Tito Michele Boeri is an Italian economist, currently professor of economics

Economics

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 at Bocconi University

Bocconi University

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, Milan

Milan

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 and acts as Scientific Director of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.

Biography

After obtaining his Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in economics from New York University

New York University

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 he was senior economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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 from 1987 to 1996. He was also consultant to the European Commission

European Commission

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, International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

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, the International Labour Organization

International Labour Organization

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, the World Bank

World Bank

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 and the Italian Government. Currently he is a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research

Centre for Economic Policy Research

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, Institute for the Study of Labor

Institute for the Study of Labor

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 and Igier-Bocconi. His field of research is labour economics

Labour economics

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, redistributive policies and political economics.

He is the founder of the economic policy

Economic policy

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 watchdog website Lavoce.info and Voxeu.org and the scientific director of the Festival of Economics.

He has published seven books with Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

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 and MIT Press

MIT Press

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, and his papers have been published in the American Economic Review

American Economic Review

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(Papers and Proceedings), Journal of Economic Perspectives

Journal of Economic Perspectives

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, Economic Journal, Economic Policy, European Economic Review, Journal of Labour Economics, and the NBER Macroeconomics Annual.

He is candidate to win Nobel Prize for Economy, since 2006 .

External links

• Institute for the Study of Labor
• NIAS Duisenberg Lecture Tito Boeri in Amsterdam (February 28, 2008)