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Charles I. Jones
Charles I. Jones
Professor, Economics
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CharlesI.Jones
The STANCO 25 Professor of Economics
Charles and Melissa Froland Faculty Fellow for 2019-2020
Academic Area: 
Economics

Research Statement

Charles I. (Chad) Jones is an economist noted for his research on long-run economic growth. In particular, he has examined theoretically and empirically the fundamental sources of growth in incomes over time and the reasons underlying the enormous differences in standards of living across countries. In recent years, he has used his expertise in macroeconomic methods to study the economic causes behind the rise in health spending and top income inequality.

Bio

Charles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation.

Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth (2013) and Macroeconomics (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Economics, MIT, 1993
  • AB, Summa cum laude, in Economics, Harvard University, 1989

Academic Appointments

  • At Stanford University since 2008
  • Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2002-present
  • Professor, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley, 2004-2008
  • Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley, 2001-2004
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Stanford University, 1993-2001

Awards and Honors

  • Charles and Melissa Froland Faculty Fellow, 2018-2019
  • Charles and Melissa Froland Faculty Fellow, 2017-2018
  • BP Faculty Fellow in Global Management, 2013-2014

Publications

Journal Articles

Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?
Nicholas A. Bloom, Charles I. Jones, John Van Reenen, Michael Webb. American Economic Review. April 2020, Vol. 110, Issue 4, Pages 1104–1144.
The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth
Chang-Tai Hsieh, Eric Hurst, Charles I. Jones, Pete Klenow. Econometrica. September 30, 2019, Vol. 87, Issue 5.
Paul Romer: Ideas, Nonrivalry, and Endogenous Growth
Charles I. Jones. Journal of Economics. July 2019, Vol. 121, Issue 3, Pages 859-883.
A Schumpeterian Model of Top Income Inequality
Charles I. Jones, Jihee Kim. Journal of Political Economy. October 2018, Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1785-1826.
Beyond GDP? Welfare across Countries and Time
Charles I. Jones. Beyond GDP? Welfare across Countries and Time. September 2016, Vol. 106, Issue 9, Pages 2456-2457.
Life and Growth
Charles I. Jones. Journal of Political Economy. March 8, 2016, Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 539-578.

Books

Macroeconomics
Charles I. Jones New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2014.

Working Papers

Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data | PDF
Charles I. Jones, Christopher Tonetti, August 2019
Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? | PDF
Nicholas A. Bloom, Charles I. Jones, John Van Reenen, Michael Webb, September 2017

Teaching

Degree Courses

2019-20

MGTECON 300: Growth and Stabilization in the Global Economy

This course gives students the background they need to understand the broad movements in the global economy. Key topics include long-run economic growth, technological change, wage inequality, international trade, interest rates, inflation,...

MGTECON 610: Macroeconomics

This course covers various topics in macroeconomics and is designed to expose students to macroeconomic methods, classic papers in the field, and the latest research at the frontier. The current focus is on economic growth. Using theoretical...

2018-19

MGTECON 300: Growth and Stabilization in the Global Economy

This course gives students the background they need to understand the broad movements in the global economy. Key topics include long-run economic growth, technological change, wage inequality, international trade, interest rates, inflation,...

MGTECON 610: Macroeconomics

This course covers various topics in macroeconomics and is designed to expose students to macroeconomic methods, classic papers in the field, and the latest research at the frontier. The current focus is on economic growth. Using theoretical...

Executive Education & Other Non-Degree Programs

Stanford University Affiliations

Stanford GSB

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School News

writtenSix Faculty Named to Endowed Chairs
April 1, 2009
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