Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University

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Associate Professor Stanford, California ranabr@stanford.edu Office: (650) 723-9276

Bio/Research

Ran Abramitzky is Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University. His research is in economic history and applied microeconomics, with focus on immigration and income inequality. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a senior fellow at the Stanford In...

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Bio/Research

Ran Abramitzky is Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University. His research is in economic history and applied microeconomics, with focus on immigration and income inequality. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He is the vice chair of the economics department, a member of Stanford’s Faculty Senate, and was a Stanford Faculty Scholar. He is the co-editor of Explorations in Economic History and on the editorial board of the Journal of Economic History. He was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, as well as National Science Foundation grants for research on the causes and consequences of income inequality and on international migration. He has received the Economics Department’s and the Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University.

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