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University of Helsinki
Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research
Helsinki, Finland
benjamin.hattemer@helsinki.fi

Academic Positions

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki2026–Present

Education

PhD in Economics, European University Institute2021–2025
Thesis: Essays on Environmental and Labour Economics: Physical Risks and Policies
Supervisors: Thomas F. Crossley, Alexander Monge-Naranjo
MRes in Economics, European University Institute2020–2021
MSc in Economics, University of Amsterdam2018–2019
BSc in Economics, University of Trier2014–2018

Research Fields

Environmental Economics, Climate Policy, Labour Economics

Publications

Dust to Dust: Tracing Air Pollution’s Impact on Work Accidents
with Ismael Moreno Martinez
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Working Papers

Recruiting Better Teachers? Evidence from a Higher Education Reform in Chile
with Sofía Sierra Vásquez and Adriano De Falco
Submitted

From Free to Fee: How Emission Permit Allocation Affects Firms
with Marie Alder and Eva Franzmeyer
Submitted

Policy Work

A positive trade-off: Emissions reduction and costs under Phase IV of the Emissions Trading System
with Jan Eric Hagendorn and Fotios Kalantzis
EIB Working Paper 2024/05

Investment Report 2023/2024: Transforming for Competitiveness
European Investment Bank, Chapter 5: Investing in Green Transformation

Teaching Experience

University of Helsinki2026
Methods of Empirical Research (Bachelor's Programme in Economics), Lecturer
University of Amsterdam School of Economics2019
Pre-master module in mathematics, Teaching Assistant
University of Trier2016–2018
Teaching and Student Assistant

Professional Experience

Research Internship, European Investment Bank (EIB)Mar–Aug 2023
Economics Department, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Internship, Kiel Institute for the World EconomyApr–Jun 2018
Supervisor: Julian Hinz
Student Assistant, IAAEUNov 2016–Dec 2017
Supervisor: Adrian Chadi
Teaching and Student Assistant, University of Trier2016–2018
Supervisor: Georg Müller-Fürstenberger

Presentations

2026
7th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE), Toronto Meeting on the Economics of Climate Change (TMEC), Nordic Annual Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop (NAERE), 14th Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Annual Conference (IAERE), Annual Meeting of the Finnish Economic Association

2025
50th Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (SAEe), FIT Internal Yearly Meeting, XXXVII Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (SIEP), International Conference on Ex-Post Evaluation of Emissions Trading, Departmental Seminar at Utrecht University School of Economics, 13th Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Annual Conference (IAERE)

2024
39th Italian Association of Labour Economics (AIEL), Irish Public Economics Workshop, 1st International Conference of the Georgian Economic Association, 6th Queen Mary University of London Economics and Finance Workshop (QMUL)

2023
48th Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (SAEe), Ökonomisches Kolloquium IAAEU

Awards & Scholarships

Vilfredo Pareto Prize, Honorary Mention, European University Institute2026
Doctoral Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)2020–2024
Winner of the UvA Thesis Prize in Economics and Business2019

Languages

German (native), English (fluent)

Software

R, LaTeX, Matlab, Stata

References

Thomas F. Crossley
University of Michigan
Institute for Social Research
tcross@umich.edu
Alexander Monge-Naranjo
European University Institute
Department of Economics
alexander.monge-naranjo@eui.eu
Andrea Ichino
European University Institute
Department of Economics
andrea.ichino@eui.eu
Jukka Pirttilä
University of Helsinki and VATT
Department of Economics
jukka.pirttila@helsinki.fi