Cäcilia Lipowski

I am an applied microeconomist and Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) at the ifo Institute and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). I am also a Junior Research Group Leader on Big Data in Labor and Education Research. My research is focused on labor economics, in particular technological change, skill change, and labor shortages.

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2025/02/13 I won the award for the best dissertation in 2023/2024 by the German Economic Association - Committee for the Economics of Education (Verein für Socialpolitik - Bildungsökonomischer Aussschuss)

2025/01/29 I won the first prize of the Volksbank Kurpfalz Research Award for my dissertation

2024/10/14 New Working Paper: "No Teens, No Tech: How Shortages of Young Workers Hinder Firm Technology Investments"

2024/09/30 New Working Paper: "Firm-Level Technology Adoption in Times of Crisis" with Melanie Arntz, Michael Böhm, Georg Graetz, Terry Gregory and Florian Lehmer

2024/09/01 I started a new job as Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) and Junior Research Group Leader at the ifo Institute / LMU Munich

2024/08/28 I successfully defended my dissertation on "Technological Change: Origins and Impacts in the Labor Market" (cum laude)