I am a macroeconomist who works on issues related to family economics, growth, and development. Much of my work aims to understand how household choices (such as fertility, parenting, and education decisions) respond to macroeconomic conditions and, in turn, shape long-run economic outcomes.
Co-Editor, Journal of the European Economic Association
News & Highlights
- New publication: It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects (with Francesco Agostinelli, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Fabrizio Zilibotti), Journal of Political Economy, January 2026.
- My Plenary Talk at the SED Annual Meeting in Cartagena (slides).
- New handbook chapter: The Economics of Fertility: A New Era (with Anne Hannusch, Fabian Kindermann, and Michèle Tertilt).
- New handbook chapter: Educational Inequality (with Jo Blanden and Jan Stuhler).
- 3 Questions Interview with HCEO.
Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids
With Fabrizio Zilibotti
Translated into: Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, and Turkish.
🏆 Best Parenting Book of the Decade — FatherlyPast Conferences
- Call for Papers, Program, and Photo for a conference on "Families in Macroeconomics," Edesheim Castle, September 11-12, 2025.
- Call for Papers, Program, and Photo — "Families in Macroeconomics," Mannheim, Germany, October 18-20, 2018.
- Call for Papers and Program — "Families and the Macroeconomy," Edesheim, Germany, June 22-23, 2015. Photos: here and here.
- Conference Web Site — Nemmers Prize Conference in honor of Daron Acemoglu, Evanston, May 16-17, 2013.
- Call for Papers and Conference Web Site — "Cultural Change and Economic Growth in the Long Run," University of Munich, July 1-2, 2011.
- Call for Papers and Conference Web Site — European Workshop in Macroeconomics 2010, University of Munich, June 25-26, 2010.
- Conference Program — "Asset Markets, Nominal Contracts, and Monetary Policy," University of Munich, June 24-26, 2009.
- Some pictures with coauthors and former students.
Contact Information
Department of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom
Office: Room 1.18, Sir Arthur Lewis Building (SAL)
Email: m.doepke@lse.ac.uk