Luigi Pistaferri

Luigi Pistaferri is the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a Ralph Landau Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

• Academic Rank: Professor
• Department: Economics
• Institution: Stanford University

His research focuses on Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics, and Household Consumption Decisions. He has co-authored the book The Economics of Consumption: Theory and Evidence (2017), which synthesizes empirical and theoretical advances in consumption research over the past 25 years.

• Key Themes: Income and wealth effects on consumption
• Precautionary saving and credit market imperfections
• Bequests, leisure, and lifetime uncertainty

Pistaferri is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the Society of Labor Economists. He also serves as a Co-Editor for the Journal of Political Economy.