Thomas Zwick studied economics at Regensburg University and Vanderbilt University (USA). In December 1993, he graduated from Regensburg University. Between February 1994 and January 1998, he was a PhD student at Maastricht University (The Netherlands). In July 1998, he defended his dissertation on "Human Capital and Unemployment" in Maastricht. Between February 1998 and September 2008, Thomas Zwick was a research fellow (and since January 2008 the deputy head of department) at the research department of labour economics, human resources, and social policy. In January 2006, he defended his dissertation on "Productivity Effects of Human Resource Measures" at Zurich University (Switzerland). Since October 2008 he is full professor for Human Resource Management at Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich (LMU) and research associate at ZEW. His main fields of interests are micro-economic and micro-econometric labour market analyses, qualification research and personnel economics.