Christoph M. Schmidt

Christoph M. Schmidt

Dennis Snower (ifW) und Christoph M. Schmidt
Born 25 August 1962 (1962-08-25) (age 49)
Nationality  Germany
Institution RWI Essen
Field Econometrics
Labor economics
Alma mater Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Princeton University
University of Mannheim
Information at IDEAS/RePEc

Christoph M. Schmidt (born 25 August 1962, in Canberra, Australia) is a German economist. He is the president of the RWI Essen and member of the German Council of Economic Experts.

Schmidt received his Diplom in economics at the University of Mannheim in 1987, and his M.A. in economics from Princeton University in 1989. He also earned his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1991. Schmidt received his Habilitation in 1995 from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since 2002 he became president of the RWI Essen and in 2009 he replaced Bert Rürup on the German Council of Economic Experts.

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