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PROFESSOR SIR RICHARD BLUNDELL CBE FBA Curriculum Vitae (March 2018) Ricardo Professor of Political Economy Director Department of Economics ESRC Centre for the Micro-Economic Analysis of University College London Public Policy (CPP@IFS) Gower Street Institute for Fiscal Studies London WC1E 6BT, UK 7 Ridgmout Street e-mail: [email protected] London WC1E 7AE Tel: +44 (0)207679 5863 Tel: +44 (0)20 7291 4820 Mobile: +44 (0)7795334639 Fax: +44 (0)20 7323 4780 Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctp39a/ Date of Birth: 1 May 1952 Education and Employment: 1970 - 1973 B.Sc. University of Bristol. (Economics with Statistics, First Class). 1973 - 1975 M.Sc. London School of Economics (Econometrics). 1975-1984 Lecturer in Econometrics, University of Manchester. 1984- Ricardo Chair of Political Economy, University College London, (1988-1992 Dept. Chair). 1986 - 2016 Research Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. 1991- Director: ESRC Centre for the Micro-Economic Analysis of Public Policy, IFS. 2017- Associate Faculty Member, TSE, Toulouse 1999- IZA Research Fellow 2006- CEPR Research Fellow 1980 Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia. 1993 Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1994 Ford Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley. 1999 Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley. Honorary Doctorates Doktors der Wirtschaftswissenschaften ehrenhalber, University of St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland 2003 Æresdoktorar, NHH, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway 2011 Ehrendoktorwürde Ökonomen, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany 2011 Dottorato honoris causa in Scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland 2016 Doctor of Laws honoris causa, University of Bristol, Bristol, 2017 Doctorato Honoris Causa in Economics, University of Venice, Ca’Foscari, Italy, 2018 Presidency of Professional Organizations 2004 President, European Economics Association. 2005 President, British Association (Economics). 2006 President, Econometric Society. 2010 President, Society for Labor Economics. 2010-13 President, Royal Economic Society. Honours and Prizes Fellow of the Econometric Society 1991 Yrjö Jahnsson Prize 1995 Royal Economic Society Council 1990-1994 European Economic Association Council 1997-2001 FBA: Fellow of the British Academy 1997 Executive Council, Journal of Econometrics 1997- Econometric Society Council 1998-2001 Leverhulme Personal Research Professorship 1999 1 Frisch Prize, Econometric Society 2000 Executive Committee of the Econometric Society 2001 Honorary Member of the American Economic Association 2001 American Academy of Arts and Science 2002 Honorary Fellow: Institute of Actuaries 2003 Fellow: Society of Labor Economists 2005 CBE: New Years Honors List 2006 Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize, TSE 2008 CES Prize Fellow 2010, Munich 2010 Downing Fellow, University of Melbourne 2011 IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2012 Carlos Lloyd Braga Chair, Minho, Portugal 2013 Knighthood: New Years Honors List 2014 Academeia Europea 2014 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Prize in Economics 2015 Thomson-Reuters Citation Laureate in Economics 2015 Distinguished Fellow, Becker-Freidman Institute 2016 Nemmers Prize in Economics 2016 Founding Fellow IAAE 2018 Distinguished Lectures Invited Lecture: Econometric Society: 6th World Meetings, Barcelona, August 1990 Invited Lecture: ESPE 4th Congress, Istanbul. Woytinsky Lecture: University of Michigan, May 1993. Hooker Lecture: McMaster University, April 1993. Keynote Lecture: European Association of Labor Economics, 1993. Frisch Centennial Meeting: Oslo, March 1995. Woodward Lectures: University of British Columbia, March 1997. Hannon Lecture: Australasian Meetings, July 1998. TOW Lectures: University of Iowa, April 1998. Hicks Lecture: Oxford University, February 1999. Invited Lecture: Econometric Society 8th World Meetings, Seattle, August 2000 Invited Lecture: Econometric Society Far East Meetings, Tokyo, July 2001. Keynes Lecture: British Academy, November 2001. Walras Bowley Lecture: Econometric Society, UCLA, June 2002. Theil Memorial Meeting: Amsterdam, October 2002. Tinbergen Centennial Meeting: Rotterdam, May 2003. Zeuthen Lectures: Copenhagen, November 2003. Arrow Lectures: Stanford, May 2004 W.A.Mackintosh Lecture: Queens, Canada, November 2004 Adam Smith Lecture SOLE-EALE, San Francisco, June 2005. Presidential Lecture, Econometric Society NAMES (Minnesota), ESAM, FEMES (Beijing), ESEM (Vienna), LAMES (Mexico), SAMES (Chennia). MIT Distinguished Lecturer 2006 MIT, November 2006. Lindahl Lectures Uppsala, November 2006. Al Rees Lecture SOLE, Chicago, May 2007. Dixon Lecture University of York, May 2007. Australian Conference of Economists Keynote Speaker, September 2007. Fishelson Lecture Tel Aviv, March 2008 Penn Lecture in Economics University of Pennsylvania, April 2008. JAE Lectures 2008 Madrid, June, 2008. Goethe University Public Lecture Series Frankfurt, June 2008. IIPF Invited Lecture Maastricht, August 2008. Annual Lecture in Public Economics Dottorato in Economia, Milan, September, 2008. Carlos Diaz Alejandro Lecture LAMES, November, 2008. JJ Laffont Prize Lecture Toulouse, December, 2008 Sir Richard Stone Inaugural Annual Lecture Cambridge, March 2009 African Econometric Society Lecture Abuja, Nigeria, July 2009 JEEA-EEA Lecture AEA Meetings, Atlanta, January 2010. 