Postdoc
PhD, Catholic University, Italy, 2007
University Degree (Econ), Bocconi University, 2003
Research Interests
- Personnel Economics
- Labour Economics
- Economics of Education
Publications
In Refereed Journals
- External Validation of the Use of Vignettes in Cross-Country Health Studies (with N. Kristensen and N. Datta Gupta), Economic Modelling, 27 (2010), pp. 854-865.
- Determinants of grades in maths for students in Economics (with C. Lucifora and L. Cappellari). Forthcoming in Education Economics Journal.
- New Workplace Practices and Firm Performance: A Comparative Study of Italy and UK (with A. Cristini). Forthcoming in International Journal of Manpower.
- Participation, Sector Selection and Unemployment in Nicaragua (with M. Ranzani), 2009. Forthcoming in Journal of International Development.
- Early Labour Market Outcomes Returns to College Subject (with P. Buonanno), 2009, LABOUR, Volume 34, issue 4.
- The Transition to Work for Italian University Graduates: Determinants of the Time to Obtain the First Job, 2009, LABOUR, Volume 23 issue 1.
- High Schools and Labour Market Outcomes, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 66(2), pp. 247-294, 2007.
Papers Submitted and Working Papers
- Learning by Hiring and Productivity: the Case of Denmark (with P. Parrotta), 2009. Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics, WP 09-11. Revise and resubmit to RAND Journal of Economics
- Old European Couples’ Retirement Decisions: the Role of Love and Money (with M. Ranzani), 2008. Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics, WP 09-02. Submitted.
- Risk Aversion and College Subject (with P. Buonanno). University of Bergamo, Department of Economics Working Paper, n. 07, 2007. Submitted.
Chapters in Books
- The Effects of 2001 Reform on University Drop-Out Rates: Some Evidence from Università Cattolica (with C. Dell’Aringa. L. Cappellari and C. Lucifora) in G. Boero and S. Staffolani (eds.): Performance accademica e tassi di abbandono Una analisi dei primi effetti della riforma universitaria, CUEC, Cagliari, 2007.
In Press
- La Facoltà non è uguale per tutti” (with P. Buonanno), Il Sole 24 Ore, 18 Settembre 2007.
Work in Progress
- High performance management practices, trade union representation and wages in Denmark (with Tor Eriksson and Annalisa Cristrini).
- The effects of Labour Diversity on Firm Productivity and Innovation (with Pierpaolo Parrotta and Mariola Pytlikova)
- The effects of Labour Diversity on Trade (with Pierpaolo Parrotta)
Full Curriculum Vitae