Incoming IZA Head Withdraws From Role After Economists Complain
- Armin Falk will no longer take the helm at the institute
- More than 600 economists had spoken out against his elevation
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Armin Falk, who was appointed to lead Germany’s Institute of Labor Economics, is pulling out from the post, according to a statement Monday.
The Deutsche Post Foundation, which funds the institute, known as IZA, said Falk had asked to “withdraw his appointment to lead IZA.” He had been appointed earlier this month as the new director of the leading labor-market research organization and was due to start Jan. 1.