Dr. Ingo E. Isphording
Research Focus
Labor Economics, Economics of Education
Academic Career
Positions
- Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics, Bonn, Germany
Senior Research Fellow, SEP 2025 - now - IZA Bonn, Germany
Research Director, JUN 2023 - AUG 2025
Team Leader, JUN 2017 - MAY 2023
(Senior) Research Associate, SEP 2013 - MAY 2017 - University of Cologne, Department of Economics
Interim professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung), OCT 2021 - MAR 2022
Interim professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung), OCT 2020 - MAR 2021
Education
- Ph.D., Economics (summa cum laude)
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, OCT 2009 - MAY 2013 - M.A., Economics
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, OCT 2007 - SEP 2009 - Erasmus Exchange
NHH, Bergen, Norway, AUG 2008 - DEC 2008 - B.A., Economics and Social Psychology
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, OCT 2004 - SEP 2007 - Apprenticeship
Continentale Insurance, Dortmund, Germany, AUG 2001 - JAN 2004
Recent Publications
Lichter, A., Löffler, M., Isphording, I. E., Nguyen, T. V., Poege, F., & Siegloch, S. (2025). Profit taxation, R&D spending, and innovation. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 17(1), 432-463.
Hupkau, C., Ruiz-Valenzuela, J., Isphording, I. E., & Machin, S. (2023). Labour market shocks and parental investments during the Covid-19 pandemic. Labour Economics, 82, 102341.
Diederichs, M., Van Ewijk, R., Isphording, I. E., & Pestel, N. (2022). Schools under mandatory testing can mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(26), e2201724119.
Elsner, B., Isphording, I. E., & Zölitz, U. (2021). Achievement rank affects performance and major choices in college. The Economic Journal, 131(640), 3182-3206.
Isphording, I. E., Lipfert, M., & Pestel, N. (2021). Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany. Journal of Public Economics, 198, 104426.
Isphording, I. E., & Pestel, N. (2021). Pandemic meets pollution: Poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 108, 102448.
Colussi, T., Isphording, I. E., & Pestel, N. (2021). Minority salience and political extremism. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 13(3), 237-271.