Oliver Falck

Oliver Falck is a Research Professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) since March 2014 and holds the Chair of Economics, specifically Empirical Innovation Economics, at LMU Munich. He serves as Director of the ifo Center for Industrial Organisation and New Technologies and Programme Director of the CESifo Research Network.

• Current Positions: Research Professor (IWH), Professor of Economics (LMU Munich)
• Leadership Roles: Director (ifo Center), Programme Director (CESifo Research Network)

Research Focus: His work centers on innovation, economic growth, entrepreneurship, and the intersection of technology with labor markets. Key themes include the impact of ICT skills on labor outcomes and the role of job training in mitigating automation risks.

Scientific Impact: His recent publications analyze automation risk reduction through job training and the economic returns to ICT skills. These studies use cross-country data and instrumental-variable models to explore technology-induced labor market dynamics.

Contributions: His research highlights mechanisms connecting digital skills, task composition, and wage outcomes, with findings on gender differences and age-related effects in training efficacy. He employs advanced methodologies like entropy balancing for causal inference in labor economics.