Leonardo Gasparini

Leonardo Gasparini is a prominent economist affiliated with the National University of La Plata in Argentina, where he founded and directs the Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS). He holds a PhD in Economics from Princeton University and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Income Distribution and Labor Economics. Additionally, he serves as a Visiting Professor at Universidad de San Andrés and as a researcher at CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research in Argentina).

• Education: PhD in Economics, Princeton University

His research focuses on development economics, with emphasis on income distribution, poverty, social policies, labor markets, and inequality in Latin America. He has published extensively in journals such as Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Development Economics, and Journal of Economic Inequality, and authored a textbook on poverty and inequality in Latin America.

Gasparini has been recognized with the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship (2009) for his contributions. He has conducted courses and seminars on distributive issues across Latin America and collaborates internationally, having been a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia and Freie University Berlin.