Biography

Sven Ehmes is a Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Chair of Comparative Social Stratification at the Max Weber Institute of Sociology, Heidelberg University. His research examines the causes and consequences of social inequalities from a cross-national comparative perspective, linking individual socio-economic and socio-political inequalities and stratification processes to broader economic, institutional, and normative contexts. His PhD project investigates the gendered socio-economic consequences of unemployment across countries.

Research Areas

Economic inequality

Programme Teams

Economics, Inequality & Opportunity (EIO)

Related Projects

Employment, Equity and Growth

This research programme supported by the Resolution Foundation showed that while rich countries have faced common challenges in an era of globalization and rapid technological change, institutions and policy responses mattered in the extent improvements in incomes and living standards were shared.
Labour Markets

Our team studies how labour market institutions and policies -- from minimum wages to collective bargaining -- influence the distribution of earnings, and how the power of employers affects the fortunes of low-wage workers.
Poverty & Income Inequality

Our team aims to provide evidence-based guidance on how state policies can make life better for low-income households.
Social Mobility & Economic Opportunity

Using a mix of administrative and survey data, we study how childhood exposure to poverty shapes later-life outcomes, and which policies are most effective at breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty.