Ludger Woessmann
Professor of Economics, University of Munich
Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education
Welcome to my website
In my applied economic research, I try to combine scientific rigor with societal relevance. I think it is important to build bridges from research to the public debate.
I am particularly interested in the determinants of long-term prosperity of mankind. My research focuses especially on the importance of education for economic prosperity and on the effects of school systems on educational achievement and equality of opportunity.
Latest News
Paper on Religion and Growth Accepted at the Journal of Economic Literature
"Testing" Paper Now Published in the Journal of Human Resources
Keynote Published: Evaluation of the Education System based on Current Achievement Studies
A World Unprepared: Missing Skills for Development
Finally out in Economic Policy: The Legacy of Covid-19 in Education
"The Pisa Crash Endangers our Prosperity": Commentary on merkur.de
The Education Crisis Is our Biggest Location Risk: Interview on wiwo.de
Is the PISA Shock Jeopardizing our Economic Prosperity? Interview on BR Television
Global Universal Basic Skills: Paper Published in the Journal of Development Economics
The Economic Importance of Education: TV Interview on tagesschau24
What Do Germans Think about Inequality of Opportunity in the Education System?
Vol. 7 of the Handbook of the Economics of Education is out (edited with Hanushek and Machin)
Religion and Growth: New Working Paper
VoxEU Column: Patience and the North-South Divide in Student Achievement in Italy and the US
Article on COVID-19 and Pupils’ Learning out in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education
Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? New Working Paper
For the First Time: Regional Results of the ifo Education Survey
Proposals for Democracy Education: Report of the Hertie Commission Democracy and Education
CESifo Area Conference on the Economics of Education 2023
ifo Education Survey 2023: What Germans Think about School Quality
Elected Member of Academia Europaea - The Academy of Europe
Catanzaro Keynote on "Patience and Student Achievement"
"A New PISA Shock Must Go through the Country": Guest Article
Paper on Internet Surveys now out in the European Journal of Political Economy
Interview on Spiegel.de on the Importance of and Remedies against Declining School Achievement
Declining Performance Levels, High Inequality of Opportunity: Our Contribution in Wirtschaftsdienst
Education and Professional Sovereignty: New Report of the Expert Council of Education
The Opportunity Monitor of ifo and “A Heart for Children”
Teacher Qualifications and Student Achievement: An Economic Impulse
Good Education is not Just a Question of Money: Interview on the German Education Summit at wiwo.de
The Legacy of Covid-19 in Education: Paper Accepted for Publication in Economic Policy
Podcast "The Week that Was in Europe" on Skills, Schools, and Economic Growth
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 6, is out
Interview on wiwo.de on the German Integration Debate
Interview in Der Spiegel on Learning under Covid Conditions
New WP: Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development
Data Release: The ifo Education Survey 2014-2021, Described in JbNSt Article
Paper out in Education Finance and Policy
Interview in Die Welt: We Need a New PISA Shock
New survey: Germans support integration of Ukrainian refugees through education
Paper on Belief Elicitation now out in the Journal of Econometrics
ifo Education Survey 2022: Germans favor lifelong learning to keep pace with structural change
Economic Journal Paper Assigned to Issue
New Working Paper: Making Tuition Contingent on Future Income Raises Public Support
New Working Paper: Religious Education in School Affects Religiosity in Adulthood
"Testing" Paper to Be Published in the Journal of Human Resources
Paper on Covid-19 and Educational Inequality Published in the European Economic Review
Test Performance of German Students over Time: The Sad Smiley