Curriculum Vitae
SUMMARIZED CV- September 2023
(extended CV available here)
Education
Degree in Statistics and Economics, University of Padova (1992).
PhD in Economics, European University Institute (1997).
Professional experience
Professor of econometrics, University of Bologna (March 2017-present)
Associate professor of econometrics, University of Bologna (2005-February 2017).
Assistant professor of econometrics, University of Bologna (2001).
Research affiliations
Institute for the Study of Labor -IZA (Bonn); CHILD-Collegio Carlo Alberto (Moncalieri); Health, Econometrics and Data Group - HEDG (York)
Research interests
Microeconometric methods: limited dependent variable models (discrete choice models, count data models, simultaneous equations models), simulation-based methods.
Applied microeconometrics: applied labour, education and household economics (children and adolescents development and health, time use, gender gaps in time use).
Publications
See the Papers page.
Research ranking on REPEC (Average rank score, February 2024)
Italy: top 10%
Europe: top 10%
World: top 12%
World: top 6% women economists (all years)
Links to research databases
Google Scholar: citations
Research Papers in Economics (Repec): author page
Social Science Research Network (SSRN): author page
Editorial service
Co-editor of the Review of Economics of the Household (Springer)
Recent funded projects
2021-2025: member of the Bologna Unit (principal investigator Giulio Ecchia) of the H2020 European project COhort cOmmunity Research and Development Infrastructure Network, COORDINATE, coordinated by the Manchester Metropolitan University.
2020-2022: PRIN 2017 project At the Roots of Child Development: On the Role of Parental Beliefs, Preferences and Engagement. Single research unit (Department of Economics, University of Bologna) including Maria Bigoni (P.I.), Margherita Fort, Daniela Iorio and Chiara Monfardini, with the scientific collaboration of Annalisa Guarini and Alessandra Sansavini of the Department of Psychology of the University of Bologna. The research group developed the MinUTo - MindUs Together project.
2018-2019: principal investigator of the Bologna Unit of the H2020 European project European Cohort Development Survey, ECDP, leading to the Growing Up in Digital Europe (GUIDE) project, coordinated by the Manchester Metropolitan University.
Member of scientific commettees
Conference of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) 2023
Conference of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) 2022
European Economic Association annual Conference (EEA) 2021
Conference of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) 2019
Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics (ICEEE) 2019 2017, 2013, 2011
Italian Workshop of Econometrics and Empirical Economics (IWEEE) 2018
European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) Congress 2016
Recent taught courses at the University of Bologna
Econometrics - EPOS, first cycle degree in Economics, Politics and Social Sciences t, in English. A.A. 2022-23: 92,9% of students satisfied with the course.
Econometrics 2 (Microeconometrics) - LMEC, second cycle degree in economics, in English. A.A. 2022-23: 94,6% of students satisfied with the course.
Advanced Microeconometrics - LMEC, second cycle degree in economics and PhD in Economics. A.A. 2022-23: 87,5% of students satisfied with the course.
Main academic services at the University of Bologna (since 2008)
May 2021-:Department of Economics' delegate for teaching issues
May 2018 - May 2021: Director of the Two Years Master in Economics- Laurea Magistrale in Economics (LMEC)
May 2015-: Member of the “Giunta di Dipartimento”, a board supporting the activity of the Director of the Department of Economics.
May 2014-: Member of the UNIBO committee for the assignment of Internships at the Bank of Italy Regional Branch.
2014-2018: Department of Economics' delegate for the Polo Penitenziario project (agreement between Italian Ministry of Justice an University of Bologna to promote and support undergraduate studies among incarcerated people).
February 2008 - September 2017: member of the Advisory Board, PhD in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.