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Tommaso Porzio

Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor of Business
Economics Division
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Areas of Expertise
Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Globalization, Labor Markets, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
Contact
Office: 533 Kravis
E-mail: [email protected]
Links
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae

Tommaso Porzio is the Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor (untenured) of macroeconomics in the Economics Division at Columbia Business School. His research primarily studies the role of human capital for growth and economic development with a focus on understanding the barriers that may prevent individuals from exploiting their talent. His work has been published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, and the Journal of Political Economy. 

Professor Porzio is also a faculty research fellow at NBER and an affiliate at BREAD, CEPR, and Y-RISE.  Prior to joining Columbia, he was an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego.

Professor Porzio received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University and his Master and Bachelor degrees in Economics, Social Sciences, and Management from Bocconi University.

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University, 2016 (with distinction); M.A. and M.Phil. in Economics, Yale University, 2012; M.Sc in Economics, Bocconi University, 2012 (cum laude); B.Sc in Economics, Bocconi University, 2009 (cum laude)
Joined CBS
2019

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Journal Article
Lagakos, David, Benjamin Moll, Tommaso Porzio , Nancy Qian, and Todd Schoellman
. “Life-Cycle Wage Growth across Countries.”
Journal of Political Economy
vol.
126
, (April 18, 2018):
797
-
849
.
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Journal Article
Lagakos, David, Benjamin Moll, Tommaso Porzio , Nancy Qian, and Todd Schoellman
. “Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation across Countries: Lessons from US Immigrants.”
Journal of Human Capital
vol.
12
, (January 01, 2018):
305
-
342
.
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Working Paper
Heise, Sebastian and Tommaso Porzio
. The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Spatial Frictions. March 25, 2021.
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Working Paper
Bassi, Vittorio, Raffaela Muoio, Tommaso Porzio , Ritwika Sen, and Esau Tugume
. Achieving Scale Collectively. July 31, 2020.
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Working Paper
Porzio, Tommaso, Federico Rossi, and Gabriella Santangelo
. The Human Side of Structural Transformation. July 23, 2020.
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Working Paper
Porzio, Tommaso
. Cross-Country Differences in the Optimal Allocation of Talent and Technology. February 17, 2017.
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Working Paper
Banerjee, Abhijit, Xin Meng, Tommaso Porzio , and Nancy Qian
. Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis Using Micro Data. April 01, 2014.
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B9221: Frontiers of Macroeconomics
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B5008: Markets and the Economy
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B5201: Global Economic Environment
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