Dirk Krueger

Dirk Krueger is a Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, with affiliations including the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Netspar, and the Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging. His research focuses on macroeconomics and public finance, emphasizing models with heterogeneous households.

• Director of Graduate Studies at University of Pennsylvania (2008–2012)
• Co-editor of American Economic Review (2009–2011)
• Previous roles: Assistant Professor at Stanford University, Chaired Professorship in Macroeconomics at Goethe University Frankfurt

His work explores the distributional effects of macroeconomic shocks, such as pandemic-related school closures and refugee inflows. Krueger holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota (1999) and contributes to journals including the American Economic Review and Journal of Monetary Economics.

Scientific Awards & Affiliations
• NBER Research Associate
• CEPR Research Fellow
• Netspar Research Fellow
• Mannheim Research Institute Research Professor