Current Position
Academic Coordinator, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
ROA-Fellow at ROA, Maastricht, The Netherlands
 
Research Interests
Micro-founded Macroeconomics, Personnel Economics, Labor Markets, Productivity of older workers, Population Aging, Technological Change
 
Education
Oct 1997 - Jul 2003 PhD, Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics (CDSE) Universität Mannheim, Advisor: Martin Hellwig
Sep 1999 - Apr 2000 Visiting Research Student, Department of Economics, University College London, Advisor: Philippe Aghion
Sep 1994 - Sep 1995 M.A. in Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain, Advisor: Henri Sneessens
Oct 1990 - Jun 1997 Diplom in VWL, Universität Mannheim, Advisor: Horst Entorf
Aug 1988 - Jul 1990 Bankkaufmann, Dresdner Bank AG, Stuttgart (trained banker)
 
Professional Experience
Oct 2004 - Jun 2011 Vice Director, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (mea)
Aug 2003 - Oct 2005 Head of Research Unit "Macroeconomic Implications of an Aging Society", Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (mea)
Apr 2003 - Jul 2003 Research Fellow, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (mea)
Oct 2000 - Mar 2003 Teaching Assistent, Department of Economics, Universität Mannheim
Jul 1994 - Aug 1994 Internship, German Federal Ministry of Finance, Bonn
Aug 1988 - Jun 1990 Apprenticeship, Dresdner Bank AG, Stuttgart
 
Scholarships and Grants
Sep 1999 - Apr 2000 Research Grants, ERASMUS/SOKRATES and McKinsey & Company (for the stay at University College London)
Oct 1997 - Sep 2000 Scholarship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (for the Graduiertenkolleg, Universität Mannheim)
Nov 1996 - Dec 1996 Research Fellowship, European Science Foundation (for a short visit at Fedea, Madrid)
Sep 1994 - Aug 1995 Scholarship, ERASMUS (for the M.A. program at Université Catholique de Louvain)
 
Teaching
Fall 2010 Topics in Labor Economics (M.A.)
Fall 2008 Ausgewählte Probleme der Arbeitsmarktökonomik (B.A.)
Fall 2007 Topics in Labor Economics (Ph.D.)
Summer 2006 Topics in Labor Economics (Ph.D.)
Winter 2004/2005 Topics in Labor Economics (Ph.D.)
Summer 2001 through Winter 2003/2004 Undergraduate Statistics (Diplom)
Winter 2000/2001 Classes in Undergraduate Macroeconomics (Diplom)
Summer 1996 through Winter 1996/1997 Tutorials in Undergraduate Microeconomics (Diplom)
Winter 1995/1996 through Summer 1997 Tutorials in Undergraduate Macroeconomics (Diplom)
Winter 1992/1993 through Summer 1994 Tutorials in Undergraduate Mathematics for Economists (Diplom)
Winter 1991/1992 through Summer 1994 Tutorials in Undergraduate Macroeconomics (Diplom)
 
Refereeing
Journals
Applied Economics (3), Demographic Research, Economic Journal, Economic Modelling (2), European Political Economy Review, German Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Labour Economics, Review of International Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics (3), Schmollers Jahrbuch/Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, The Service Industries Journal, Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung/Journal for Labour Market Research
Research Funding Institutions
European Sciences Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Conferences
Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE)
 

SS 2012
Seminar: MEA Seminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_SS12.pdf

WS 2011/2012
Seminar: MEA Seminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_WS11_12.pdf

HS 2011
Seminar: Forschungs- und Doktorandenseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_WS11_12.pdf

FS 2011
Seminar: Forschungs- und Doktorandenseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_FS11.pdf

HS 2010
Vorlesung: Topics in Labor Economics (Master)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/Topics_in_Labor_Economics/

HS 2010
Seminar: Forschungs- und Doktorandenseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_HS10.pdf

FS 2010
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_FS10.pdf

HS 2009
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/fileadmin/files/Lehre/MEA-Seminar/measeminar_HS09.pdf

HS 2008
Vorlesung: Ausgewählte Probleme der Arbeitsmarktpolitik (Bachelor)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss
http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/weiss/Arbeitsmarktpolitik/

HS 2008
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


FS 2008
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


HS 2007
Vorlesung: Topics in Labor Economics (Bachelor)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Alfred Garloff


HS 2007
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


FS 2007
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


HS 2006
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


FS 2006
Vorlesung: Topics in Labor Economics (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Alfred Garloff


FS 2006
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


HS 2005
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


FS 2005
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


HS 2004
Seminar: Doktoranden- und Forschungsseminar (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss, Dr. Matthias Weiss


HS 2004
Vorlesung: Topics in Labor Economics (WS 04/05) (Ph.D.)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss


HS 2002
Vorlesung: Deskritptive Statistik (Bachelor)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss


FS 2002
Vorlesung: Deskritptive Statistik (Bachelor)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss


HS 2001
Vorlesung: Deskritptive Statistik (Bachelor)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss


FS 2001
Vorlesung: Deskritptive Statistik (Bachelor)
Instructor: Dr. Matthias Weiss

