Ioana Marinescu Explained

Ioana Elena Marinescu
Birth Date:May 21, 1979
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Citizenship:American, French, Romanian
Field:Economics
Known For:study of monopsony in labor markets
Spouse:Konrad Körding
Children:3
Website:http://www.marinescu.eu/
Thesis1 Title:The economics of unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom, and other topics in public policy
Thesis1 Url:http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1978/
Thesis1 Year:2007

Ioana Elena Marinescu is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice[1] a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research,[2] and a columnist for Libération,[3] whose research is widely covered in the popular media.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Life and education

Born in Romania, Marinescu completed a PhD in 2005 at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris,[8] and a second PhD in 2007 at the London School of Economics.[9] Her latter thesis, from LSE, was titled The economics of unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom, and other topics in public policy.[10] She was an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy in Chicago from 2007 to 2017.[11] She became a U.S. citizen in 2021.[12]

Research

Marinescu's research focuses on labor markets, including online job search, competition in the labor market, universal basic income, unemployment insurance, the minimum wage, and employment contracts.

Marinescu has testified on competition in labor markets before the US House Judiciary Committee,[13] the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division,[14] and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.[15] She advocates for increased scrutiny of mergers with respect to their labor market implications.[16]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ioana E. Marinescu. Wharton Public Policy Initiative. en. 2019-10-29.
  2. Web site: Ioana Marinescu. www.nber.org. 2019-10-29.
  3. Web site: Ioana Marinescu. Libération.fr. fr. 2019-10-29.
  4. Web site: As Democrats spar over guaranteed jobs, universal basic income and $15 minimum wage, which would best help Americans?. Keshner. Andrew. MarketWatch. en-US. 2019-10-29.
  5. Web site: What is Universal Basic Income?. Teen Vogue. 20 August 2019 . en. 2019-10-29.
  6. Web site: Why workers make less in company towns. 2018-04-27. PBS NewsHour. en-us. 2019-10-29.
  7. News: Economists think antitrust policy should pay more attention to workers. 2018-10-27. The Economist. 2019-10-29. 0013-0613.
  8. Web site: Coûts et procédures de licenciement, croissance et innovation technologique. 2020-12-22. www.theses.fr.
  9. Web site: Marinescu. Ioana. The economics of unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom, and other topics in public policy. LSE Theses Online, the online archive of PhD theses for the London School of Economics and Political Science.
  10. Marinescu. Ioana Elena. 2007. The economics of unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom, and other topics in public policy. PhD. London School of Economics and Political Science. 24 August 2021.
  11. Web site: When Marriage Doesn't Work. 2020-12-22. The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. en.
  12. Web site: Marinescu. Ioana. 2021. Today, I became a #newUScitizen Flag of United States. I look forward to being of service.. 2021-04-23. Twitter. en.
  13. Web site: 2019-10-29. Antitrust and Economic Opportunity: Competition in Labor Markets. 2019-10-29. Committee on the Judiciary - Democrats. en.
  14. Web site: 2019-08-02. Public Workshop on Competition in Labor Markets. 2019-10-29. www.justice.gov. en.
  15. Web site: Arlington. George Mason University 3351 Fairfax Drive. States. VA VA 22201 United. 2018-10-01. FTC Hearing #3: Multi-Sided Platforms, Labor Markets, and Potential Competition. 2019-10-29. Federal Trade Commission. en.
  16. Web site: Antitrust and Labor Market Power. 2019-10-29. Economics for Inclusive Prosperity. en-US.