Fellow of the Econometric Society since 2016 Sherwin Rosen Prize for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Labor Economics, awarded by the Society of Labor Economists Fellow, Society of Labor Economists since 2014 William Bowen Prize Enrico Moretti is an Italian economist and the Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
[3] Along with over 70 articles in peer-reviewed economics journals, Moretti's 2012 book for general audiences, The New Geography of Jobs, has received widespread attention.
[4] The book was described by Barack Obama in 2019 as “a timely and smart discussion of how different cities and regions have made a changing economy work for them — and how policymakers can learn from that to lift the circumstances of working Americans everywhere.
"[4] It was described by Paul Krugman in The New York Times as “a must reading for anyone trying to understand the state of America” and by William Galston in The Wall Street Journal as “the most important book of the decade on the contemporary economy.
"[5][6] The book has been translated into eight languages and was awarded the William Bowen Prize by Princeton University[7] for the most important contribution toward understanding public policy and the labor market.