Jasper is a PhD Student in Economic Geography. His research focuses on local labour market effects, economic development, migration, and innovation.

Jasper has a background in Economics. Prior to joining LSE, Jasper worked as a Junior Economists at the OECD, where he engaged in research on migration, regional development, and economic transitions. Furthermore, he was a Consultant for the OECD and LSE. He holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Mannheim and a BSc in Economics and Business Adminstration from the University of Tübingen. During his studies, he worked as a Research Assistant at ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and as an Intern at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).

Research interests

• Local Labour Markets
• Regional Economic Development
• Innovation and Foreign Direct Investment
• Migration

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Conference papers/working papers/publications

• OECD (2024), "Migration and Regional Innovation in Australia", OECD Regional Development Papers, No. 66, OECD Publishing, Paris. Read paper.
• OECD (2023), "The Impact of Migration on Regional Employment and Wages in Australia", OECD Regional Development Papers No. 64, OECD Publishing, Paris. Read paper. 
• OECD (2023), "Migration and Regional Productivity: Evidence from Individual Wages in Australia" OECD Regional Development Papers, No. 60, OECD Publishing, Paris. Read paper.
• OECD (2023), "Regional Productivity, Local Labour Markets, and Migration in Australia", OECD Regional Development Papers, No. 39, OECD Publishing, Paris. Read paper.
• Astruc-Le Souder, M., et al. (2024), "The OECD Municipal Migration Database: Going granular", OECD Regional Development Papers, No. 96, OECD Publishing, Paris. Read paper. 

Scholarships

• Full ESRC Doctoral scholarship 2024-2028

Supervisors 

• Prof Riccardo Crescenzi
• Prof Olmo Silva