Christian Dustmann Christian Dustmann

Professor of Economics, UCL
Department of Economics, University College London

Director, RFBerlin 
ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin, Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work

Director, CReAM 
Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration

Christian Dustmann is Professor of Economics at University College London (UCL), Honorary Professor at Humboldt University Berlin, Director of the Rockwool Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin), and Founding Director of the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM). His research has shaped the understanding of migration, education, crime, social interactions, technology and the future of work, income mobility, wage dynamics, and economic inequality.

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  • Public Sector Salary Caps and the Careers of Public Managers
    September 2026
    RFBerlin Discussion Paper
    joint with Edoardo Di Porto, Chiara Giannetto, Lorenzo Incoronato
  • Peers and Work
    September 2026
    joint with Thomas Cornelissen
  • Collective Bargaining in Germany: Trends and Challenges
    July 2026
    forthcoming, Industrial Relations; RFBerlin Discussion Paper 187/26
    joint with Lutz Bellmann, Bernd Fitzenberger
  • The Fiscal Effects of Immigration
    May 2026
    Journal of the European Economic Association
    joint with Tommaso Frattini, Chiara Giannetto, and Joseph-Simon Görlach
  • The Evolution of the German Wage Distribution -- Before and After the Great Recession
    May 2026
    Quarterly Journal of Economics
    joint with Carl Gergs and Uta Schoenberg

Latest Media

  • The Marker
    September 2026

    Christian Dustmann was interviewed by The Marker, examining Europe’s differing approaches to immigration a decade after the 2015 refugee crisis. He discussed the economic and social effects of migration and the importance of well-managed, democratically controlled migration policies.

  • Bloomberg
    September 2026
    Christian Dustmann's research was mentioned in a Bloomberg article on how the UK's exceptional success at schooling immigrant children is confusing experts.
  • Wage caps can lead to less management quality in state-owned firms
    September 2026
    Press Release for the RFBerlin Insight on "Salary Caps for Public Managers: Cutting Costs, or Losing Talent?".
  • Immigrant Employment Rate in the EU at a Record High 
    July 2026

    CreAM@RFBerlin’s latest report “Employment of Immigrants in the European Union: Progress, Persistent Gaps, and Untapped Potential” got picked up by multiple international media outlets. The report shows that although immigrant employment in the EU has reached its highest level since 2017, Europe is still leaving valuable talent untapped, particularly among highly educated non-EU immigrants and non-EU immigrant women.

  • CReAM@RFBerlin
    July 2026
    CreAM@RFBerlin’s report “Employment of Immigrants in the European Union: Progress, Persistent Gaps, and Untapped Potential” got picked up by multiple international media outlets. The report shows that although immigrant employment in the EU has reached its highest level since 2017, Europe is still leaving valuable talent untapped, particularly among highly educated non-EU immigrants and non-EU immigrant women.

Latest Media

  • LSE Blog with Stephen Machin
    September 2026

    Christian Dustmann wrote a blog post together with Stephen Machin for LSE British Politics and Policy on England’s strong performance of immigrant children in the latest PISA results. They explore why second-generation immigrant pupils outperform their native-background peers, highlighting how early language disadvantages fade over time and how many minority children catch up with or overtake their peers as they progress through the English school system.

  • Christian Dustmann elected as fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
    September 2026

    Christian Dustmann was elected as fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

  • New RFBerlin Discussion Paper
    September 2026

    Christian Dustmann published a new Discussion Paper together with Edoardo Di Porto, Chiara Giannetto and Lorenzo Incoronato titled "Public Sector Salary Caps and the Careers of Public Managers".

     
     
  • New RFBerlin Research Insight
    September 2026

    Together with Edoardo Di Porto, Chiara Giannetto and Lorenzo Incoronato, Christian Dustmann published a new RFBerlin Research Insight titled "Salary Caps for Public Managers: Cutting Costs, or Losing Talent?".

  • AASLE 2026 Conference
    September 2026

    The AASLE 2026 conference, hosted by Peking University in Beijing, China will take place on 10-12 December 2026. The three-day conference includes parallel sessions, panels and talks by keynote and invited speakers.

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