Prof. Dr. Dominik Sachs

ifo Forschungsdirektor
ifo Zentrum für Finanzwissenschaft
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Arbeitsschwerpunkte

Public Economics
Makroökonomie und Finanzwissenschaft
Steuer- und Transfersysteme
Ungleichheit und Umverteilung
Bildungs-, Familien- und Migrationspolitik

Tätigkeiten

Seit 2021

ifo Forschungsdirektor, ifo Zentrum für Finanzwissenschaft

Seit 12/2021

Professor für Makroökonomie und Finanzwissenschaft und Direktor des SIAW, University of St. Gallen

03/2019 – 07/2021

Associate Professor (tenure-track) of Economics, LMU Munich

10/2017 – 03/2019

Professor (non-tenured) of Economics, LMU Munich (Lehrstuhlvertretung / acting chair Clemens Fuest)

10/2017 – 03/2018

Part-time Professor of Economics, European University Institute

09/2015 – 09/2017

Assistant Professor of Economics, European University Institute

10/2013 – 08/2015

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Macroeconomic Research and Cologne Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Cologne

Aktuelles

2025
Working Paper ifo
Carbon Emissions and Redistribution: The Design of Carbon Tax Rebates
Lea Fricke, Clemens Fuest, Dominik Sachs
Mehr erfahren
2025
Working Paper ifo
Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards
Axelle Ferriere, Philipp Grübener
revise & resubmit at Journal of Political Economy
Mehr erfahren
2025
Working Paper ifo
Quantifying Okun's Leaky Bucket: The Case of Progressive Childcare Subsidies
David Koll, Fabian Stürmer-Heiber, Dominik Sachs, Hélène Turon
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    • The Evolution of Child-Related Gender Inequality in Germany and the Role of Family Policies, 1960-2018
      Ulrich Glogowsky, Emanuel Hansen, Holger Lüthen, Dominik Sachs
      European Economic Review
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    • Social Mobility in Germany
      Majed Dodin, Sebastian Findeisen, Lukas Henkel, Paul Schüle, Dominik Sachs
      Journal of Public Economics Vol. 232
      105074
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    • The Indirect Fiscal Benefits of Low-Skilled Immigration
      Mark Colas, Dominik Sachs
      American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Vol. 16, No. 2
      515-550
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    • Who Should Bear the Burden of COVID-19 Related Fiscal Pressure? An Optimal Income Taxation Perspective
      Mehmet Ayaz, Lea Fricke, Clemens Fuest, Dominik Sachs
      European Economic Review Vol. 153
      104381
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    • Pareto-Improving Reforms of Tax Deductions
      Sebastian Koehne, Dominik Sachs
      European Economic Review Vol. 148
      104214
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    • Optimal Need-Based Financial Aid
      Mark Colas, Sebastian Findeisen, Dominik Sachs
      Journal of Political Economy Vol. 129, No. 2
      492-533
      Mehr erfahren
    • Inheritance Taxation and Wealth Effects on the Labor Supply of Heirs
      Fabian Kindermann, Lukas Mayr, Dominik Sachs
      Journal of Public Economics Vol. 191
      104127
      Mehr erfahren
    • Nonlinear Tax Incidence and Optimal Taxation in General Equilibrium
      Aleh Tsyvinski, Nicolas Werquin, Dominik Sachs
      Econometrica Vol. 88 No. 2
      469-493
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    • Education Policies and Taxation without Commitment
      Sebastian Findeisen, Dominik Sachs
      Scandinavian Journal of Economics Vol. 120 No. 4
      1075-1099
      Mehr erfahren
    • Redistribution and Insurance with Simple Tax Instruments
      Sebastian Findeisen, Dominik Sachs
      Journal of Public Economics Vol. 146
      58-78
      Mehr erfahren
    • Education and Optimal Dynamic Taxation: The Role of Income-Contingent Student Loans
      Sebastian Findeisen, Dominik Sachs
      Journal of Public Economics Vol. 138
      01-21
      Mehr erfahren
    • Identifying Laffer Bounds: A Sufficient-Statistics Approach with an Application to Germany
      Normann Lorenz, Dominik Sachs
      Scandinavian Journal of Economics Vol. 118, No. 4
      646-665
      Mehr erfahren

    • 2025
      Working Paper ifo
      Carbon Emissions and Redistribution: The Design of Carbon Tax Rebates
      Lea Fricke, Clemens Fuest, Dominik Sachs
      Mehr erfahren
    • 2025
      Working Paper ifo
      Optimal Redistribution: Rising Inequality vs. Rising Living Standards
      Axelle Ferriere, Philipp Grübener
      revise & resubmit at Journal of Political Economy
      Mehr erfahren
    • 2025
      Working Paper ifo
      Quantifying Okun's Leaky Bucket: The Case of Progressive Childcare Subsidies
      David Koll, Fabian Stürmer-Heiber, Dominik Sachs, Hélène Turon
      Mehr erfahren
    • 2017
      Working Paper ifo
      Universal Versus Target Preschools: A Mechanism Design Perspective
      Brant Abbott, Dominik Sachs
      Mehr erfahren

03/2010 – 09/2013 - Dr. rer. pol. in Economics, University of Konstanz
10/2005 – 02/2010 - Diplom-Volkswirt / Diploma in Economics, University of Konstanz
 

09/2014 – 10/2014  - Visiting Post-Doc, University of California, Berkeley, Center of Equitable  Growth
03/2013 – 04/2013 - Visiting Graduate Student, Yale University 
09/2011  – 03/2012 - Visiting Graduate Student, Stanford University
 

Seit 2021 / since 2021 - Director of SIAW, University of St. Gallen
Seit 2020 / since 2020 - Associate Editor, Scandinavian Journal of Economics
2019/20 - Panel Member, Economic Policy (CEPR)
Seit 2018 / since 2018 - Member, Committee on Public Finance (Finanzwissenschaftlicher Ausschuss), German Economic Association / Verein für Socialpolitik
2018/19 - Member, Scientific Committee, IIPF Annual Congress
2018 – 2020 - Member, Programme Committee, EEA Congress
2017/2020 - Member of the jury, Joachim Herz Stiftung Add-On Fellowships for Interdisciplinary Economics
2015 – 2017 - European Doctoral Program Coordinator, European University Institute

 

CEPR - Public Economics
CESifo Research Network
German Economic Association / Verein für Socialpolitik - Member, Committee on Public Finance
 

2024 – 2028 - SNF Research Grant:  Evaluating the efficiency of different redistribution instruments
2017 – 2019 - Research Grant, Joachim-Herz-Stiftung, project "Soziale Mobilität in Deutschland" / "Social Mobility in Germany"
2017 – 2018 - Research Grant, Research Council of the European University Institute, project "Public Debt, Redistribution and Growth"
2017 - Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, Public Sector Economics
2013 – 2014 - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fritz Thyssen Foundation and Cologne Graduate School of Social Sciences
2014 - Südwestmetall Förderpreis for the dissertation
2012 - Reinhard Selten Award, Young-Author Best-Paper Award, German Economic Association
2010 - VEUK Award for Best Graduation in Economics, University of Konstanz
2008 – 2010 - Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes