Dr. Stefanie Seele

Senior Economist for Labor Market Economics

Tel: +49 30 27877-176 Mail: seele@iwkoeln.de Stefanie Seele

Employed at the IW since 2023
PhD in economics (Dr. rer. pol. 2018) at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Lecturer at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and at the Berlin School of Economics and Law in the dual study program (HWR Berlin, FB 2)
Research fields: empirical labor economics, unemployment benefits, part-time work, wage evolution

Research unit

Labour Economics and Collective Bargaining Policy

IW Publications

Schüler, Ruth Maria / Seele, Stefanie, 2026, Wegfall der Hinzuverdienstgrenze. Wie hat sich das Renteneintrittsverhalten seit 2023 verändert?, Gutachten unter Zuwendung vom Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA) Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, IW-Report, Nr. 29, Köln / Berlin
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Seele, Stefanie / Stettes, Oliver, 2026, Betriebliche Herausforderungen im ökologischen Wandel aus Beschäftigtensicht. Eine empirische Analyse der IW-Beschäftigtenbefragung 2024, IW-Report, Nr. 19, Berlin / Köln
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Schüler, Ruth Maria / Seele, Stefanie, 2025, Heraufsetzung und Wegfall der Hinzuverdienstgrenze. Wie hat sich das Renteneintrittsverhalten verändert? , IW-Report, Nr. 25, Köln / Berlin
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Seele, Stefanie / Stettes, Oliver, 2025, Lohneffekte der Dekarbonisierung. Gehören stark exponierte Beschäftigte zu den Verlierern im Strukturwandel?, in: IW-Trends, 52. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 3-23
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Grömling, Michael / Seele, Stefanie, 2024, Determinanten der Personalplanung in Deutschland. Ergebnisse der IW-Konjunkturumfrage im Frühjahr 2024, IW-Report, Nr. 27, Köln / Berlin
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Seele, Stefanie / Stettes, Oliver, 2023, Wechseln von Digitalisierung betroffene Beschäftigte häufiger den Betrieb oder in Arbeitslosigkeit?, in: IW-Trends, Nr. 4, 50. Jg., S. 3-21
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External Publications

Burda, Michael C. / Seele, Stefanie Reevaluating the German labor market miracle (degruyter.com), in: German Economic Review, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 139-179, 2020.

Seele, Stefanie, Essays on the German Labor Market since Unification (hu-berlin.de) Dissertation, 2019.

Burda, Michael C. / Seele, Stefanie Das deutsche Arbeitsmarktwunder: Eine Bilanz (degruyter.com), in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 179-204, 2017.

More from Dr. Stefanie Seele

IW-Report No. 29 19. June 2026 Ruth Maria Schüler / Stefanie Seele

Abolition of the Additional Earnings Limit

The ageing population in Germany is increasing pressure on the social insurance systems and will (in the future) exacerbate the shortage of skilled labour.

IW-Report No. 19 6. May 2026 Stefanie Seele / Oliver Stettes

Workplace Challenges in the Context of Ecological Change from the Employees' Perspective

Just over four in ten employees subject to social security contributions believe that their own company will come under strong pressure to change due to environmental and climate protection regulations over the next five to ten years.

IW-Report No. 25 10. June 2025 Ruth Maria Schüler / Stefanie Seele

Increase and abolition of the additional earnings limit

If statutory pensioners reach 35 or 45 years of creditable periods, they may draw their old-age pension early, i.e. earlier than their individual standard retirement age, from the age of 63 or a maximum of two years before their individual standard retirement age.

IW-Trends No. 2 23. May 2025 Stefanie Seele / Oliver Stettes

The Effects of Decarbonisation on Wages: Are Highly Exposed Workers among the Losers in Structural Change?

The decarbonisation of the economy is becoming a key driver of structural change in the German labour market.

IW-Report No. 27 21. May 2024 Michael Grömling / Stefanie Seele

Determinants of personnel planning in Germany

The German labor market has been growing since 2005. The dip in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic between 2020 and 2022 is an exception, as the German labor market has reached a record level of 45.9 million people in employment by 2023.

IW-Trends No. 4 20. October 2023 Stefanie Seele / Oliver Stettes

Do the Employees Affected by Digitisation Change Establishments More Frequently or Do They Become Unemployed More Often?

Concerns that the increasing use of technology in routine occupations could lead to job losses seem to have so far proved unfounded.