Thursday, December 17, 2020

Andreas Peichl speaks at seminar of the Armenian Economic Association

The next monthly seminar of the Armenian Economic Association will take place on December 18th, from 6 to 7 pm, Yerevan time, and 3-4 pm CET. The seminar features Professor Andreas Peichl who will present his research on "Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty." 

For registration, use the following link:

 

http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-andreas-peichl/

 

A Zoom link will be sent to the registered participants shortly before the seminar. 

 

Andreas is a Professor of Economics at the University of Munich and the Director of the ifo Center for Business Cycle Analysis and Surveys. His current research interests include (empirical) public economics, labor economics and welfare economics with particular reference to optimal taxation, tax reforms and their empirical evaluation, tax benefit microsimulation and the analysis of income distributions. His research has been published in various top academic journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, among others. Andreas has also been involved in various research projects conducted on behalf of national ministries, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Central Bank and the OECD. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in 2008.