Regular biography
Philipp Kircher is the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations in the Department of Economics at Cornell University. His research focuses on how firms and workers interact and maintain relationships, including the impact of wages on worker talent, firm productivity, and the effects of technological change and automation. He has also explored the spread of infectious diseases, individual protective behaviors, and policy effectiveness, particularly in the contexts of HIV/AIDS and Covid-19. His work combines theoretical modeling, computational simulations, and statistical methods, and has been published in major economics journals such as the American Economic Review, Econometrica, and the Review of Economic Studies. He has also served as managing editor and chairman of the latter journal.
Scholar-generated biography
Philipp Kircher is a researcher whose work focuses on sorting in labor markets, search frictions, and disease transmission. His research explores how individuals and firms interact in markets with imperfect information, emphasizing the role of search frictions in labor market dynamics. He has also contributed to understanding the economic implications of disease transmission, particularly in the context of public health policies. His publications include studies on directed search, competitive search equilibrium, and the impact of wage announcements on job search behavior. Kircher's work often combines theoretical models with empirical analysis to address complex economic phenomena.