Stefanie Stantcheva (born 1986 in Bulgaria[2]) is a French economist who has served as the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University since 2021.
[6] Stantcheva was born in Bulgaria in 1986, and lived in East Germany until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, before moving to France, where she grew up.
[2] She attended the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris, and read economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2007.
[5] She received the Prix du meilleure jeune économiste de France in 2019, and the Elaine Bennett Research Prize in 2020.
[10] Some notable surveys conducted involve perceived and actual numbers of immigrants and unemployment amongst them, shortcomings of the US tax system, and social mobility across US states.
[10] Stantcheva's research concerns public finance—in particular, the question of how tax and transfer systems can better raise revenues, reduce inequality, and foster the productivity of firms and individuals.