Ronni Pavan is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. His research focuses on labor economics, economics of education and urban economics. In particular, he has worked on the relationship between wages and city size. In a separate line of research, he has worked on human capital specificity and acquisition, mainly through occupational choice, major choice and parental investments. He was a member of the Economics Department at Royal Holloway, University of London from 2013 until 2015 before going back to Rochester in 2015.

Pavan received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2005.