ECA Talk: Education and Innovation

Ufuk Akcigit is the Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Chicago. His research is focused on Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Firm Dynamics, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. He has been teaching at the University of Chicago since 2015, following an appointment at the University of Pennsylvania, and receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 2009. 

Harry Anthony Patrinos is Adviser, Office of the Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia. He specializes in the economics of education, school-based management, demand-side financing and public-private partnerships. He has managed education teams in Europe and Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, and the Global Unit. He previously led lending operations and analytical work programs in Latin America. Harry received a doctorate from the University of Sussex.