Dr. Thilo Kroeger
Researcher
Scientific Advisor
Firms and Markets Department
Research Topics and Working Areas
- Labor and employment
- Firms
- Productivity
- Industry
- International Trade and Investment
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. He studied economics in Kiel, Glasgow, Mannheim, and Stockholm, and completed the Advanced Studies Program at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.