Fabrizio Zilibotti, Prof., Ph.D.

Received his M.Sc. in Economics from London School of Economics in 1991, his Doctorate of Research in Economics from Universita' di Siena in 1993 and Ph.D. in Economics from London School of Economics in 1994. From 1993 to 1997 Assistant Professor and from 1997 to 1999 Tenured Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He works as a Professor of Macroeconomics at Stockolm University (Institute for International Economic Studies) and part-time Professor of Economics at University of Southampton, and is Associate Editor of the European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Growth and Scandinavian Journal of Economics. He is a member of the Expert Group on Development Issues, EGDI, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. He joined CERGE-EI as a Visiting Professor in 2001.

Research Orientation:

Economic growth, economic development, technical change, financial development and growth, growth with market imperfection and incompleteness, macroeconomics, labor economics, European unemployment, migration, redistribution and political conflict.

Selected publications:

Articles in refereed journals:

Zilibotti, F., and Acemoglu, D. 2001. "Productivity Differences," Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming. Zilibotti, F., and Marimon, R. 2000. "Employment and Distributional Effects of Restricting Working Time," European Economic Review, 44, 7: 1291-1326. Zilibotti, F., and Storesletten, K. 2000. "Education, Educational Policy and Growth," Swedish Economic Policy Review, 7, 1: 7-38. Zilibotti, F., and Acemoglu, D. 1999. "Information Accumulation in Development", Journal of Economic Growth, 4, 1: 5-38. Zilibotti, F., and Marimon, R. 1999. "Unemployment vs. Mismatch of Talents: Reconsidering Unemployment Benefits," Economic Journal, l09, pp. 266-291. Zilibotti, F. 1999. Book Review: "Endogenous Growth Theory," by P. Aghion and P. Howitt. Canadian Journal of Economics, 32, 5: 1338-1341. Zilibotti, F. 1999. "Human Capital and Growth in Cross-Country Regression, by R. J. Barro. Discussion," Swedish Economic Policy Review, 6, 1: 279-287. Zilibotti, F., and Marimon, R. 1998. "Actual vs. Virtual Employment in Europe," European Economic Review, 42, 1: 123-53. Zilibotti, F., and Acemoglu, D. 1997. "Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk Diversification and Growth", Journal of Political Economy, 105, pp.709-51. Reprinted in D. Mookherjee and D. Ray (eds.) "Readings in the Theory of Economic Development," chapter 7. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 2001. Zilibotti, F. 1997. "Reducing Unemployment. At any Cost?" El Opuscle del CREI, 2.

Books and chapters in books:

Zilibotti, F., Hassler, J., Mora, J.V.R., and Storesletten, K. 2001. "Unemployment, Specialization and Collective Preferences for Social Insurance," in D. Cohen, T. Piketty and G. Saint-Paul, (eds.) The New Economics of Inequality, Oxford University Press, forthcoming. Zilibotti, F., and Storesletten, K. 1999. "Utbildning, utbildningpolitik och tillvaext." in L. Calmfors and M. Persson, (eds.) Tillvaext och ekonomisk politik, pp. 103-134, Studentlitteratur och Ekonomiska Radet. Zilibotti, F., and Marimon, R. 1999. "Empleo y Jornada Laboral: Tenemos que Trabajar Menos para que Trabajen mas?" in A. Mas Colell and M. Motta, (eds.) Nuevas Fronteras de la Politica Economica, Crei. Zilibotti, F. 1997. "Crescita Economica e Sviluppo Finanziario: Teoria ed Evidenza", in: Quintieri, B. (ed.) Finanza. Istituzioni e Sviluppo Regionale, Il Mulino.