Scientific staff of ISG

The ISG Institute for Social Research is a privately owned, independent research institute with offices in Köln (headquarter) and Berlin.

Dr. Bennett, Jenny Dr. Deremetz, Anne Dr. Engels, Dietrich Feldens, Stefan Dr. Fertig, Michael Frie, Thorben Dr. Fuchs, Philipp Heitzenröder, Lena Hunger, Katrin Huppertz, Lisa Dr. Kaden, Ulrike Kalvelage, Georg Dr. Köller, Regine Loschelder, Christian Dr. Matta, Vanita Maur, Christine Micic, Uta Mielenz, Maik Oliver Muscheid, Christian Porwol, Franziska Puxi, Marco Roth, Eva Dr. Scheller, Friedrich Schmaderer, Markus Scholz, Anne-Marie Seidel, Katja Verbeek, Hans Viedenz, Jürgen Wellmer, Sabine
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Dr. Fertig, MichaelManaging Director

We mourn the death of our Managing Director Michael Fertig, who died on April 30, 2018.

Michael Fertig studied economics with a focus on quantitative methods at the University of Heidelberg, where he received the degree of Diplom-Volkswirt in 1997. He finished his Ph.D. studies in July 2002 at the University of Heidelberg. For his Ph.D. thesis entitled “„Germany as an Immigration Country – Empirical Evidence“ he was awarded the “Südwestmetall-Förderpreis” and the “Nachwuchspreis der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft”. From October 2002 to December 2006 he was a research coordinator at the RWI-Essen. Since January 2007 he is one of the managing directors of ISG-Cologne. His research interests include applied econometrics in the field of international migration, the economics of education and program evaluation, with a particular emphasis on active labor market policy. In these fields he contributed to numerous scientific reports, published in several refereed journals and is co-author of a graduate text book on the methods of empirical research.

Selected Publications

  • Michael Fertig and Christopher Osiander (2015), Selektivität beim Zugang in Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen – Die Bedeutung individueller und struktureller Faktoren am Beispiel der „Initiative zur Flankierung des Strukturwandels“. Forthcoming in: Schmollers Jahrbuch.
  • Michael Fertig and Martin Kahanec (2015), Projections of Potential Flows to the Enlarging EU from Ukraine, Croatia and other Eastern Neighbors. Forthcoming: IZA Journal of Migration.
  • Michael Fertig, Marco Puxi, Martin Rosemann and Marian Weimann (2014), Die Wahrnehmung und Berücksichtigung von Wachstums- und Wohlstandindikatoren durch politische Entscheidungsträger in Deutschland. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 134, 61-88.
  • Fertig, Michael (2014), Quantitative Wirkungsanalysen zur Berliner Joboffensive. IAB-Forschungsbericht 4/2014, Nürnberg.
  • Egenolf, Dennis, Michael Fertig, Katrin Hunger, Marco Puxi, Martin Rosemann and Marian Weimann (2014), Implementationsstudie zur Berliner Joboffensive. IAB-Forschungsbericht 1/2014, Nürnberg.
  • Fertig, Michael and Katja Görlitz (2013), Missing wages: How to test for biased estimates in wage functions? Economics Letters, 118, 269-271.
  • Apel, Helmut, Ronald Bachmann, Stefan Bender, Philipp vom Berge, Michael Fertig and others (2012), Arbeitsmarktwirkungen der Mindestlohneinführung im Bauhauptgewerbe. Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung, 45, 257-277.
  • Apel, Helmut and Michael Fertig (2011), Empirische Ermittlung branchenspezifischer Tarifbindung: Methodische Machbarkeitsstudie. AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 5, 81-96.
  • Fertig, Michael and Christoph M. Schmidt (2011), Attitudes towards Foreigners and Jews in Germany – Identifying the Determinants of Xenophobia in a Large Opinion Survey. Review of Economics of the Household, 9, 99-128.
  • Fertig, Michael (2010), The Societal Integration of Immigrants. In: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization (Volume 8): Migration and Culture, Hrsg. Epstein, Gil und Ira N. Gang, 375-400.
  • Bauer, Thomas, Michael Fertig and Christoph M. Schmidt (2009), Empirische Wirtschafts­forschung – Eine Einführung. Heidelberg/Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
  • Fertig, Michael and Marcus Tamm (2009), Always Poor or Never Poor and Nothing in Between? Duration of Child Poverty in Germany. German Economic Review, 11, 150-168.
  • Fertig, Michael, Christoph M. Schmidt and Mathias Sinning (2009), Human Capital Accumulation: Family Background, Cohort Effects and Unemployment. Labour Economics, 16, 659-668.
  • Bender, Stefan, Michael Fertig, Katja Görlitz, Martina Huber and Alexandra Schmucker (2009), WeLL – Unique Linked Employer-Employee Data on Further Training in Germany. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 129, 637-643.
  • Apel, Helmut and Michael Fertig (2008), Operationalisierung von „Beschäftigungsfähigkeit“. Ein methodischer Beitrag zur Entwicklung eines Messkonzepts. Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarkt­forschung, 42, 5-28.
  • Corak, Miles, Michael Fertig and Marcus Tamm (2008), A Portrait of Child Poverty in Germany. Review of Income and Wealth, 54, 547-571.
  • Fertig, Michael and Lena Jacobi (2007), Die erleichterte Befristung älterer Arbeit­nehmer/innen – Eine Evaluation mit Daten des Mikrozensus. ASTA – Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 1, 263-273.
  • Fertig, Michael (2007), The Effectiveness of Qualification Measures for Employed Workers – An Evaluation Study for Saxony. Applied Economics, 39, 2279-2301.
  • Fertig, Michael, Jochen Kluve and Christoph M. Schmidt (2006), Die makroökonomische Wirkung aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik – Eine Panelanalyse auf Ebene regionaler Arbeitsmärkte. Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung, 39, 575-601.
  • Fertig, Michael and Jochen Kluve (2006), Alternative Beschäftigungsformen in Deutschland: Effekte der Neuregelung von Zeitarbeit, Minijobs und Midijobs. In: Vierteljahres­hefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 75, 97-117.
  • Fertig, Michael, Jochen Kluve and Christoph M. Schmidt (2006), Der erweiterte Minijob für Arbeitslose – Ein Reformvorschlag. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 7, 227-225.
  • Fertig, Michael and Robert E. Wright (2005), School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias. Economics Letters, 88, 109-114.
  • Fertig, Michael, Christoph M. Schmidt and Hilmar Schneider (2005), Active Labor Market Policy in Germany – Is there a Successful Policy Strategy? Regional Science and Urban Economics, 36, 399-430.
  • Fertig, Michael and Jochen Kluve (2004), A Conceptual Framework for the Evaluation of Comprehensive Labor Market Policy Reforms in Germany. Applied Economics Quarterly (Supplement), 55, 83-113.
  • Fertig, Michael and Christoph M. Schmidt (2002), Reading Tea Leaves or Science? Forecasting for Beginners. Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, 86, 459-467.
  • Fertig, Michael (2001), The Economic Impact of EU-Enlargement: Assessing the Migration Potential. Empirical Economics, 26, 707-720.
  • Fertig, Michael and Christoph M. Schmidt (2000), Discretionary Measures of Active Labor Market Policy: The German Employment Promotion Reform in Perspective. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 120, 537-565.