Ludger Wößmann[1] (German: [ˈluːtɡɛʁ ˈvœsman]; born in Sendenhorst on July 1, 1973) is a German economist and professor of economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).[2] Moreover, being one of the world's foremost education economists,[3] he is the director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education at the ifo Institute.[4] Beyond the economics of education, his research interests also include economic growth and economic history.[5] In 2014, Wößmann's empirical research on the effects of education and his corresponding contribution to public debate were awarded the Gossen Prize[6] (the German equivalent of the John Bates Clark Medal), followed by the Gustav Stolper Prize in 2017.