 She graduated in 1971 from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE), Faculty of Commerce, magna cum laudae, and in 1979 got a doctorate in economics from the same university.Between 1971 and 1992 she was a Visiting Professor at ASE, and also a research fellow at the National Institute of Economy and Life Standard Research in Bucharest.In 1992 she worked as a Visiting Professor at "a series of universities in the USA (Los Angeles, Cleveland and Chicago) and Germany (Darmstadt)".