Dr. Laura Breitkopf
Research Focus
I am an experimental and behavioral economist with a focus on childhood development and the analysis of non-cognitive skills as central predictors of key economic life outcomes. I am interested in understanding the development of these skills, the returns associated with and caused by them, and how targeted policy interventions can influence their formation to promote well-being.
Academic Career
- 2022 – present: Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Germany
- 2018 – 2022: PhD in Economics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2013 – 2016: MSc Economics, University of Bonn, Germany
- 2010 – 2013: BSc Economics, University of Bonn, Germany
Discussion Papers
Breitkopf, L., Chowdhury, S., Kamhöfer, D. A., Schildberg-Hörisch, H., & Sutter, M. (2025). The right timing matters: Sensitive periods in the formation of socio-emotional skills. MPI Discussion Paper 2025/9.
Breitkopf, L., Chowdhury, S., Priyam, S., Schildberg-Hörisch, H., & Sutter, M. (2024). Do economic preferences of children predict behavior? MPI Discussion Paper 2024/9.