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Jens Suedekum

University of Düsseldorf and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany

Research interest

International trade, regional economics, labor economics

Website

https://sites.google.com/site/jenssuedekum/

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Consultant to the Global Deal Initiative of the World Trade Organization (WTO); Consultant to the German Federal Government

Past positions

Professor of Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2007–2014; Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Konstanz, 2003–2007

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, 2003

Selected publications

  • “Trade and manufacturing jobs in Germany.” American Economic Review (Papers & Proceedings) 107:5 (2017): 337–342 (with W. Dauth and S. Findeisen).

  • “Spatial frictions.” Journal of Urban Economics 97:1 (2017): 40–70 (with K. Behrens, G. Mion, and Y. Murata).

  • “Relational contracts and supplier turnover in the global economy.” Journal of International Economics 103 (2016): 147–165 (with F. Defever and C. Fischer).

  • “Globalization and local profiles of economic growth and industrial change.” Journal of Economic Geography 16:5 (2016): 1007–1034 (with W. Dauth).

  • “Asymmetric spiders: Supplier heterogeneity and the organization of firms.” Canadian Journal of Economics 49:2 (2016): 663–684 (with V. Nowak and C. Schwarz).

article(s)

  • Economic effects of differences in dialect

    Dialects show regional cultural variation, making the idea of standardized national labor markets misleading

    Jens Suedekum, January 2018
    Countries are not perfectly integrated market areas. Even if institutional differences are much smaller within than between countries, there are persistent local cultural differences. These differences act as barriers that reduce economic exchange: bilateral migration, trade, and knowledge diffusion flows are smaller, and individuals discriminate against unfamiliar dialects. They also act as natural limits to the degree of integration of a labor market, and they cannot (and perhaps should not) be easily affected by policy. Local dialects, shaped over centuries, provide a unique opportunity to measure these barriers.
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