Prof. Dr. Christian Merkl

Chair of Macroeconomics

Curriculum vitae

Christian Merkl studied business studies and economics from 1998 to 2004 at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Institut d’Études Politiques, Strasbourg, France, and Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. He was a research associate at the University of Kiel and at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy from 2004 to 2007. He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Kiel in 2007. He has been a research fellow at Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) since 2007. From 2007 to 2010, he was head of the research department ‘Monetary Policy’ at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and an assistant professor of labor market economics and monetary policy (joint appointment by the University of Kiel and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy). He was visiting researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the International Monetary Fund, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the University of Melbourne.

Prof. Dr. Christian Merkl has been Chair of Macroeconomics at FAU since 2010. In addition, Professor Merkl is one of the co-ordinators of the institutional network ‘Ensuring Economic and Employment Stability’, of which FAU is a member. He has been a research professor at the Institute for Employment Research since 2012. He has been co-editor of the open access journal Economics since 2015.

Professor Merkl’s main research interests are macroeconomics, with an emphasis on fiscal and monetary policy, and labor market research.

2024

Merkl C., Sauerbier T.:
Public Employment Agency Reform, Matching Efficiency, and German Unemployment
In: Imf Economic Review 72 (2024), p. 393–440
ISSN: 2041-4161
DOI: 10.1057/s41308-023-00201-2
Merkl C., Stüber H.:
Wage and employment cyclicalities at the establishment level
In: European Economic Review 161 (2024), Article No.: 104636
ISSN: 0014-2921
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104636

2022

Kohlbrecher B., Merkl C.:
Business cycle asymmetries and the labor market
In: Journal of Macroeconomics 73 (2022), Article No.: 103458
ISSN: 0164-0704
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2022.103458
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0164070422000520?dgcid=author#bb33
Merkl C.:
Perspektiven zum Bürgergeld
In: Wirtschaftsdienst (2022)
ISSN: 0043-6275
DOI: 10.1007/s10273-022-3106-7
URL: https://www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/jahr/2022/heft/2/beitrag/perspektiven-zum-buergergeld.html

2021

Bachmann R., Bayer C., Merkl C., Seth S., Stüber H., Wellschmied F.:
Worker churn in the cross section and over time: New evidence from Germany
In: Journal of Monetary Economics (2021)
ISSN: 0304-3932
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2020.05.003
Brown AJ., Kohlbrecher B., Merkl C., Snower DJ.:
The effects of productivity and benefits on unemployment: Breaking the link
In: Economic Modelling (2021)
ISSN: 0264-9993
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2020.02.037
Hochmuth B., Kohlbrecher B., Merkl C., Gartner H.:
Hartz IV and the decline of German unemployment: A macroeconomic evaluation
In: Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control (2021), Article No.: 104114
ISSN: 0165-1889
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2021.104114
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016518892100049X
Lochner B., Merkl C., Stüber H., Gürtzgen N.:
Recruiting Intensity and Hiring Practices: Cross-Sectional and Time-Series Evidence
In: Labour Economics 68 (2021)
ISSN: 0927-5371
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3691391
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537120301433?dgcid=author

2020

Kick T., Malinkovich S., Merkl C.:
Loan supply and bank capital: A micro-macro linkage
In: Journal of International Money and Finance (2020), Article No.: 102166
ISSN: 0261-5606
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102166
Merkl C., Weber E.:
End the Recruitment Crisis! Raus aus der Neueinstellungskrise!
In: Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (2020), p. 507-509
ISSN: 0043-6275
DOI: 10.1007/s10273-020-2698-z

2019

Balleer A., Gehrke B., Hochmuth B., Merkl C.:
Autonomes Fahren statt Stop and Go: Vorschläge zur effektiven Gestaltung der deutschen Kurzarbeit
In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 68 (2019), p. 252-260
ISSN: 1465-6493
DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2019-2022
Gehrke B., Lechthaler W., Merkl C.:
The German labor market during the Great Recession: Shocks and institutions
In: Economic Modelling 78 (2019), p. 192-208
ISSN: 0264-9993
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2018.09.022
Merkl C., Stüber H.:
Value added, wages and labour market flows at the establishment level
In: Applied Economics Letters 26 (2019), p. 135-142
ISSN: 1350-4851
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1441501
Merkl C., van Rens T.:
Selective Hiring and Welfare Analysis in Labor Market Models
In: Labour Economics (2019)
ISSN: 0927-5371
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2019.01.008

2018

Chugh S., Lechthaler W., Merkl C.:
Optimal Fiscal Policy with Labor Selection
In: Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control (2018)
ISSN: 0165-1889
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2018.06.005

2017

Balleer A., Gehrke B., Merkl C.:
Some Surprising Facts about Working Time Accounts and the Business Cycle
In: International Journal of Manpower 38 (2017), p. 940-953
ISSN: 0143-7720
DOI: 10.1108/IJM-05-2017-0100

2016

Gehrke B., Lechthaler W., Merkl C., Balleer A.:
Does Short-Time Work Save Jobs? A Business Cycle Analysis
In: European Economic Review 84 (2016), p. 99-122
ISSN: 0014-2921
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.05.007
Kohlbrecher B., Merkl C., Nordmeier D.:
Revisiting the matching function
In: Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 69 (2016), p. 350-374
ISSN: 0165-1889
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2016.05.018
Merkl C., Chugh S.:
Efficiency and Labor-Market Dynamics in a Model of Labor Selection
In: International Economic Review 57 (2016), p. 1371-1404
ISSN: 0020-6598
DOI: 10.1111/iere.12201