Holger Hinte

IZA, Germany

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Author

Current position

Researcher and Head of Publications, IZA, Germany

Research interest

Migration, demography, labor policy

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Long-time consultant to Members of the German Bundestag and the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Foreigners’ Affairs

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Modern History, Political Science, and Business Administration, University of Bonn, 1991

Selected publications

  • Immigration Policy and the Labor Market. The German Experience and Lessons for Europe. Berlin: Springer, 2007 (with K. F. Zimmermann, H. Bonin, and R. Fahr).

  • Zuwanderung und Arbeitsmarkt. Deutschland und Dänemark im Vergleich [Migration and the Labor Market: Germany and Denmark]. Berlin: Springer, 2005 (with K. F. Zimmermann).

  • “Zuwanderung und Integration. Bausteine einer demografiefesten Politik” [Immigration and integration: Inevitable elements of a demography-oriented policy]. In: Hinte, H., and K. F. Zimmermann (eds). Zeitenwende auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Wie der demografische Wandel die Erwerbsgesellschaft verändert [Turn of an Era: How Demographic Change Influences the Future of Labor]. Bonn, 2013; pp. 282–322.

  • Mehr ökonomische Rationalität in der Zuwanderungspolitik [Towards more economic rationality of German migration policy]. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79:1 (2010): 85–100 (with K. F. Zimmermann).

  • Ein Punktesystem zur bedarfsorientierten Steuerung der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland [Germany Needs a Points System to Better Organize Labor Migration]. IZA Research Report No. 35, 2011 (with U. Rinne and K. F. Zimmermann).