## Public Profile: Vetter Richard
### Personal Information
- Date of Birth: Fri Dec 26 1958 00:00:00 GMT+0000
- Place of Birth: Ostringen, Germany
### Social Media
- Twitter: @VetterRichard
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vetter-richard-42067972
### Recent Projects
- **Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego** (2019-present)
- **Visiting Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany** (2018-2019)
- **Researcher, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)** (2015-2018)
### Other Information
- **Research Interests**
- Labor economics
- Health economics
- Public economics
- **Education**
- PhD in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany (2014)
- Master's degree in Economics, University of Mannheim (2010)
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, University of Mannheim (2008)
- **Publications**
- Has published numerous articles in top academic journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Health Economics.
- **Awards and Honors**
- CESifo Area Young Researcher Award (2018)
- IZA Young Economist Award (2017)
- Friedrich Ebert Prize for the Best PhD Thesis in Economics (2014)
- **Other Activities**
- Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Health Economics
- Co-organizer of the annual Munich Labor Market Conference
- Research affiliate of the IZA