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
- Course materials (reading list, lecture slides, and problem set) for my PhD course EC555: Family Macroeconomics at LSE, Autumn 2026.
- New draft: This Time It's Different: The Role of Women's Employment in Recessions (with Titan Alon, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, James Symons-Hicks, and Michèle Tertilt), July 2026.
- New paper: Private Information in the Family (with Suzanne Bellue and Michèle Tertilt), March 2026.
- New paper: Preparing Kids for Capitalism: The Effect of German Reunification on the Intergenerational Transmission of Preferences (with Mariko Klasing), March 2026.
- 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, 2023 (slides).
- 3 Questions Interview with HCEO.
- Some pictures with coauthors and former students.
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 Photos (1, 2) for a conference on "Families in Macroeconomics," London School of Economics, September 18-19, 2026.
- Program for the "London Family Economics Workshop," London, April 14, 2026.
- 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.
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