Lukas Althoff
Bio
I study long-run economic progress and inequality, using tools from applied microeconomics and economic history. Most recently, I am studying how artificial intelligence and other technologies impact labor markets and scientific discovery.
I received my PhD from Princeton in 2023. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship at SIEPR, I joined Stanford's Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor in 2025.
News
Jan 2026
New working paper with Hugo Reichardt: Task-Specific Technical Change and Comparative Advantage
Dec 2025
New version of working paper: Mothers, Schools, and the Making of American Human Capital Mobility (R&R at Review of Economic Studies)
Oct 2025
SIEPR Policy Brief: America's got talent: The case for investing in public education