Philipp Lergetporer

Prof. Philipp Lergetporer is a Professor of Economics at the Global Center for Family Enterprise (GCFE) within the TUM School of Management at the Technical University of Munich (Heilbronn Campus). His research focuses on policy-relevant intersections of educational economics, public economics, and behavioral economics, particularly addressing issues of economic and educational inequality, policy design feasibility, and experimental research methodologies.

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Innsbruck (2014) and held a postdoctoral research position at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education (2014–2021). During this period, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and NHH Bergen. His interdisciplinary work combines econometric methods with experimental designs to study inequality reduction strategies.

• Education: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Innsbruck (2014)
• Postdoctoral Research: ifo Institute Munich (2014–2021)
• Visiting Positions: University of Chicago, Stanford University, NHH Bergen

His research explores how information impacts public policy preferences, including studies on education spending, vaccination behavior, and childcare access inequality. He has conducted nationwide field experiments to analyze discrimination in social programs and the effects of transparency on policy competition.

• Key Themes:
  • Educational inequality and policy preferences
  • Experimental methods in public economics
  • Gender norms and labor market expectations
  • Automation and workforce training

Notable awards include the Ifo Institute Prize (2018) and grants from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation (2016) and Jacobs Foundation (2016). His work frequently uses representative survey experiments to bridge academic research and policy implementation.

Prof. Lergetporer’s contributions extend to analyzing the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic on education systems and advocating for evidence-based policy interventions. He leads research initiatives through the GCFE, focusing on family enterprises and their role in economic resilience.