Joern Onken

Joern Onken

PhD Student in Economics

University College London

Welcome!


I am a PhD student in Economics at University College London.

My research interests are in macroeconomics, in particular growth, structural transformation, technological change and inequality.

Research

Job market paper:

The Two Technologies of Luxury: Where Productivity Growth Goes in the Luxury Economy
Draft coming soon!

Work in progress:

Technological Changes and Worker Skills
with Matthew Nibloe and Allen Shen
Draft coming soon!

Business Cycles in the Singles Economy

Publications:

Hysteresis in Unemployment: Evidence from OECD Estimates of the Natural Rate
with Laurence Ball
International Finance, Vol. 25, Issue 3, p. 268-284, 2022
Published version Ungated ECB WP NBER WP

On the Measurement of the Elasticity of Labour
with Charles Gottlieb and Arnau Valladares-Esteban
European Economic Review, Vol. 139, 2021
Published version Ungated Code

Teaching

ECON0107 Macroeconomics
UCL 1st Year PhD, TA for Vincent Sterk, Morten O. Ravn, Klaus Adam and Tim Lee (Spring 2022/2023/2024/2025/2026)

ECON0028 The Economics of Growth
UCL 3rd Year BSc, TA for Lukasz Rachel (Fall 2023)

UCL Sutton Trust Summer School in Economics
UCL Summer School for Year 12 (High School) Students (Summer 2021/2022/2023)

ECON0016 Macroeconomic Theory & Policy
UCL 2nd Year BSc, TA for Wei Cui and Wendy Carlin (Fall 2021 and Spring 2022)