Esteban Rossi-Hansberg performs research in macroeconomics, international trade, and urban economics. His research focuses on the internal structure of cities, the distribution of economic activity in space, economic growth and the size distribution of cities, the effect of offshoring on wage inequality, the role on information technology on wages and organization, and firm dynamics and the size distribution of firms. Rossi-Hansberg was a faculty member in the Economics Department at Stanford University. He is a research fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and his research receives support from the National Science Foundation. Ph.D. University of Chicago..