Matthias Kredler

Matthias Kredler serves as Associate Professor of Economics and Ramón y Cajal Researcher at Carlos III University of Madrid, specializing in macroeconomic dynamics of aging populations, family insurance mechanisms, and labor market structures. His research bridges theoretical modeling and policy analysis with significant contributions to long-term care economics and human capital theory.

He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University and a Diploma in Economics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, complemented by a Visiting Assistant Professorship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kredler's scholarly work centers on household decision-making in old age, examining how families navigate savings, housing, and care provision amid demographic shifts. His signature approach integrates vintage-human-capital models with intergenerational transfer analysis, revealing how informal family care interacts with formal systems. Recent publications demonstrate increasing focus on cross-national policy comparisons, particularly European and U.S. long-term care frameworks.

His publication trajectory shows consistent output in premier journals including Review of Economic Studies and Journal of Economic Theory, with recent work emphasizing housing wealth's role in old-age security and the nuanced dynamics of altruistic family behavior.

Key recognition includes:

• Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (Spain's competitive early-career research award)

Kredler mentors graduate students through thesis supervision and teaches advanced courses including Macroeconomics II and Quantitative Macroeconomics with Heterogeneous Agents in the Ph.D. program. His research on long-term care systems received targeted funding from Fundación Ramón Areces, reflecting its policy relevance.

He actively participates in the Macroeconomics Reading Group at UC3M, fostering collaborative research on heterogeneous-agent models and their applications to real-world economic challenges.