Attila Lindner awarded 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize

Chosen from over 350 nominations, the Leverhulme Trust offered five prizes in each of the following subject areas: Archaeology, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering, Geography, and Languages and Literatures.  

The Philip Leverhulme Prize recognises and celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future careers are exceptionally promising. Each prize is worth £100,000 and may be used for any purpose that advances the prize winner’s research.

On receiving the award Attila commented “I am deeply honoured to receive this prize and truly grateful for it. Not only does it recognise my past research but also grants me the opportunity to further our understanding of some of the most pressing challenges in today’s labour markets. The money coming with the prize will enable me to advance my work on labour shortages and the forces that shape the creation of good jobs. I very much look forward to developing insights that inform both academic debate and real-world policy.”

This prize will enable Prof Lindner to establish a new research programme focused on understanding the causes and consequences of labour shortages—an issue that is rapidly becoming central to labour market policy but remains underexplored in academic research. Building on previous work on labour market frictions, minimum wage policies, and employer responses to labour regulations, this agenda will investigate why market mechanisms have failed to resolve persistent shortages and why wages do not raise enough to eliminate shortages.

The research will draw on high-quality administrative data, linked with own collected survey data to generate novel empirical evidence on the root causes of labour shortages. It will further examine the role of public policies—such as wage floors —in alleviating shortages and improving job quality.

Learn more about the Philp Leverhulme Prize and the 2025 winners.