Professor of Human Resource Education and Development
LMU Munich School of Management
My research focuses on Personnel Economics, Economics of Education, and Labor Economics. I am particularly interested in understanding the costs and benefits of apprenticeship training, hiring costs, and how firms invest in human capital. My recent work examines how AI adoption affects apprenticeship training and other forms of workplace training.
Personnel Economics, Economics of Education, Labor Economics
Analyzing the costs and benefits of apprenticeship training for firms, the role of business cycles, firm investments in human capital, and the impact of AI adoption on workplace training.
Investigating the structure of hiring costs, labor market tightness, and how hiring costs affect firm decisions on training and recruitment.
Studying how works councils, collective bargaining, and institutional frameworks affect training quality, training decisions, and labor market outcomes.
Examining the role of foundational skills such as math in shaping school-to-apprenticeship transitions and labor market outcomes, as well as the development of soft skills through training.
Recent contributions to academic journals
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 238, 107206
British Journal of Industrial Relations (Advance online publication)
Economics of Education Review, 86, 102197
Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 12(1), 1-30
Labour Economics, 52, 122-131
Industrial Relations, 55(2), 193-218
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 66(5), 1095-1112
European Economic Review, 56(1), 20-35
Courses at LMU Munich and University of Zurich
LMU Munich (2020-)
Swiss Leading House VPET-ECON, University of Zurich (2018, 2019, 2022)
LMU Munich (2015-)
LMU Munich (2015-)
University of Zurich (2015-)
LMU Munich (2014-)
Academic background and professional experience
LMU Munich School of Management, Germany
University of Zurich, Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics, Switzerland
University of Bern, Centre for Research in Economics of Education, Switzerland
University of California, Berkeley, IRLE, USA
King's College London, Department of Management, UK
University of Bern
University of Bern
University of British Columbia
Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)
ROA, Maastricht University
IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Get in touch for research collaborations or inquiries
muehlemann@lmu.de
Ludwigstr. 28 (RG), Room 309
80539 Munich, Germany
+49 89 2180-5623
Tuesday, 11:30-12:30
(by appointment via email)
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 Munich, Germany