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... at the International Monetary Fund and at the World Bank, and has held visiting positions at Harvard University and at the United Nations University. She is currently on the Council of Economic Advisors of Switzerland and has served as a consultant for various international organizations, including: the International Finance Corporation; the World Bank; the IMF; the United Nations University; the OECD Development Centre.
Her research interests are in international macroeconomics (particularly financial crises), emerging markets finance, monetary policy, growth and development. Beatrice Weder di Mauro holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Basel.
Weder di Mauro has been named 'Young Global leader' by the World Economic Forum.
A knowledgeable and respected economist, Prof. Weder di Mauro informs and educates audiences with her immaculately prepared presentations. She speaks German, Italian, English, Spanish and French.
Professional positions
• Professor of Economics - University of Mainz, since April 2001 - present
• Associate Professor of Economics - University of Basel, Switzerland, June 2000 to March 2001
• Assistant Professor of Economics - University of Basel, Switzerland, July 1997 to June 2000
• Economist, World Development Report - The World Bank, Washington D.C. July 1996 to June 1997
• Economist International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. - Fiscal Affairs Department and European II Department, April 1994 to June 1996, until December 1999 on leave of absence in the interest of the IMF
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - University of Basel, Switzerland, April 1993 to March 1994
Visiting positions
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge MA. Visiting Scholar, April–June 2006
• Federal Reserve Board of New York, New York
• Visiting Scholar, October 2003, January 2004
• International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.
• Visiting Scholar, Research Department, April 1999, August 1999, March 2000, March 2002,
• October 2002, March 2003, October 2003, May 2006
Former positions
• Harvard University - September to October 1999, February to March 2000
• United Nations University, Tokyo - October 1997 to March 1998, June to July 1998
• Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt - July 1999
• Consulting
• Hanover Executive, London - Executive Development, since 2002
• Economic Ministry (SECO), Switzerland - Evaluation of debt relief program, 2001
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BAWI), Switzerland - Expert for a study on the sustainability of domestic debt in Africa, 1998 to 2000
• Government of Nicaragua and German Development Agency (GTZ) - Policy reform in Nicaragua, January 1994 to April 1994.
• FUNDES, Swiss Development Foundation - Development of small and medium enterprise in Latin American, November 1989 to December 1990
• Training Center for Media (MAZ), Switzerland- Courses for journalists and teachers, June 1989 to April 1994.
Working Papers
• “International Outsourcing, Firm Performance and Employment – Evidence from German Establishment Data” 2008, (with Christoph Moser und Dieter Urban).
• “International Competitiveness, Job Creation and Job Destruction - An Establishment Level Study of German Job Flows” 2008, (with Christoph Moser und Dieter Urban).
• “Switzerland’s Rise to a Wealthy Nation: Competition and Contestability as Key Success Factors” 2008, (with Rolf Weder)
Referee for:
American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of International Economics,
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of
International Money and Finance, World Development, Economics and Politics, Economic Letters,
European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics,
Journal of Economic Surveys, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Swiss
Economic Review (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik), Economics of
Governance, Kyklos, Economic Systems, International Finance, Journal of African Economies, US
National Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation
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- International Financial Markets
- The Banking Crises
- Germany and Europe
- Global Economic Outlook
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