Dr. Tamara Bogatzki
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Research Fellow of the Research Department
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Tamara Bogatzki is an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of international migration, economic history and development. She studies how social embeddedness sheps migrant decision-making, the reporting of preferences for risky pathways and family migration patterns across generations. Her work combines cross-country panel data with archival records and her own quantitative survey fieldwork. Tamara holds a PhD from Kiel University, a MSc in Economics from the University of Bayreuth and a BA in Philosophy & Economics.
Research fields
International Migration | Cultural Economics | Development Economics | Economic History
Selected Publications
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Bogatzki, Tamara/Meierrieks, Daniel (2026): "Trafficking as Choice? Evidence from Nigeria". In: Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 182, Article 103809, S. 1-19.
Bogatzki, Tamara/Stadelmann, David/Torgler, Benno (2025): "Guiltily Indebted? How a Word is Linked to Individual Borrowing". In: Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 32, No. 9, S. 1269-1272.
Bogatzki, Tamara/Glaese, Jana Catalina/Stier, Julia (2024): "Disease and Prejudice. Risk Attribution to Ethno-racial Groups over the Course of a Pandemic". In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 50, No. 12, S. 2920-2942.
Bogatzki, Tamara (2026): From Colonial Soldiers to Contemporary Migrants. Intergenerational Remittances from Historic Military Migration. WZB Discussion Paper SP VI 2026-104. Berlin: WZB.
Bogatzki, Tamara (2021): Heterogeneity in Migration Network Effects Across Cultures. WZB Discussion Paper SP VI 2021-102. WZB.
Bogatzki, Tamara/Stier, Julia (2020): "Unerfüllte Wünsche. Für Frauen aus Gambia und dem Senegal ist Auswandern schwieriger als für Männer". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 169, S. 9-11.
Bogatzki, Tamara (2025): "Wo du hingehst, will ich auch hingehen. Wie sich soziale Netzwerke auf Migrationsentscheidungen auswirken". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 2=Nr. 188, S. 19-21.
Bogatzki, Tamara/Dolling, Jérôme (2024): "Many People Know the Dangers of Human Trafficking but Choose to Take the Risk". In: Africa at LSE Blog, 30.07.2024.
Bogatzki, Tamara/Meierrieks, Daniel (2024): "Nicht einfach naiv. Gründe und Hintergründe des Menschenhandels in Nigeria". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 2=Nr. 184, S. 48-51.