Alessandro Tarozzi

Alessandro Tarozzi is a Full Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and the Barcelona School of Economics. He holds a PhD from Princeton University and has been on leave since 2021. His research focuses on Development Economics, Microeconometrics, and Health Economics, with a particular emphasis on poverty measurement, health interventions, and public policy evaluation in low- and middle-income countries.

Education: PhD in Economics from Princeton University.

Research interests include the intergenerational transmission of health, microcredit impacts, environmental health risks (e.g., arsenic contamination in Bangladesh), and socioeconomic status gradients in health outcomes. He has conducted field experiments in India and Bangladesh on topics like malaria prevention and arsenic risk communication.

Editorial roles include Co-Editor of the World Bank Economic Review (2024–present), and Associate Editor for Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and others. He is affiliated with BREAD, CEPR, and J-PAL.

Key contributions include studies on child nutrition in India, microfinance effects in Ethiopia, and the effectiveness of information campaigns on health behaviors. His work bridges econometric rigor with real-world policy applications in development settings.