Xavier Jaravel

Xavier Jaravel is a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, affiliated with the Department of Economics. His research interests include public economics, economics of innovation, economics of inequality, and macroeconomics. He teaches courses such as EC426: Public Economics, EC475: Quantitative Economics, and EC534: Public Economics for Research Students. Jaravel is also an Associate at STICERD. His personal website is https://www.xavierjaravel.com/, and he can be contacted via email at x.jaravel@lse.ac.uk.

Xavier Jaravel is an economist whose research focuses on the design and application of quasi-experimental methods to analyze economic phenomena. His work explores the impact of innovation, automation, and trade on labor markets, product markets, and innovation dynamics. Jaravel's research interests include the measurement of inflation inequality, the effects of automation on labor demand, and the role of knowledge spillovers in economic growth. He has contributed to the development of shift-share research designs and has examined the distributional effects of trade and the lifecycle of inventors. His studies often emphasize the importance of exposure to innovation and the role of intellectual property rights in shaping innovation outcomes.