My name is Elena Ashtari Tafti

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Economics of University College London (UCL). 

I am an applied microeconomist working on topics at the intersection of innovation, health, and personnel economics. 

I am a Ph.D. Scholar at the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (CeMMAP).

In September 2023 I will join the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich as an Assistant Professor in Economics. 

Take a look at my JMP,  "Technology, Skills, and Performance: The Case of Robots in Surgery"