Christopher Busch

Christopher Busch is an Associate Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and a research affiliate at CEPR and CESifo. His research focuses on macroeconomics with an emphasis on inequality, analyzing micro-level income risk, labor market dynamics, public policy, and family economics. He employs quantitative structural models combined with empirical methods using administrative and survey data. Busch organizes high-profile workshops such as the LMU-NYU Workshop on Policy Analysis (Dec 2025) and the BSE Summer Forum sessions on Income Dynamics and Macroeconomics.

His work examines how labor markets, policies, and households mitigate individual risks and shape observed inequalities. Key themes include cyclical income shocks, occupational mobility, refugee migration impacts, and the effectiveness of social insurance systems. Methodologically, he bridges econometric techniques with policy-relevant analysis, contributing to debates on welfare economics and fiscal interventions.

Busch collaborates extensively with global institutions and researchers, evidenced by co-authored works on topics ranging from pandemic policy evaluation to task-based wage dynamics. His upcoming academic engagements reflect sustained leadership in shaping policy-relevant macroeconomic research.