Iván Werning
Born (1974-06-20) June 20, 1974
NationalityArgentine
Academic career
InstitutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology
FieldMacroeconomics
School or
tradition
Chicago School of Economics
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Universidad de San Andrés
Academic
advisors
Fernando Alvarez
Robert Lucas
Gary Becker
Pierre-André Chiappori
Doctoral
students
Emmanuel Farhi[1]
Stefanie Stantcheva[2]
ContributionsResearch on optimal dynamic taxation
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Iván Werning (born June 20, 1974) is an Argentine economist who has served as the Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2014.[3]

Born in Argentina, Werning received a BA from the Universidad de San Andrés and an MA from the Universidad Torcuato di Tella, both in Buenos Aires.[3] He received a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 2002, where he studied under Gary Becker, Robert Lucas, Fernando Alvarez, and Pierre-André Chiappori.[3]

In 2008, he was described by The Economist as one of the world’s 8 best young economists.[4]

References

  1. Farhi, Emmanuel (2006). Three essays in macroeconomics (PDF) (Ph.D.). MIT. Retrieved 20 Jun 2017.
  2. Stantcheva, Stefanie (2014). Optimal taxation with endogenous wages (Ph.D.). MIT. hdl:1721.1/90133. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Werning, Iván (2022). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
  4. "International bright young things", The Economist, December 30, 2008


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