economics of Aging at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich. Researcher

• 10/2006-09/2011 Ruhr University, Bochum. Diploma in Economics. (Diploma thesis: "The wealth effect in Germany: Evidence from the SAVE study")
• 02/2009-07/2009 Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht. Semester abroad

• 10/2010-05/2011 Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen. Growth and Cycles. Guest Researcher
• 03/2010-09/2010 European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main. Monetary and Financial Statistics Division. Trainee
• 08/2009-10/2009 German Council of Economic Experts, Wiesbaden. Intern

• 11/2011 "National-Bank Preis an der Ruhr Universität". Honor for best diploma
• 05/2010 "Handelsblatt Fellow". Invitation to 9th Munich Economic Summit
• 02/2009-07/2009 ERASMUS Grant, European Commission

• 03/2013 PHF-SAVE conference (Eltville)
• 03/2013 Fachforum Verbraucherforschung (Berlin)
• 11/2012 Linking survey and social security data (Berlin)
• 09/2012 CeRP conference (Turin)
• 09/2012 International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse (Ottawa)
• 07/2012 SAVE-PHF conference (Munich)
• 06/2012 International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (Berlin)
• 06/2012 Volkswirtschaftliches Kolloquium der Ruhr Universität Bochum (Bochum)
• 05/2012 Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association (Vienna)

• 2006-2009 Ruhr University, Bochum. Tutorials in Operations Research and Statistics

• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Gasche, Martin; Lamla, Bettina (2013): Anmerkungen zur Diskussion über Altersarmut, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 63, 4 23-29
• Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2013): Saving and Old-Age Provision in Germany (SAVE): Design and Enhancements, Schmollers Jahrbuch, 133, 1
• Lamla, Bettina (2013): Family background and the decision to provide for old age: A siblings approach, Empirica. Journal of European Economics, forthcoming, DOI: 10.1007/s10663-013-9212-4

• Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2012): Sparen und Vorsorgeverhalten: Neue Daten für bessere Antworten, , Jahresbericht der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 2012, ,

• Coppola, Michela; Lamla, Bettina (2012): Empirical Research on Households’ Saving and Retirement Security: First Steps towards an Innovative Triple‐Linked‐Dataset , MEA Discussion Paper 258-12
• Lamla, Bettina (2012): Family background, informal networks and the decision to provide for old age: A siblings approach , MEA Discussion Paper 261-12
• Gasche, Martin; Lamla, Bettina (2012): Erwartete Altersarmut in Deutschland: Pessimismus und Fehleinschätzungen – Ergebnisse aus der SAVE-Studie , MEA Discussion Paper 264-12

• Lamla, Bettina (2012): The wealth effect in Germany: Evidence from the SAVE study,

• Lamla, Bettina (2012): Family background, informal networks and the decision to provide for old age: A siblings approach, SOEPpapers, No. 466, DIW Berlin,

• The German east/west gap in financial literacy
• Open-end versus closed-end questions in a mail survey
• Wer weiß was? Das (fehlende) Wissen über die Altersvorsorge
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• Familienhintergrund, informelle Netzwerke und die Entscheidung für das Alter zu Sparen: Ein Geschwister Ansatz
• Saving and Old-Age Provision in Germany (SAVE)
• Poverty among the Elderly in Germany