Jessica Hug

Research interests:
Jessica is an Economist in the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). She is particularly interested in understanding inequalities in living conditions and how localisation choice of worker within countries and recent technological change affect it.
Education:
2019 PhD Economics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
2012 MSc Economics, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
2009 BSc International Relation, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Employment:
Employment
2020- Economist, NIESR
2012-2018 Teaching Assistant, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva
2011-2012 Pricing Assistant, Public Utilities of Geneva
PhD dissertation
“Skill, tasks and skill-bias technological change in cities” under the supervision of Profs Frédéric Robert-Nicoud and Céline Carrère, available at: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/authors/view/128283