Roman Klimke is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy at Harvard University. His research interests lie at the intersection of labor and public economics. His current research investigates how labor markets respond to the introduction of social programs, for which he uses individual- and establishment-level Social Security data from Germany and Saudi Arabia. Roman holds a B.Sc. degree in International Economics and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Tuebingen and spent one year abroad at the University of Michigan during his undergraduate studies.