Regular biography
Fatih Guvenen is a Professor and Noranda Chair in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on macroeconomics. He holds a Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon, 2001), M.Sc. (Carnegie Mellon, 1998), and B.Sc. (Bilkent University, 1995). Guvenen teaches courses such as Quantitative Macroeconomics and Special Topics in Economics: Studying Social Science Questions with Big Data. His contact information includes an email address and a website link for further details.
Scholar-generated biography
Fatih Guvenen is a macroeconomist whose research focuses on inequality, labor markets, and tax policy. His work explores the dynamics of income risk, lifecycle earnings, and the impact of taxation on human capital and wage inequality. Guvenen's publications analyze labor income processes, the persistence of earnings shocks, and the role of multidimensional skill mismatch in shaping economic outcomes. He also investigates the efficiency and redistributional effects of wealth taxation and the implications of offshore profit shifting on aggregate economic indicators. His research contributes to understanding the interplay between macroeconomic forces and individual labor market behavior.