Cecile Gaubert

Research Bio

Cecile Gaubert is an associate professor in the department of Economics at UC Berkeley. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at NBER and a Research Affiliate in the International Trade / Regional Economics programme at CEPR. Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of Economic Geography and International Trade.  She studies how the spatial distribution of economic activity within a country affects a country productivity and welfare. Her work has also focused on the causes and consequences of spatial inequality. She has pioneered innovative quantitative methodologies to analyze the rationale and the consequences of place-based policies, both in terms of economic efficiency and inequality. Cecile Gaubert was awarded the NSF CAREER award and the Sloan Fellowship in 2020. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics at Princeton University in 2014.

Research Expertise and Interest

international trade, economic geography

In the News

Nine young faculty named 2020 Sloan Fellows

Nine young faculty members at UC Berkeley have been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, an honor given yearly to the brightest up-and-coming scientists in the United States and Canada.

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring

  • Microeconomics (Quantitative)  [ECON 101A]  

  • Field Studies  [ECON 197]  

  • Directed Group Study  [ECON 198]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 199]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 199]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 199]  

  • Special Topics in International Economics  [ECON 280D]  

  • Seminar in International Trade and Finance  [ECON 281]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 299]  

  • Individual Study for Doctoral Students  [ECON 602]  

  • Senior Honors Thesis  [ECON H195B]  

  • Doctoral Topics in Business Administration  [PHDBA 297T]  

2025 Fall

  • Field Studies  [ECON 197]  

  • Directed Group Study  [ECON 198]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 199]  

  • Departmental Seminar  [ECON 291]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 299]  

  • Individual Study for Doctoral Students  [ECON 602]  

2025 Summer

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 199]  

2025 Spring

  • Microeconomics (Math Intensive)  [ECON 101A]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 199]  

  • Special Topics in International Economics  [ECON 280D]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [ECON 299]  

  • Individual Study for Doctoral Students  [ECON 602]  

  • Senior Honors Thesis  [ECON H195B]  

  • Doctoral Topics in Business Administration  [PHDBA 297T]