Beitrag in Zeitschrift

• Weiss, Matthias (2013): Erfahrung kompensiert nachlassende Fähigkeiten. Optimistische Befunde aus der Altersforschung. Interview, Personalführung, 2013, 1 56 - 58
• Weiss, Matthias; Garloff, Alfred (2011): Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality , Applied Economics, 43, 7 811-821
• Lührmann, Melanie; Weiss, Matthias (2010): The Effect of Working Time and Labor Force Participation on Unemployment: A New Argument in an Old Debate, Economic Modelling, 2010, 27 67-82
• Weiss, Matthias (2009): On the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Acemoglu's Model of Directed Technical Change, Applied Economics Letters, 16, 6 591-595
• Weiss, Matthias (2008): Skill-Biased Technological Change: Is there Hope for the Unskilled?, Economics Letters, 100, 3 439-441
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Düzgün, Ismail; Weiss, Matthias (2006): Altern und Produktivität - Eine neue Sichtweise der Arbeitsproduktivität, Personalführung, 07/2006, 74-81

Buchbeitrag

• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Weiss, Matthias (2010): Erfahrungswissen in der Arbeitswelt, Kruse, A. (Hrsg.), Potenziale im Altern. Chancen und Aufgaben für Individuum und Gesellschaft, AKA, Heidelberg 221-234
• Weiss, Matthias (2009): Absenteeism in Age-Diverse Work Teams,
  Kuhn, M.; Ochsen, C. (eds.), Labour Markets and Demographic Change, VS Verlag, Wiesbaden
• Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Skirbekk, Vegard; van Ours, Jan; Weiss, Matthias (2009): Ageing and Productivty,
  Garibaldi, P. (ed.), Health, Longevity, and Productivity, Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Düzgün, Ismail; Weiss, Matthias (2009): Altern und Produktivität - Eine neue Sichtweise, Börsch-Supan, A.; Erlinghagen, M.; Hank, K.; Jürges, H.; Wagner, G. G. (eds.), Produktivität in alternden Gesellschaften (Altern in Deutschland Bd. 4) Nova Acta Leopoldina NF Bd. 102, Nr. 366 (2009), Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart p. 53-62
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Düzgün, Ismail; Weiss, Matthias (2008): Labor Productivity in an Aging Society, Broeders, D.; Eijffinger, S.; Houben, A. (eds.), Frontiers in Pension Finance, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Düzgün, Ismail; Weiss, Matthias (2006): Sinkende Produktivität alternder Belegschaften? Zum Stand der Forschung, Prager, J.U.; Schleiter, A. (Hrsg.), Länger leben, arbeiten und sich engagieren. Chancen werteschaffender Beschäftigung bis ins Alter, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gürtersloh S. 85-102

Arbeitspapier/Diskussionspapier

• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Weiss, Matthias (2008): Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line , MEA Discussion Paper 148-07
• Matthias Weiss (2008): Sick Leave and the Composition of Work Teams , MEA Discussion Paper 149-07
• Weiss, Matthias (2007): Are Age-Diverse Work Teams Better? , MEA Discussion Paper 150-07 , MEA Mannheim
• Melanie Lührmann, Matthias Weiss (2006): Market Work, Home Production, Consumer Demand and Unemployment among the Unskilled , MEA Discussion Paper 101-06
• Börsch-Supan, Axel; Düzgün, Ismail; Weiss, Matthias (2005): Altern und Produktivität: Zum Stand der Forschung , MEA Discussion Paper 073-05
• Matthias Weiss (2005): On the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Acemoglu’s Model of Directed Technical Change , MEA Discussion Paper 099-05
• Matthias Weiss, Alfred Garloff (2005): Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality , MEA Discussion Paper 100-05
• Matthias Weiss (2004): Employment Effects of Skill Biased Technological Change when Benefits are Linked to Per-Capita Income , MEA Discussion Paper 043-04
• Matthias Weiss (2004): Skill-Biased Technological Change: Is there Hope for the Unskilled? , MEA Discussion Paper 045-04
• Weiss, Matthias (2000): Employment Effects of Skill-Biased Technological Change when Benefits are Linked to Indices of Standards of Living , GK Working Paper gkwp 2000-02 , Universität Mannheim

Dissertationen

• Weiss, Matthias (2003): Labor Market Effects of Technological Change and Working Time Reduction: Some Insights from a General Equilibrium Perspective, Universität Mannheim

• Der Einfluss der Gruppenzusammensetzung auf den Krankenstand
• Alter und Arbeitsproduktivität in der Versicherungswirtschaft
• Heterogenität in Arbeitsgruppen
• Beschäftigungseffekte von qualifikationsspezifischem technologischem Wandel
• Skill-Biased Technological Change: Keine Hoffnung für die Niedrigqualifizierten?
• Die Entwicklung der Lohnungleichheit bei endogener Richtung des technischen Fortschritts
• Auswirkungen der Erwerbsbeteiligung auf die Haushaltsproduktion und den Niedriglohnsektor
• Die Zusammenhänge zwischen Alter und Arbeitsproduktivität
• Effekte der Alterung auf den Arbeitsmarkt
• Effekte der Alterung auf die Konsumgüternachfrage
• The Influence of Group Structures on the Sickness Absence Rate
• Age and Labor Productivity in Services
• Are Age-Diverse Teams Better?
• Age and Labor Productivity in Manufacturing
• Vacation, sick leaves and their effect on productivity