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Philipp Lergetporer is a professor of economics with a focus on policy-relevant research at the intersection of education economics, public economics, and behavioral economics. His research particularly delves into issues related to economic educational inequality, the determinants of inequality, and the political feasibility of policies aimed at reducing existing inequalities. He employs a range of econometric methods with a particular emphasis on experimental research designs to explore these topics. Lergetporer completed his PhD in economics at the University of Innsbruck in 2014. Following this, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ifo Center for Economics of Education at the Ifo Institute in Munich from 2014 to 2021, during which time he was also a visiting scholar at prestigious institutions such as the University of Chicago and Stanford University. In September 2021, he joined the TUM School of Management at the Heilbronn campus as a professor in the Global Center for Family Enterprise.
Technical University of Munich • Munich
Teaching and conducting research in economics with a focus on education and public policy.
Ifo Center for Economics of Education, Ifo Institute • Munich
Conducted empirical research on educational economics.