Key areas covered include

  • human capital
  • wage inequalit
  • labour mobility and unemployment dynamics
  • migration
  • family economics and gender gaps
  • contracts and organizations
  • technological change
  • labour market institutions
  • welfare policy

Programme Directors

Barbara Petrongolo

Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College; Fellow of the British Academy; Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Research Fellows

Daron Acemoglu

Institute Professor in the Department of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Abigail Adams-Prassl

Research Fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Associate Professor in Economics and Associate Head of Impact and External Engagement of University Of Oxford

Yann Algan

Dean of Pre-experience Programs and Professor of Economics HEC Paris School of Management

Esteban Aucejo

Associate Professor in Economics (with tenure) at the W.P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University

Ghazala Azmat

Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris

Fellow, Organizational Economics / Fellow, Labour Economics / Fellow, Political Economy / Fellow, Public Economics / RPN Member, Inequality and the Role of Firms / Programme Director, Organizational Economics

Manuel Bagues

Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics Aalto University; Full Professor in the Department of Economics University Of Warwick

Martha J. Bailey

Affiliate at the California Center for Population Research and Economics Professor University Of California, Los Angeles

Erich Battistin

Faculty Associate at the Maryland Population Research Center; Professor of Economics University Of Maryland

Sascha O. Becker

Professor and Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics Monash University; Part-time Professor of Economics University Of Warwick

Michèle Belot

Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics Cornell University

Samuel Bentolila

Professor of Economics Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)

Marianne Bertrand

Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Willard Graham Faculty Scholar in the Booth School of Business University Of Chicago

Richard Blundell

Director, ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy University College London

Tito Boeri

Full Professor and Head of the Economics Department Bocconi University; Senior Visiting Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science

Jan Boone

Professor of Industrial Economics Tilburg University

Michael Burda

Professor of Economics at the School of Business and Economics Humboldt University Of Berlin

Aline Bütikofer

Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Economics Norwegian School Of Economics (nhh)

Pamela Campa

Associate Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics

Lucia Corno

Executive Director, Laboratory for Effective Anti-poverty Policies (LEAP) Bocconi University; Associate Professor of Economics Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore

Monica Costa Dias

Deputy Research Director Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Professor of Economics at the School of Economics University Of Bristol

Gordon Dahl

Professor of Economics University of California, San Diego

Bram De Rock

Full Professor in Mathematical Economics Université Libre De Bruxelles

Daniela Del Boca

Fellow and Scientific Director of IEU Collegio Carlo Alberto; Professor of Economics University Of Turin

David Dorn

UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Markets University Of Zurich

Christian Dustmann

Director Centre For Research And Analysis Of Migration; Director, The Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work Rockwool Foundation Berlin; Professor of Economics University College London

Zvi Eckstein

Professor and Dean of the Tiomkin School of Economics Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya; Head of the Aaron Economic Policy Institute Reichman University; Emeritus Professor for the Eitan Berglas School of Economics Tel Aviv University

Armin Falk

Chief Executive Officer briq Institute; Professor of Economics University Of Bonn

Francesco Fasani

Associate Professor in the Department Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods University Of Milan

Ernst Fehr

Professor and Director of the UBS Center for Economics in Society University Of Zurich

Reto Foellmi

Professor of International Economics University Of St Gallen

Alessandra Fogli

Monetary Advisor and Assistant Director for Inequality Research Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Margherita Fort

Full Professor at the Department of Economic Sciences University Of Bologna

Denis Fougère

Senior Research Fellow French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS); Research Fellow Sciences Po Paris

Tommaso Frattini

Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods University Of Milan

Giovanni Gallipoli

Network Member Human Capital and Economic Opportunity; Professor Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

Pietro Garibaldi

Fellow and Director of the Allievi Programme Collegio Carlo Alberto; Professor of Economics University Of Turin

Robert J. Gary-Bobo

Researcher Center for Research in Economics and Statistics; Professor of Economics Paris School of Economics (PSE); Professor of Economics University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne

Christina Gathmann

Head of Labor Market Department Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research; Professor of Economics University Of Luxembourg

Pieter Gautier

Tinbergen Fellow Tinbergen Institute; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Paola Giuliano

