Prof. Panu Poutvaara, PhD
Member of the Expert Council
ifo Center for Migration and Development Economics, ifo institute
Panu Poutvaara is Professor of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and Director of the ifo Center for Migration and Development Economics, ifo Institute. His research focuses include the impact of migration opportunities on human capital formation, family migration, populism, and the welfare effects of immigration.
Professional background:
- Master’s degree in economics, University of Helsinki, 1992–1997
- Licentiate, University of Helsinki, 1999
- Visiting Fellow with a Fulbright Fellowship, Harvard University, 1999–2000
- PhD in economics, University of Helsinki, 2002
- Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) in Copenhagen, 2002–2005
- Professor of Economics, University of Helsinki, 2005–2006
- Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Research Fellow, RUESG, University of Helsinki, 2006
- Professor of Economics, University of Helsinki, 2006–2010
- Professor of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), since 2010
- Director of the ifo Center for International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research, ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, since 2010
