Professur für Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik

Anna Gasten

Anna Gasten is a doctoral student at the chair of International Economic Policy under supervision of Prof. Dr. Kis-Katos. Her research examines the causes and consequences of migration and forced displacement, with a focus on how refugee and migrant inflows affect host communities in low- and middle-income countries. By combining quasi-experimental approaches with behavioral economic experiments—and working closely with organizations such as the World Bank and UNHCR—her work generates insights that inform both academic debates and may support the design of more effective, sustainable integration policies.

Anna was part of the DFG-funded Research Training Group "Globalization and Development (RTG 1723)" and is member of the project management team of the DFG-funded long-term project "Poverty dynamics and sustainable development: Thailand Vietnam Socio Economic Panel (TVSEP)".




Peer-reviewed Publications

  • Bousquet, J., Gasten, A., Kadigo, M.M., Maystadt, J.F. and Salemi, C. (2025). Does perceived labor market competition increase prejudice between refugees and their local hosts? Evidence from Uganda and Ethiopia. Journal of Development Economics, 175, p.103481.


Work in Progress

  • Are refugee camps attractive? The impact of refugee camps on migratory movements of the host population. Evidence from Tanzania
  • Are FDI restrictions inducing international migration? Evidence from Indonesia. Joint work with A. Cinque and K. Kis-Katos
  • Welfare Effects of hosting refugees. Evidence from Ethiopia. Joint work with JF. Maystadt
  • Effects of refugee inflows on hosts’ labor market outcomes: Comparative analysis from Jordan, Colombia, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Joint work with J. Bousquet, J. von der Goltz, K. Schuettler, M. Kadigo, J-F. Maystadt
  • Comparative study of livelihoods of refugees and host communities in Malaysia. Joint work with Y. Ghorpade, A. Farha Binti, JF. Maystadt
  • Insuring home from afar: Experimental evidence on migrants’ willingness to pay for weather index insurance. Joint work with K. Kis-Katos


Previous Work Experience

  • Short-term consultant at UNHCR, Malaysia (09/2024 – 02/2025)
  • Short-term consultant at the World Bank, Malaysia (04/2022 – 06/2024)
  • Short-term consultant at the World Bank, USA (04/2022 – 06/2023)
  • Internship at GIZ, Eschborn, Germany (11/2016 – 03/2017)
  • Internship at KfW IPEX-Bank, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (07/2013 - 08/2013)


Conferences, Workshops, Invited talks

  • 2025: TVSEP Conference (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam); German Development Economics Conference (Frankfurt, scheduled); Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Potsdam)
  • 2024: German Development Economics Conference (Hannover, Germany)
  • 2023: Understanding Forced and Voluntary Migration (Lille); German Development Economics Conference (Dresden); International Conference for Development Economics (Paris); IRES Lunch Seminar (UC Louvain, invited talk)
  • 2022: CESifo Venice Summer Institute 2022 (Venice, Italy); DIW Workshop on the Integration of Refugee Families in Host Countries (Berlin, Germany)
  • 2021: 14th RGS Doctoral Conference (virtual); 13th FIW Conference on International Economics (virtual); WEAI Virtual International Conference (virtual); 13th IAAEU Workshop on Labour Economics (virtual); Annual Congress of the SSES (virtual); German Development Economics Conference – Verein für Socialpolitik (virtual); Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference (virtual); 8th BCDE (virtual); 3rd GLAD Conference (virtual))
  • 2020: 13th RGS Doctoral Conference (Dortmund, Germany); Aeefi Conference on International Economics (virtual))
  • 2019: 6th Deneb PhD Workshop (Berlin, Germany))
  • 2018: 2nd GLAD Conference (Göttingen, Germany); PSE Summer School Migration Economics (Paris, France))


Teaching

  • Migration Economics: Stata Tutorial (M.Sc., University of Göttingen, SS 2022; SS 2023; SS 2024)
  • Labor Economics: Stata Tutorial (B.Sc., University of Göttingen, WS 2018/19; WS 2019/20; WS 2022/23; WS 2023/24)
  • Globalization and Migration: Seminar (B.Sc., University of Göttingen, SS 2020)
  • Calculus I for Economists: Teaching assistant (B.Sc., University of Mannheim, WS 2012/13)