Research Associate National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER); Chauncey J. Medberry Chair in Management and Professor of Economics at the Anderson Graduate School of Management University Of California, Los Angeles

Albrecht Glitz

Affiliated Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Associate Professor Pompeu Fabra University

Lorenz Goette

Professor and Provost’s Chair, Department of Economics National University Of Singapore

Eric Gould

John Alfred Weinberg Chair in Economics Hebrew University Of Jerusalem; Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; Fellow at CReAM University College London

Maria Guadalupe

Professor of Economics European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD); Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics

Maia Güell

Research Fellow Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (FEDEA); Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; Professor of Economics University Of Edinburgh

Jonathan Haskel

Professor of Economics Imperial Business School and Director of the Doctoral Programme Imperial College London Business School

Andrea Ichino

Managing Editor Economic Policy; Head of Department and Professor of Economics European University Institute; Professor of Economics University Of Bologna

Simon Jäger

CEO Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; Associate Professor of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Philipp Kircher

Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labour Relations Cornell University; Honorary Professorial Fellow University Of Edinburgh; Assistant Researcher and Professor UCLouvain

Francis Kramarz

Professor and Research Director Center for Research in Economics and Statistics; Visiting Professor Uppsala University

Hyejin Ku

Deputy Director Centre For Research And Analysis Of Migration; Associate Professor of Economics University College London

Rafael Lalive

Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics Hec Lausanne

Camille Landais

Professor of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Victor Lavy

William Haber Chaired Professor of Economics Hebrew University Of Jerusalem; Chaired Professor in the Department of Economics University Of Warwick

Valérie Lechene

Research fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Professor of Economics University College London

Michael Lechner

Professor and Chair of Econometrics, University of St. Gallen University Of St Gallen

Osnat Lifshitz

Senior Lecturer and Vice Dean of the Tiomkin School of Economics Reichman University

Erik Lindqvist

Professor Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University

Lars Ljungqvist

Global Distinguished Professor New York University; Professor Stockholm School Of Economics

Hamish Low

Head of Department and the James Meade Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Stephen Machin

Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance London School Of Economics And Political Science

Ulrike M. Malmendier

Edward J. and Mollie Arnold Professor of Finance, Haas School of Business and Professor of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Marco Manacorda

Professor of Economics and Public Policy Queen Mary University Of London; Joint Managing Editor of The Economic Journal Royal Economic Society

Giovanni Mastrobuoni

Vice-Dean and Carlo Alberto Chair Collegio Carlo Alberto; Honorary Professor of Economics University Of Essex; Professor of Economics University Of Turin

Costas Meghir

Douglas A. Warner III Professor of Economics Yale University

Guy Michaels

Associate Professor in the Department of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Espen R. Moen

Research Professor in Economics Bi Norwegian Business School

Magne Mogstad

The Gary S. Becker Distinguished Service Professor of Economics in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics University Of Chicago

Joan Monras

Affiliated Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Research Advisor Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco; Associate Professor (on Leave) Pompeu Fabra University

Enrico Moretti

Michael R. Peevey and Donald Vial Professor of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Jessica Pan

Professor of Economics National University Of Singapore

Michele Pellizzari

Professor of Economics at the Geneva School of Economics and Management University Of Geneva; Visiting Professor Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

Barbara Petrongolo

Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College; Fellow of the British Academy; Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Johanna Rickne

Part-time Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics; Professor of Economics Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University; Part-time Professor of Economics University Of Nottingham

Alexandra Roulet

Assistant Professor of Economics European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD)

Yona Rubinstein

Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy and Deputy Head of Department London School Of Economics And Political Science

Gilles Saint-Paul

Professor of Economics École Normale Supérieure; PSE Chaired Professor Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Kjell G Salvanes

Director Center for Empirical Labor Economics (CELE); Deputy Director FAIR, Center of Excellence; Professor, Department of Economics Norwegian School Of Economics (nhh)

Benjamin Schoefer

Visiting Scholar Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco; Faculty Research Fellow National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER); Associate Professor (with Tenure) University Of California, Berkeley

Robert Shimer

Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics and the College and Chair of the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics University Of Chicago