2 Lampman Memorial Lecture Wisconsin, May 2010 CEA State of the Art Lecture Quebec, June 2010 FBBVA Lecture Madrid, September 2010 Distinguished CES Prize Lecture Munich, November 2010 Sandmo Lecture Bergen, January 2011 HILDA 10th Anniversary Speaker Melbourne Institute, July 2011 Downing Lecture University of Melbourne, July 2011 CEMFI Opening Invited Lecture CEMFI, Madrid, September 2011 Murat Sertel Lecture 2011 ASSET, Evora, Portugal, October 2011 Jacquemin Lecture European Commission, Brussels, November 2011 RIPED Lecture UTCC, Bangkok, January, 2012 Leonid Hurwicz Lecture Inaugural Lecture, Warsaw, July 2012 Presidential Lecture, RES Royal Economic Society, April 2013. Freidman Forum Lecture Becker-Friedman Institute, Chicago, May 2013 Bank of Portugal Invited Lecture 7th Conference in Labour Markets, June 2013. SAFE Inaugural Launch Lecture CFS, Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt, September 2013. BFI Tax Policy Lecture BFI, Chicago, September, 2013. Bank of Montreal Lecture 2013 SFU, Vancouver, October 2013. Keynote Lecture ECB Consumption and Wealth Conference, October 2013. Cátedra Carlos Lloyd Braga University of Minho, November 2013. Encuentro de Economia Publica Lecture University of Girona, January 2014. IZA Summer Lectures IZA Summer School, May 2014. 13th Journées LAGV Lecture 2014 Aix-Marseille School of Economics, June 2014. Verein fuer Socialpolitik Plenary Lecture German Economics Society, Hamburg, September, 2014. ZEW Economic Policy Lecture ZEW, Mannheim, September, 2014. Invited Lecture, Becker Memorial Conf. Chicago, October 2014. Plenary Lecture Econometric Society European Winter Meetings, 2014. Coase Lecture 2015 LSE, March 2015. Martin H. Crego Lecture 2015 Vassar College, April 2015. Inaugural Dale Mortensen Lecture 2015 SED, Warsaw, June 2015. Advanced Lectures in Economics 2015 Vancouver School of Economics, September, 2015. Plenary Lecture 21st Panel Data Conference, Budapest, June 2015. Distinguished Visitor Lectures Boston University, April, 2016. Inaugural Lecture French Economics Association, Nancy, 2016. Plenary Lecture Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2016. Distinguished Visitor Lecture National Treasury of South Africa, Pretoria, July 2016. Lawrence R. Klein Lecture 2016 University of Pennsylvania, September 2016 Policy Lecture 2016 Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, Sao Paulo, November 2016 Keynote Lecture Széchenyi István College for Advanced Studies, December 2016 MAE Distinguished Lecture UCLA, February 2017 Gilbert Lecture University of Rochester, April 2017 Nemmers Prize Lecture Northwestern University, May 2017 WZB Distinguished Lecture Berlin, October 2017 Plenary Lecture LACEA-LAMES2017, Buenos Aires, November 2017. Dondena Keynote Lecture Bocconi University, Milan, December 2017. Lecto Magistralis 2018 University of Venice, Ca Foscari, February 2018 Editorial Positions Review of Economic Studies, Associate Editor (1984-1988). Journal of Econometrics, Co-Editor (1991-1997); Executive Council 1997- Journal of Human Resources, Associate Editor (1995-1997). Econometrica, Co-Editor (July 1997- 2001). Economie & Prevision, (1999- ) Journal of Public Economics, Co-Editor for TAPES Issue, (2003-2004). Fiscal Studies, Editorial Board, 1991- 2005, Editorial Executive Committee, 2005 - Australian Economic Review, Consultant Editor, 2006 – Journal of Economic Literature, Editorial Board, 2004 – 2009. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Advisory Editor, 2005 - 2008. Mirrlees Review, Editor, 2006 - 2011. 3 Research in Labor Economics, Editorial Advisory Board, 2011 - Annual Reviews (Economics), Editorial Board, 2011 – 2017. Microeconomic Insights, Founding Editor, 2015 - Scientific Advisory Positions National Academy of Science NRC Panel Member: 1999-2000. CentER, Tilburg: Scientific Council: 2001–2013. ESDS Advisory Committee: 2003 – 2007. CEPR: Scientific Advisory Committee: 2003 – 2007. CERGE-EI: Scientific Advisory Committee: 2003 – 2006. EU COST Action, European Labour Market Policy Evaluation: Chair: 2003-2008. PSE (Paris School of Economics): Scientific Council: 2005 – 2009. SIRE (Scottish Institute for Research in Economics): The International Advisory Board: 2006. 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