Ricardo Gómez-Carrera

About

I am a PhD Candidate at the Paris School of Economics. My current research evaluates the short- and long-term social and economic impacts of human capital investments across the life cycle, with particular attention to their distributional effects and implications for inclusive economic growth.

I am also a researcher at the World Inequality Lab, where I serve as World Inequality Report Coordinator and was the lead author of the World Inequality Report 2026.

Fields: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Education Economics.

My doctoral research is supervised by Karen Macours, with Luc Behaghel serving on my thesis committee.

Recent News

• Upcoming: Presenting at the Casual Friday Development Seminar, Paris School of Economics (April 3, 2026).
• March 2026: The World Inequality Report 2026, published by Polity, is now available in print.
• March 2026: Presented at the LSE International Inequalities Institute seminar on the World Inequality Report 2026.