Oleg Itskhoki

Oleg Itskhoki is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Previously, he held the Venu and Ana Kotamraju Endowed Chair in Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, an NBER research associate, and a CEPR research affiliate. His research interests are in macroeconomics and international economics, where he studies globalization and labor markets, and currencies and exchange rates, as well as other topics. He holds a BA in economics from Moscow State University, an MA in economics from the New Economic School, and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. He is the 2022 John Bates Clark Medalist, a participant of the Review of Economic Studies Tour, a Sloan Research Fellow, a recipient of the Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and was on the IMF’s list of 25 influential economists under the age of 45.