Curriculum vitae
| Name: | Richard J. Hauser |
| Date of Birth: | October 8, 1936 |
| Office: | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Dept. of Economics |
| E-mail: | r.hauser@em.uni-frankfurt.de |
Academic background:
| 1959 - 1963 | Studies in economics, political science and statistics, University of Munich |
| 1963 | Diplomvolkswirt, University of Munich |
| 1968 | Dr. oec. publ. 1968, University of Munich |
| 1969 - 1971 | Post doctoral research fellow, Yale University, New Haven/Conn. USA |
Fellowships:
| 1969-1971 | Max Kade Foundation |
| 1971-1973 | German Research Foundation |
| Fellow Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin | |
| Fellow Institute for Advanced Study Delmenhorst |
Current position:
| since 1977 | Full Professor of Social Policy |
| since 2002 | Emeritus |
Previous positions:
| 1974 - 1977 | Full Professor of Economic Policy, especially Social and Labor Market Policy, Technical University of Berlin |
| 1972-1974 | Lecturer in Economic Policy, University of Munich |
Fields of Interest:
| Social security systems, labor economics, comparative social policy, poverty problems, distribution of income and wealth, economic policy |
Research experience:
| Director of research projects on the first, second and third German poverty reports, on pension systems in 12 EU-countries, on social assistance, on distribution of income and wealth, on social policy in reunified Germany, on minimum income regulations, on equivalence scales. |
Publications:
| Author and editor of 20 books and numerous articles in German and English. |
Administrative experience:
| 1979-1990 | Spokesman of the Special Collaborative Program 3 (Sonderforschungsbereich) financed by the German Research Foundation |
| 1985-1986 | Chairman of the Economics Department |
| 1986-1988 | Vice President of the University of Frankfurt |