Cypriot economist
Christopher A. Pissarides is a Cypriot economist born on February 20, 1948, in Nicosia, Cyprus . He is known for his work in macroeconomic search and matching theories of unemployment, matching function, and structural growth . Pissarides was awarded the 2010 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences .
Pissarides obtained his education from the London School of Economics and the University of Essex . His academic disciplines are Economics and Labour economics . Dale T. Mortensen served as his doctoral advisor, while Étienne Wasmer was one of his doctoral students . His current occupation is as an economist .
Cypriot economist