Dennis Snower

Senior Research Fellow Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Non-residential Senior Fellow Brookings Institution; President Global Solutions Initiative; Professorial Research Fellow, Institute of New Economic Thinking and Visiting Professor, University College Oxford University Of Oxford

Mark Stabile

Academic Director, The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality and The Stone Chaired Professor in Wealth Inequality European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD)

Kjetil Storesletten

Professor University Of Oslo; Vice-Chancellor's Fellow in the School of Economics University Of Surrey

Uwe Sunde

Professor of Economics and Chair for Population Economics Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)

Fellow, Labour Economics / RPN Member, Preventing Conflict: Policies for Peace

Jan C. van Ours

Professor of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam

John Van Reenen

Director of the Programme on Innovation and Productivity and Ronald Coase School Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science; Digital Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Etienne Wasmer

Professor of Economics New York University Abu Dhabi; Associated Professor Sciences Po Paris

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

President of the Austrian Economic Association; Research Professor Institute for Advanced Studies; Chairman Kurt Rothschild School of Economics and Statistics and Full Professor of Labour Economics Johannes Kepler University Linz

Justin Wolfers

Professor of Economics and Professor of Public Policy University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Eran Yashiv

Member, Centre for Macroeconomics London School Of Economics And Political Science; Professor of Economics, the Eitan Berglas School of Economics Tel Aviv University

Yves Zenou

Professor and Richard Snape Chair in Business and Economics Fellow of the Econometric Society, Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia SAET Economic Theory Fellow Monash University

Klaus F. Zimmermann

President Global Labor Organization (GLO); Co–Director of POP (Center for Population, Development and Labour Economics) United Nations University - Maastricht Economic And Social Research Institute On Innovation And Technology; Professor (em.) University Of Bonn

Research Affiliates

Barbara Biasi

Visiting Assistant Professor Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF); Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale School Of Management Yale University

Anna Bindler

Associate Professor in Economics University of Cologne; Part-Time Researcher University of Gothenburg

Diogo Britto

Research Fellow at CLEAN - Baffi-Carefin Centre Research Fellow at CLEAN - Baffi-Carefin Centre Bocconi University; Senior Assistant Professor of Economics Senior Assistant Professor of Economics University of Milano Bicocca

Michela Carlana

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Harvard University

Oren Danieli

Visiting scholar Princeton University; Assistant Professor Tel Aviv University

Niklas Engbom

Assistant Professor in Economics Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU)

Simon Franklin

Assistant Professor at School of Economics Queen Mary University Of London

Ingrid Haegele

Professor of Economics Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)

Jonathon Hazell

Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Ines Helm

Associate Professor in Economics Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)

Lena Hensvik

Professor in the Department of Economics Uppsala University

Clément Imbert

Professor of Economics Professor of Economics (on leave) University Of Warwick

Nadine Ketel

Associate Professor in Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Olivier Marie

Professor of Labour Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam; Professor of Labour Economics Maastricht University

Claire Montialoux

Assistant Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris; Assistant Professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy (on Leave) University Of California, Berkeley

Christian Moser

Assistant Professor and Chazen Senior Scholar, Columbia Business School Columbia University

Paul Muller

Research Fellow Tinbergen Institute; Associate Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Arash Nekoei

Assistant Professor of Economics Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University

Kate Orkin

Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy Blavatnik School of Government

Aderonke Osikominu

Full Professor of Economics and Head of the Research Group in Econometrics and Empirical Economics University Of Hohenheim

Matteo Paradisi

Assistant Professor Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)

Christina Patterson

Assistant Professor of Economics Booth School of Business, University of Chicago; Faculty Research Fellow National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER)

Anna Raute

Visiting Senior Fellow at STICERD London School Of Economics And Political Science; Senior Lecturer of Economics (on Leave) Queen Mary University Of London

Nina Roussille

Assistant Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Nicole Schneeweis

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Johannes Kepler University Linz

Jan Stuhler

Associate Professor Universidad Carlos III De Madrid

Marco Tabellini

Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit Harvard Business School

Michela Tincani

Research Fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Associate Professor University College London

Jose P. Vasquez

Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy London School Of Economics And Political Science

Ulf Zölitz

Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development University Of Zurich