Nezih Guner is professor at CEMFI (Madrid). He is also a Research Fellow with Institute for Study of Labor (IZA) and a Research A liate with Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He the editor of the Journal of Spanish Economic Association (SERIEs). In 2010, Nezih Guner was awarded an European Research Council Starting Grant.

Guner received a B.A. in Economics and Sociology and an M.A. in Economics from Bogazici Universitesi in 1992 and 1994 respectively, and an M.A. and Ph.D. both in Economics from the University of Rochester in 1997 and 2000, respectively.