Ingo E. Isphording

Research Director

+49 228 38 94 204

isphording@iza.org

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Research Interests

Ingo Isphording serves as IZA Research Director (as of 2023), being responsible for scientific management, coordination of the institute’s research agenda, and science communication. Prior to taking up this position he acted in various other roles at IZA for almost a decade. He is an applied labor and education economist who is passionate about researching the origins of educational and labor market inequality and how public policy can make a difference. His work has been published in journals such like the Economic Journal, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Human Resources and the American Economic Journal. He is actively engaged in improving German education policies by disseminating international research findings within the German policy discourse and advocating for enhanced data access for researchers.

Ingo Isphording is a member of the Research Committee on Economics of Education (Bildungsökonomischer Ausschuss) of the German Economic Association and is affiliated with CESifo and the CRC TR 224 "Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges".

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14844

Schools under Mandatory Testing Can Mitigate the Spread of SARS-CoV-2

Ingo E. Isphording, Marc Diederichs, Reyn van Ewijk, Nico Pestel

revised version published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (26), e2201724119

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14830

Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation

Andreas Lichter, Max Löffler, Ingo E. Isphording, Thu-Van Nguyen, Felix Poege, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14320

Achievement Rank Affects Performance and Major Choices in College

Benjamin Elsner, Ingo E. Isphording, Ulf Zölitz

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 640 (131), 3182 - 3206.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14000

Labour Market Shocks during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Inequalities and Child Outcomes

Claudia Hupkau, Ingo E. Isphording, Stephen Machin, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

revised version published as 'Labour Market Shocks and Parental Investments during the Covid-19 Pandemic' in: Labour Economics, 2023, 82, 102341

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13790

School Re-Openings after Summer Breaks in Germany Did Not Increase SARS-CoV-2 Cases

Ingo E. Isphording, Marc Lipfert, Nico Pestel

revised version published as 'Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 198, 104426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13418

Pandemic Meets Pollution: Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19

Ingo E. Isphording, Nico Pestel

revised version published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 108, 102448

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12202

Peer Diversity, College Performance and Educational Choices

Arnaud Chevalier, Ingo E. Isphording, Elena Lisauskaite

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 64, 101833

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10417

Minority Salience and Political Extremism

Tommaso Colussi, Ingo E. Isphording, Nico Pestel

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13 (3), 237-271