Biography
Maximilian Kasy is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD at UC Berkeley and joined Oxford after appointments at UCLA and Harvard University.
His current research interests focus on social foundations for statistics and machine learning, going beyond traditional single-agent decision theory. He also works on economic inequality, job guarantee programs, and basic income. He teaches a course on foundations of machine learning at the economics department at Oxford.
Recent Publications
Jul 2025
Cash Transfers, Mental Health and Agency: Evidence from an RCT in Germany
Sandra Bohmann , Susann Fiedler , Maximilian Kasy , Jürgen Schupp , Frederik Schwerter
Sandra Bohmann , Susann Fiedler , Maximilian Kasy , Jürgen Schupp , Frederik Schwerter
Jul 2025
Jun 2025
Basic Income and Labor Supply: Evidence from an RCT in Germany
Sarah Bernhard , Sandra Bohmann , Susann Fiedler , Maximilian Kasy , Jürgen Schupp , Frederik Schwerter
Sarah Bernhard , Sandra Bohmann , Susann Fiedler , Maximilian Kasy , Jürgen Schupp , Frederik Schwerter
Jun 2025
Universal Job Guarantee Boosts Wellbeing & Eliminates Long-Term Unemployment
Lukas Lehner , Maximilian Kasy
Lukas Lehner , Maximilian Kasy
Mar 2024
Adaptive maximization of social welfare
in Econometrica
Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi , Roberto Colomboni , Maximilian Kasy
in Econometrica
Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi , Roberto Colomboni , Maximilian Kasy
Sept 2023
Universal job guarantee boosts wellbeing and eliminates long-term unemployment
Lukas Lehner , Maximilian Kasy , Jessica Kaplan
Lukas Lehner , Maximilian Kasy , Jessica Kaplan
Apr 2023
Dec 2022
No. 2022-29 - Employing the unemployed of Marienthal: Evaluation of a guaranteed job program
Maximilian Kasy , Lukas Lehner
Maximilian Kasy , Lukas Lehner
Recent Events
12 Jun 24
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Book tour panel discussion - The Alternative: How to build a just economy
A panel event with author Nick Romeo, and panellists Eric Beinhocker. Noam Yuchtman and Maximilian Kasy.
Hybrid Event
01 Jun 23
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"The political economy of AI: Towards democratic control of the means of prediction" - Maximilian Kasy (Department of Economics, University of Oxford)
INET Researcher Seminar (HYBRID event)
Hybrid Event