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Ludger Woessmann

Ludger Woessmann publishes mostly in Education, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as School Choice and Performance, Economic Growth and Productivity and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality.

World rank
#11,249
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#1,099
of 86,443
Works
95
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
11.6

What does Ludger Woessmann research?

Education: 29.3%Economics and Econometrics: 20.7%Sociology and Political Science: 12.9%Political Science and International Relations: 8.6%other fields: 28.5%29%top field
Education29.3%Economics and Econometrics20.7%Sociology and Political Science12.9%Political Science and International Relations8.6%other fields28.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Education29% of their works
  2. 2Economics and Econometrics21% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research6% of their works
  6. 6Demography5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ludger Woessmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Educational Inequality, Socioeconomic Status, Student Achievement, Education, Economic Development, Institutions, Labor Market and Technological Change.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Educational Inequality182 topics
  2. Socioeconomic Status141 topic
  3. Student Achievement141 topic
  4. Education132 topics
  5. Economic Development71 topic
  6. Institutions71 topic
  7. Labor Market71 topic
  8. Technological Change71 topic
  9. Fiscal Decentralization61 topic
  10. Intergenerational Mobility61 topic
  11. Social Stratification61 topic
  12. Tax Competition61 topic
  13. Conditional Cash Transfers51 topic
  14. School Subsidies51 topic
  15. Training Pathways51 topic
  16. Vocational Education51 topic
  17. Academic Performance41 topic
  18. Student Engagement41 topic

Where does Ludger Woessmann work?

Ludger Woessmann's main affiliation in the publication record is Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Ludger Woessmann have?

Science Explorer counts 95 works and 1,098 citations for Ludger Woessmann, ranking #11,249 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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