Wolfgang Franz (economist)
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Born7 January 1944
Alma materUniversity of Mannheim
InfluencesHeinz König
DisciplineLabor economics
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Wolfgang Franz | |
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| Born | 7 January 1944 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Mannheim |
| Influences | Heinz König |
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| Discipline | Labor economics Macroeconomics |
| Institutions | University of Mannheim |
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Wolfgang Franz (born 7 January 1944) is a German economist. He is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim. Franz also is the chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts since March 2009.
Franz studied economics at the University of Mannheim and received his doctoral degree in 1974, under supervision of Heinz König. He held positions at the University of Mainz, the University of Stuttgart, and the University of Konstanz, before returning to University of Mannheim in 1997.
Franz's research interests include labor markets, macroeconomics and empirical analysis of economics.
