Robert Lehmann

Robert Lehmann is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and a research affiliate of the CESifo Research Network. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Technische Universität Dresden and contributes to Germany's quarterly economic projections and the Joint Economic Forecast commissioned by the federal government. He co-developed the ifoCAST model for GDP forecasting and provides up-to-date regional economic data.

• Research Focus: Applied macroeconometrics, business cycle analysis, regional economics, and long-run growth.

Recent Publications highlight sectoral labor input and productivity trends, regional GDP estimation methods, and novel monthly time series on producer prices. His work emphasizes data-driven insights for inter-annual business cycle analysis and sectoral amplification effects.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Working Group Regional Accounts (VGRdL) and maintains datasets like READ-GER for real-time regional economic analysis.