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Dr Ralph Hippe
Former Post Doctoral Researcher
Ralph worked with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment from September 2013 until August 2015. Ralph worked on the project entitled ‘Green growth and a new industrial revolution’, financed by the Global Green Growth Institute. He now works as a Research Fellow in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.
Background
Ralph holds a PhD in Economics from University of Strasbourg, BETA/CNRS (France) and University of Tuebingen (Germany) (summa cum laude). His thesis focused on human capital formation and economic growth.
Ralph was awarded the Best Dissertation Prize by the Franco-German University in 2014. He has been the recipient of 3 further dissertation prizes in France and Germany by Société des Amis des Universités de l’Académie de Strasbourg, by RWT Reutlinger Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH and by Chapitre de Saint-Thomas.
He is currently also working as a consultant on a World Bank project and has been a Visiting Researcher at IDDRI/Sciences Po Paris. Previously, he worked as a Research Assistant at Sciences Po Strasbourg and the University of Tuebingen.
Ralph also holds Master’s degrees in business administration and management from Ecole de Management Strasbourg (Very good) and University of Tuebingen (Very good). He wrote his Master’s thesis at Banque de France.
Research interests
- Green growth
- Knowledge economy and human capital
- Structural change and government policy
- Economic development
- Spatial and regional analysis
2015
Why did the knowledge transition occur in the West and not the East? ICT and the role of governments in Europe, East Asia and the Muslim world
The human capital transition and the role of policy
Why did the knowledge transition occur in the West and not in the East? ICT and the role of governments in Europe, East Asia and the Muslim world
2014
Human capital and economic growth: theory and quantification
2013
Are you NUTS? The factors of production and their long-run evolution in Europe from a regional perspective
Spatial clustering of human capital in the European regions
2012
Regional inequality in human capital formation in Europe 1790-1880
How to measure human capital? The relationship between numeracy and literacy
2009
Banane bleue et Banane rouge. L’exemple de l’Alsace dans les relations économiques.
2014
Grantham researcher awarded Best Dissertation Prize from Franco-German University
2015
