Nina Ruer
Nina worked at Bruegel as a Research Analyst. She holds a master's of research (MRes) in Analysis and Policy in Economics from the Paris School of Economics (PSE). Her master's thesis, titled "The Gender Pay Gap in Student Employment in France," was a comprehensive study that delved into income disparities among university students in France. Prior to that, she earned a BSc in Economics with a final year in "Magistère" from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Prior to joining Bruegel, she was a research assistant on a series of projects funded by PSE where she gained hands-on experience in finding and cleaning replication datasets for Randomized Control Trials (RCTs). She also developed multiple surrogate index functions for long-term forecasting. Another set of projects focused on collecting subjective forecasts, where she assessed the calibration of various groups for forecast accuracy.
Nina is a dual Dutch and French citizen and is a French native speaker, fluent in Dutch and English.
Featured work
Gender wealth inequality in the European Union: a distributional perspective
Analysis of single women and men in Europe reveals persistent gender wealth gaps and differing patterns across countries
Western Balkan migration: win-win or brain drain?
Why have workers from the six countries been heading to Germany, and will they keep going or start to stay home?
Migration flows from the Western Balkans to Germany: implications and recommendations
Migration to Germany is shaping the Western Balkans for better and worse, highlighting the need for reforms to harness benefits and mitigate drawbacks
Unequal wealth: Exploring socioeconomic disparities across the EU
All work
Working paper
30 October 2025
Gender wealth inequality in the European Union: a distributional perspective
Analysis of single women and men in Europe reveals persistent gender wealth gaps and differing patterns across countries
Podcast
08 October 2025
Western Balkan migration: win-win or brain drain?
Why have workers from the six countries been heading to Germany, and will they keep going or start to stay home?
Working paper
18 September 2025
Migration flows from the Western Balkans to Germany: implications and recommendations
Migration to Germany is shaping the Western Balkans for better and worse, highlighting the need for reforms to harness benefits and mitigate drawbacks
External publication
18 September 2025
Analysis
14 May 2025
How much research talent could Europe grab from the US?
Up to a fifth of researchers in top US universities have previously studied in Europe; they might be persuaded to return
Analysis
13 May 2025
Understanding Serbian youth discontent through the lens of the labour market
As young Serbians arrive in Brussels to highlight the changes they want to see in Serbia, the EU should show stronger support for their demands
Policy Brief
27 March 2025
The demographic divide: inequalities in ageing across the European Union
Demographic changes will pose challenges to all EU countries, but not in a uniform way
Dataset
24 February 2025
Labour market outlook dashboard
This dashboard offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of key labour market outcomes across EU member states, from 2006 onwards
Policy Brief
23 January 2025
Prepare now: Europe must get ready for the coming long-term care surge
In many countries, demand for long-term care services outpaces supply, leading to a ‘care gap’
Working paper
17 December 2024
Long-term care policies in practice: a European perspective
A comprehensive study of the long-term care (LTC) systems in Germany, France, Slovenia, Italy and Denmark