Jan Eeckhout#
| Membership Number: | 3909 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2008 ICREA Research Professor, Department of Economics, UPF Barcelona
- 2011-2019 Professor, Department of Economics, University College London
- 2007-2010 Associate Professor with tenure, Dep of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (voted Full Professor 2010)
- 2000-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
- 2006-2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, NYU Stern
- 1998-1999 Marie Curie Fellow of the European Commission, at UPF Barcelona
- 1997 Assistant Professor in Economics, UPF Barcelona
- 1996-1997 Lecturer in Economics, The London School of Economics
Fields of Scholarship
- Spatial economics
- Optimal spatial taxation
- Market power
- Search and matching
- Skill distribution
- City size distribution
- Unemployment
- Labor markets
- Sorting
- Wage inequality
Honours and Awards
- Fellow Econometric Society
- Fellow European Economic Association
- Member of Academia Europaea
- 2014–2020 European Research Council Advanced Grant – 339186
- 2014–2016 RecerCaixa Research Grant
- 2020–2023 Spanish Grants for Fundamental Research (MICCIN)
- 2016–2019 Spanish Grants for Fundamental Research (MICCIN)
- Excellence in Refereeing Award 2011 and 2012, American Economic Review
- 2013–2015 Spanish Grants for Fundamental Research (MICCIN)
- Since 2013 Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory
- 2013-2015 International Scientific Council, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
- 2008–2013 European Research Council Starting Grant – 208068
- Marie Curie Fellowship, European Commission (IRG 247448)
- 2010–2012 Spanish Grants for Fundamental Research (MICCIN)
- 2010–2014 Catalan Grants for Research Teams (AGAUR – SGR)
- Since 2010 Associate Editor, Review of Economic Dynamics
- 2009–2011 Spanish Grants, Conferences (Barcelona Jocs)
- Since 2009 Associate Editor, Journal of the European Economic Association
- 2008–2011 Editor, International Economic Review
- 2004-2006 National Science Foundation Grant SES-0422863 (with Nicola Persico and Petra Todd)
- 2002, 2005 Kravis Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
- Marie Curie Fellowship, European Commission (TMR-Grant ERB4001GT971729)
- Fellow, European Economic Association
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Research Fellow
- CEPR, Research Fellow
