Pierre-André Chiappori is a French- Monégasque

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who is currently the E. Rowan and Barbara Steinschneider Professor of Economics at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. His research focuses on household behavior,

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and

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. He has been the Counsellor of Finance and Economy since 18 March 2024.

Education

Chiappori studied at the

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between 1974 and 1979. During that period, he also studied at various Parisian universities, receiving degrees in mathematics, statistics, and economics. He graduated with a Ph.D. in economics from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1981.

Career

Chiappori's first academic post was as an assistant professor at his alma mater, the

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (), also known as Paris 1 (or Paris I) and Panthéon-Sorbonne University (or, together with Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University, simply as the Sorbonne), is a Public university, public rese ...

. He then became a

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at the

École des hautes études en sciences sociales The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (, EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The school awards Master and PhD degrees alone and conj ...

in 1985, followed by an appointment at the

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and the

École Polytechnique (, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...

. He became a professor of economics at the ENSAE in 1992, while simultaneously serving as a senior researcher at the

. He left France to take up a professorship at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

in 1997, and took up his current position at

in 2005, after serving for a year as a visiting professor at Columbia. He has served as an editor of various journals, including the ''

Review of Economics of the Household The ''Review of Economics of the Household'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 2001 by Shoshana Grossbard and first published in 2003. It publishes empirical and theoretical research on the economic behavior and decision-making p ...

'', the ''

Journal of Political Economy The ''Journal of Political Economy'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. Established by James Laurence Laughlin in 1892, it covers both theoretical and empirical economics. In the past, the ...

'' and the ''

Journal of the European Economic Association The ''Journal of the European Economic Association'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of economics. It was established in 2003 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the European Economic Association. The current m ...

''. He was elected a Fellow of the

Econometric Society The Econometric Society is an international society of academic economists interested in applying statistical tools in the practice of econometrics. It is an independent organization with no connections to societies of professional mathematicians o ...

in 1995, and as a Fellow of the

European Economic Association The European Economic Association (EEA) is a learned society, professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna and its first president was Jacques Drèze. ...

and 2004. In 2015 he was made a Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. In Monaco, he had chaired the scientific council of the Monegasque Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies since 2011, and he was also a member of the advisory board of International University of Monaco.

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appointed him as the Counsellor of Finance and Economy on 18 March 2024.

Selected works

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References

External links

Webpage
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