Dr. Thilo Kroeger is an economist and scientific advisor in the Firms and Markets Department. His research focuses on international economics, labor economics, and development economics. More specifically, he studies producer-level responses to globalization and the effects of structural change on labor demand and workers. Before joining DIW Berlin in 2025, he was a senior economist on the scientific staff of the German Council of Economic Experts and Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. He earned his PhD at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and completed research stays at Yale University and the International Monetary Fund.