ENRICO MORETTI

Department of Economics at the University of California

Enrico Moretti is the Michael R. Peevey and Donald Vial Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge), and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London) and the Institute for the Study of Labor (Bonn). 

 

Professor Moretti’s research covers the fields of labor economics and urban economics.  He has received several awards and honors, including the Society of Labor Economists’ Rosen Prize for outstanding contributions to labor economics, the Carlo Alberto Medal, the IZA Young Labor Economist Award and a Fulbright Fellowship. His book, “The New Geography of Jobs”, has been translated into eight languages and was awarded the William Bowen Prize.