astronomy

Orazio Attanasio

Orazio Attanasio is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Orazio Attanasio rather than just read about it. In short: Orazio Attanasio (born 31 October 1959, in Naples) is an Italian economist and the Cowles Professor of Economics at Yale University. He was the Jeremy Bentham Chair of Economics at University College London.

Key takeaways

Orazio Attanasio belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Orazio Attanasio to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Orazio Attanasio from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Orazio Attanasio (born 31 October 1959, in Naples) is an Italian economist and the Cowles Professor of Economics at Yale University. He was the Jeremy Bentham Chair of Economics at University College London. He graduated from the University of Bologna in 1982 and London School of Economics in 1988. He then went to teach at Stanford and was a National Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and a visiting professor at the University of Chicago before arriving at University College London in 1995. While in London, he was also a research co-director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London, director and founder of the Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policies at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and a director of the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy. He moved to Yale in 2019. In 2001 Attanasio was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society and in 2004 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy. He was also elected to be president of the European Economic Association in 2014. In 2017 he was elected second vice president of the Econometric Society, and served as its President in 2020. In October 2016, Attanasio won the 1 million Swiss francs Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for his "use of economic models and field experiments to assess and shape early child development programs and policies in low income countries". In 2016 Attanasio was also awarded the Carlos Diaz Alejandro prize by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association and in 2017 he was elected to serve in 2020 as the 2nd vice-president of the Econometric Society. Attanasio's research focuses include household consumption, saving and labour supply, human capital accumulation, and micro credit, among others. He has also served as managing editor of The Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of the European Economic Association, and Quantitative Economics. In 2004, Attanasio co-authored an IFS evaluation of an initiative which was designed to improve the lives of children in small Colombian towns and villages by paying their mothers to improve their children's food intake; in return, younger children had to have regular medical check-ups and older ones were required to attend school regularly. Begun in 2002, and funded by both the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, the project had examined how funds to alleviate poverty and promote development should be targeted. Early results were positive, showing both an increase in the number of children going to school and those enjoying improved diets. Attanasio said, "This evaluation is important, not just for Colombia, but to help us understand how developing countries can best target valuable resources to improve the prospects for their poorest children."

Publication "Pension Wealth and Household Saving: Evidence from Pension Reforms in the United Kingdom". American Economic Review. 93 (5). (with S. Rohwedder): 1499–1521. December 2003. doi:10.1257/000282803322655419. JSTOR 3132139.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

References

External links Homepage at UCL Interview on BOLD (Blog on Learning and Development) Orazio Attanasio appointed as Jeremy Bentham Chair of Economics

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Orazio Attanasio

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Orazio Attanasio claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Orazio Attanasio before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Orazio Attanasio ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Orazio Attanasio

In research: Orazio Attanasio appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Orazio Attanasio in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Orazio Attanasio is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1959 births, 20th-century American economists, 21st-century American economists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Orazio Attanasio outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Orazio Attanasio in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Orazio Attanasio means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Orazio Attanasio in simple terms?

Why does Orazio Attanasio matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Orazio Attanasio?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Orazio Attanasio.