معرفی
Krzysztof Pytka is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Macroeconomics at the University of Mannheim's Department of Economics since 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute (2017). His research focuses on household consumption dynamics, search theory, and computational economics, leveraging large microeconomic datasets and machine learning techniques. Current projects examine retail market frictions, post-job displacement earnings losses, and the macroeconomic implications of consumer behavior.
Education: Ph.D. in Economics (2017) - European University Institute, Florence; Earlier degrees not specified.
Research Areas:
- Macroeconomic modeling of heterogeneous agents
- Consumption patterns using scanner data
- Machine learning applications in structural econometrics
- Price dispersion mechanisms
Papers emphasize empirical validation of theoretical models using novel datasets. Recent work on Covid-19 labor market impacts has been published in CEPR's policy-oriented journal. Teaching includes Ph.D.-level courses on quantitative macroeconomics and machine learning applications.
Advising/Grants: No formal advisees listed in current materials. Research collaborations with Daniel Runge and Andreas Gulyas.
