Vito Peragine insegna Economia Politica presso l’Università di Bari. I suoi principali interessi di ricerca riguardano l’analisi distributiva, l’economia delle povertà e della disuguaglianza, le politiche sociali, l’economia dell’istruzione, l’analisi delle scelte sociali e su questi temi ha pubblicato volumi e articoli sulle principali riviste nazionali e internazionali. Dopo aver conseguito il Dottorato in Economia all’Università di York è stato ricercatore presso l’Università Carlo III di Madrid e visiting professor e visiting fellow presso diverse istituzioni, tra cui: The World Bank, Université du Luxembourg, College d’Etudes Mondiale, Paris, Institut d’Études Avancées, Paris (France), University of Oregon (USA), Statistics Norway (Norway), CNRS (France), University of Montreal, London School of Economics.

Vito Peragine is professor of Economics at the University of Bari. His main expertises are in the area of public economics, particularly in the field of distributional analysis, economics of inequality and poverty, social policy, economics of education, social choice. On these topics he has published several books and essays on the top international field journals. After getting a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of York (UK), he was researcher at the  University “Carlos III” of Madrid and visiting fellow and visiting researcher at several institutions, including:The World Bank, Université du Luxembourg, College d’Etudes Mondiale, Paris, Institut d’Études Avancées, Paris (France), University of Oregon (USA), Statistics Norway (Norway), CNRS (France), University of Montreal, London School of Economics.