Max Löffler

Max Löffler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics at Maastricht University and a Research Fellow at the same institution since December 2023. He is also affiliated with the ERC-funded HIPPO project at the University of Cologne, reflecting his strong ties to leading European economic research centers.

His research focuses on public economics and labor economics, with particular emphasis on taxation, inequality, labor supply modeling, and urban/regional economic issues. His work combines structural econometric methods with empirical analysis to evaluate the welfare and distributional effects of public policies.

The recent publications reveal a consistent trend in studying the real-world impacts of taxation, labor market policies, and inequality, while expanding into newer domains such as climate change exposure and the long-term economic consequences of surveillance. His research often involves collaboration with prominent economists and utilizes large-scale microdata and policy simulation models.

• IZA Discussion Papers and Standpunkte
• Published in journals: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Inequality, Labour Economics, German Economic Review, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik

Löffler has advised or contributed to policy-relevant research through institutions such as IZA, ifo Institute, and ZEW. He has not received any explicitly mentioned scientific awards in the provided text. He does not appear to lead a named lab or research team, but is deeply embedded in collaborative research networks focused on public policy evaluation.