Gregor Pfeifer

Gregor Pfeifer is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney, affiliated with CESifo and IZA. Previously, he was a Senior Research Officer at University College London's Department of Economics. His research focuses on Health, Education, and Public Economics, emphasizing applied microeconometrics for policy evaluation. He holds a Ph.D. from Saarland University.

**Education**: Ph.D., Saarland University (Germany).

**Research Interests**: Applied Microeconomics, with a focus on causal inference in Health, Education, and Public Policy contexts. His work explores topics like school smoking bans, fuel price policies, and gender wage expectations.

**Grants**: Received funding from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung (€118k, 2017–2019) for STEM education research, the German Research Foundation (€17k, 2017–2018) for school tracking effects, and seed grants for junior researcher networks.

**Media**: His work on school smoking bans and gender wage expectations has been covered in outlets like *The Sunday Times* and *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung*.

**Affiliations**: Serves as an Associate Editor at *Empirical Economics*. Active in policy evaluation, synthetic control methods, and labor market dynamics.