Attila Gyetvai

I am a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Florida, while I am on leave from the Bank of Portugal. I am also a Research Fellow at IZA and CERS-IE.

I organize the Structural Microeconomics Conference (Duke, Fall 2025) and the Gator Macro Workshop (UF, Spring 2026).

Working Papers
Identification and Estimation of Continuous-Time Job Search Models with Preference Shocks
with Peter Arcidiacono, Arnaud Maurel, and Katya Jardim
paper (Dec 2025) · CESifo WP 12320 · revised version of NBER WP 30655
revised & resubmitted to The Review of Economic Studies
The Role of Human Capital Specificity in Entrepreneurship
with Eugene Tan
paper (Sep 2025) · policy piece · non-technical summary · box
Health Shocks, Social Insurance, and Firms
with Anikó Bíró, István Boza, and Dániel Prinz
paper (Nov 2024) · IZA DP 17069
The Option Value of Occupations
paper (Oct 2024)

Publications
Coworker Networks and the Role of Occupations in Job Finding
with Maria Zhu
Labour Economics, 2025, 94:102699
author manuscript · replication package · media coverage: Telex/Defacto (in Hungarian)