Language skills
Fluent in English and Italian.                                                                           Good knowledge of Spanish.                                                                   Intermediate knowledge of French. 

Software Skills
Econometric Softwares: Amos 7, EViews 6, LisRel 8.8, MatLab 7.5, Stata 10     LaTex Packages: Scientific WorkPlace 5.5, WinEdt 5.5.

CURRENT POSITION

Economist in the Field of Innovation Policy                                             European Commission, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), Brussels.

Email: andrea.conte(et)ec.europa.eu

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Senior Research Fellow (2007)                                                                      Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany.

Phd in Economics (completed on February 15th 2007)
University of Turin

Visiting  Research Fellow (2005)
Birkbeck College, London

Research Fellow (2003)
ILO (International Labour Organization), Geneve

Master in Economics (completed on June 30th 2003)
CORIPE Piedmont, Turin

Visiting Research Fellow (2002)
ISPRI-CNR (National Bureau of Research) and ISTAT (National Institute of Statistics), Rome

Laurea with academic honor in Economics (110/110 cum laude)
Catholic University of Piacenza, Faculty of Economics

Erasmus Student (2001)
University of Warwick, Department of Economics