Xavier Jaravel

Xavier Jaravel is a Professor at the London School of Economics and a member of the French Council of Economic Analysis. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris, he defended his thesis in 2016 at Harvard University. Through his publications (Review of Economic Studies, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Economic Journal, etc.), he enjoys a proven academic reputation and is the winner of several scientific prizes. His work focuses on innovation dynamics, their drivers, including the social background of inventors, and their microeconomic and macroeconomic effects. At the empirical level, he conducts quasi-experimental analyses by mobilizing very detailed databases (patents, types of products, imports) thus revealing the differentiated impact of innovations on the relative prices of goods, and thus on inequalities. He also addressed the distortions that the US-China trade war has caused on consumers. He is very active in public debates, in the Anglo-Saxon press and in France.