Ludger Woessmann
Professor of Economics, esp. Economics of Education, University of Munich, and Head of Department Human Capital and Innovation, Ifo Institute

Research Interest

Economics of education, growth, and innovation; efficiency and equity of education systems; microeconometric analyses of international student achievement tests; the role of human capital in economic history and in economic development

Positions

• Coordinator of the EU-funded European Expert Network on the Economics of Education (EENEE) (www.education-economics.org)
• Member of the Editorial Board, Economics of Education Review
• Member of the Questionnaire Expert Group of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 cycle
• Speaker of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Leading House “Economics of Education: Firm Behaviour and Training Policies”, Universities of Zurich and Bern
• Founding Member, Teaching Committee of the European Economic Association

PhD

Schooling and the Quality of Human Capital (University of Kiel, 2001)

Publications

The Role of Cognitive Skills in Economic Development (with E.A. Hanushek). Journal of Economic Literature 46 (3), 2008

Educational Production in Europe. Economic Policy 20 (43): 445-504, 2005

Schooling and the Quality of Human Capital. Berlin: Springer, 2002

Contact Information

University of Munich
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Poschingerstr. 5
81679 Munich, Germany
Tel.: ++49 (0)89 9224-1699
EMail: woessmann@ifo.de
www.cesifo.de/woessmann
www.education-economics.org