Background
Boersch-Supan, Axel H. was born on December 28, 1954 in Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Wolfgang and Ursula Boersch-S.
Boersch-Supan, Axel H. was born on December 28, 1954 in Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Wolfgang and Ursula Boersch-S.
Diploma in Mathematics, University Bonn, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984.
Assistant professor public policy Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1987. Assistant professor economics University Dortmund, 1987-1989. Professor economics University Mannheim, since 1989, director Institute Economics and Statistics, since 1997.
Member American Economics Association, European Economics Association, Econometric Society, Verein fuer Socialpolitik, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina.
Married Martina E. Meuer, June 10, 1981. Children: Johanna, Philipp, Christine.