Prof. Anna Bindler, Ph.D.

Prof. Anna Bindler, Ph.D.

Head of Department
Crime, Labour and Inequality Department

Research Topics and Working Areas
Anna Bindler is Professor of Applied Microeconomics at the University of Potsdam and Head of the Crime, Labour and Inequality Department at DIW Berlin. Her research is in applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on crime, labor and inequality. Her research analyzes the economic and social causes and consequences of illegal behavior, the interaction between labor markets, inequality and crime, and the role of policy and institutions in this context. Her research has been published in leading international journals, including the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Labor Economics and Review of Economics and Statistics. She received her PhD in Economics from University College London in 2015 and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher/assistant professor at the University of Gothenburg and later as a professor at the University of Cologne.

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Publications

Economic Journal

Discontinuities in the age-victimization profile and the determinants of victimization

2024 | Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson, Nadine Ketel, Andreea Mitrut
Journal of Labor Economics

Scaring or scarring? Labor market effects of criminal victimization

2022 | Anna Bindler, Nadine Ketel
Journal of the European Economic Association

The impact of the first professional police forces on crime

2021 | Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

How punishment severity affects jury verdicts: Evidence from two natural experiments

2018 | Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson
Review of Economics and Statistics

Crime scars: Recessions and the making of career criminals

2018 | Brian Bell, Anna Bindler, Stephen Machin
DIW Discussion Papers 2152 / 2026

Disparate Treatment of the Irish in 19th Century English Courtrooms

2026| Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson, Stephen Machin, Melissa Rubio-Ramos
DIW Wochenbericht 48 / 2025

Erwerbstätigkeit im Alter: bereits bedeutend – aber ausbaufähig

2025| Anna Bindler, Marcus Borlinghaus, Hermann Buslei, Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan
DIW Wochenbericht 36 / 2025

Sicherheit braucht Fakten – und Haltung: Kommentar

2025| Anna Bindler
DIW Weekly Report 30 / 2025

Social and Regional Inequalities in the Sense of Safety in Germany

2025| Anna Bindler, Hannah Walther
Newspaper and Blog Articles

Was uns die Angst vor Kriminalität kostet

In: Die Zeit (08.08.2025), [Online-Artikel] | Anna Bindler, Hannah Walther, Marcel Fratzscher
Newspaper and Blog Articles

Frauen sterben, weil wir wegsehen

In: Die Zeit (01.08.2025), [Online-Artikel] | Anna Bindler, Marcel Fratzscher
Newspaper and Blog Articles

Der Diskurs zu Kriminalität und Zuwanderung muss sachlicher werden

In: Die Zeit (14.03.2025), [Online-Artikel] | Marcel Fratzscher, Anna Bindler

Lectures

Vortrag

Kriminalität und Sicherheit in Deutschland

Anna Bindler
Berlin, 05.11.2025
| Wirtschaft. Politik. Wissenschaft: Seminar der Kölner Journalistenschule am DIW Berlin
Vortrag

Labour Demand and Workforce Diversity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Anna Bindler, Barbara Boelmann, Lena Janys, Luisa Santiago Wolf
Madrid, Spanien, 30.10.2025
| Research Seminar: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Vortrag

The Hidden Cost of Crime: Crime Victimization and Mental Health: Invited Session

Anna Bindler, Juliane Hennecke, Nadine Ketel, Gail Pacheco, Alexandra Turcu
Bordeaux, Frankreich, 25.08.2025 - 28.08.0205
| 40th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association: EEA 2025
Vortrag

Labour Demand and Workforce Diversity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Anna Bindler, Barbara Boelmann, Lena Janys, Luisa Santiago Wolf
Magdeburg, 09.07.2025
| Forschungsseminar: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Vortrag

Labour Demand and Workforce Diversity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Anna Bindler, Barbara Boelmann, Lena Janys, Luisa Santiago Wolf
Potsdam, 17.06.2025
| CEPA Mini-Workshop: Universität Potsdam
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