Research
Refereed Publications in Journals
"Child Care Markets, Parental Labor Supply, and Child Development", Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming (with S. Berlinski, M. M. Ferreyra and J. D. Martin) Latest Version
``Labor Market Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the West Bank and Gaza,'' LABOUR, 37(4): 491-51, December 2023 (with J. Deng, N. Elmallakh, and R. Gatti) PDF; World Bank WP; Permalink.
"Are Informal Self-Employment and Informal Employment as Employee Behaviorally Distinct Labor Force States?," Economics Letters, 231: 111278, October, 2023. (with M. Tejada) PDF; IZA DP with Appendix; Permalink; Replication Codes.
"The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Gender Differentials in Labor Market Dynamics", IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 14(1): 1-57, January, 2023 (with M. Viollaz, M. Salazar-Saenz, M. Bustelo, M. Bosch) PDF; Web Appendix; Permalink.
"Labor Market Search, Informality, and Schooling Investment", International Economic Review, 63(1): 211-261, 2022. (with M. Bobba and S. Levy) IER Top Cited Article 2022-2023 PDF; Web Appendix; Permalink; VoxLacea Blogpost.
“Gender Gaps in Latin American Labor Markets: Implications from an Estimated Search Model.”, Annals of Economics and Statistics, 142: 1-68, 2021. (with M. Bustelo, C. Piras, and M. Tejada) PDF; Web Appendix; Permalink.
"Labor Market Search, Informality, and On-the-Job Human Capital Accumulation", Journal of Econometrics, 223(2): 433-453, 2021. (with M. Bobba, S. Levy and M. Tejada) PDF; Web Appendix; Permalink.
"Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance", Economic Journal, 129(622): 2390–2423, 2019 (with M. Macis, A. Moro and F. Schivardi) PDF; Web Appendix; Permalink; VoxEU Blogpost; WSJ Interview.
"Household Search or Individual Search: Does it Matter?", Journal of Labor Economics, 36(1): 1-46, 2018 (with J. Mabli) PDF, Web Appendix; Permalink.
"Female Corporate Leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Representation and Firm-level Outcomes", International Journal of Manpower, 38(6): 790-818, 2017 (with C. Piras and S. Abrahams) PDF; Web Appendix; Permalink.
"Household Lifetime Inequality Estimates in the U.S. Labor Market", Research in Labor Economics, 43: 49-86, 2016 (with J. Mabli and M. Salazar-Saez) PDF
"Unconscious and Game Theory", International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, 11(4): 339–359, 2014. (with M. G. Pediconi) PDF
"The Effect of Job Flexibility on Women Labor Market Outcomes: Estimates from a Search and Bargaining Model", Journal of Econometrics, 168: 81–95, 2012 (with A. Moro) PDF
"Gender Discrimination Estimation in a Search Model with Matching and Bargaining", International Economic Review, 51(3): 745-783, 2010 PDF
"Sources of Earnings Inequality: Estimates from an On-the-Job Search Model of the U.S. Labor Market", European Economic Review, 54(6): 832-854, 2010. (with M. Leonardi) PDF
"Prejudice and Gender Differentials in the U.S. Labor Market in the Last Twenty Years", Journal of Econometrics, 156: 190-200, 2010 PDF
"Returns to Education in the Economic Transition: a Systematic Assessment Using Comparable Data", Economics of Education Review, 27: 724-740, 2008 (with S. Paternostro and E. Tiongson) PDF; Web Appendix
"Productivity, Seniority, and Wages: new evidence from personnel data", Labour Economics, 8: 359-387, 2001 (with A. Ichino) PDF
Unpublished Completed Papers
"Returns to Education in the Marriage Market: Bride Price and School Reform in Egypt,'' World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS10288, 2023 (with J. Deng, N. Elmallakh, and R. Gatti) Latest Version
"The Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy in Europe: Evidence from Bank's Balance Sheets", NBER Working Paper No. 7231, 1999 (with C.A. Favero e F. Giavazzi) PDF [Resting]
Work in progress
''Working and Saving Informally: The Link between Labor Market Informality and Financial Exclusion" (with M. Tejada)
"Simultaneous Search in the Labor and Marriage Markets with Endogenous Schooling Decisions" (with C. Flinn and M. Salazar-Saez)
"SNAP Participation and Labor Market Dynamics" (with S. Abrahams and J. Mabli)
Book Chapters and Invited Contributions
"Gender Gaps in Wages and Employment: The Role of Employers’ Prejudice" in: T. Boeri, G. Peri and E. Patacchini (eds.) Unexplored Dimensions of Discrimination, Oxford University Press, 2015 (with M. Tejada) PDF; Web Appendix
"Capitolo 11: La discriminazione." (with D. Vuri) in: Brucchi Luchino and Pepi De Caleo (ed.) Manuale di Economia del Lavoro, Bologna: il Mulino, 2015. [Updated version of: "Capitolo 17: La discriminazione: teoria economica e evidenza empirica" in: Brucchi Luchino (eds.) Manuale di Economia del Lavoro, Bologna: il Mulino, 2001]
"Desempeño económico y raza: ¿evidencia de discriminación en Colombia?" In P. Urdinola (ed.) Aplicaciones en Demografía. Editorial UN: Bogotà, Colombia, 2014. (with R. Bernal)
"Intergenerational Mobility and Schooling Decisions in Germany and Italy: The Impact of Secondary School Tracks", Rivista di Politica Economica, July-September, 2013 (with D. Checchi) PDF; Web Appendix
Comment on "On the Determinants and Implications of School Choice" by Gallego and Hernando, Economia, 9(1): 230-232, 2008.
"Mobilità intergenerazionale e decisioni scolastiche in Italia", in: G. Ballarino e D. Checchi (eds.) Sistema Scolastico e Diseguaglianza Sociale, Bologna: ilMulino, 2006 (with Daniele Checchi)
"La Scelta della Scuola Secondaria in Italia", Rivista di Politica Economica, 91(7/8), 85-114, 2001
"Dieci anni di contrattazione aziendale in Lombardia: 1986-1995", Lavoro e Relazioni Industriali, N. 2, Luglio-Dicembre, 1999 (with D. Checchi).
"Gender Discrimination and Return to Education: estimations on Individual data", Rivista di Politica Economica, 87(12), December, 1997
Policy Papers
"Labor Market Transitions in Egypt Post-Arab Spring.", World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS10126, 2022 (with Deng, Jingyuan; Elmallakh, Nelly; Gatti,Roberta) Link, ERF Blogpost
"Implications of Minimum Wages Policies in Labor Markets with High Informality and Frictions.", 2021, Background paper for the Regional Human Development Report on Latin America, UNDP.
"The Gender Labor Market Gap in the Digital Economy", IDB Working Paper IDB-WP-01056, 2019 (with M. Bustelo and M. Viollaz) Link, Web Appendix
"A Primer on Human Capital", World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS8309, 2018 (with R. Gatti) Link
"Chapter 1 -- Raising Children: The Case for Government Intervention" in: S. Berlinski and N. Shady (eds.) DIA 2015. The early years: Child wellbeing and the role of public policy, IDB: Washington, D.C., 2015 (with S. Berlinski and F. Lopez-Boo) Link
"Chapter 5: Growth Productivity and the Allocation of Resources" and "Chapter 6: Reforming Labor Markets" in: A. Powell (coord.) Rethinking Reforms, 2013 LAC Macroeconomic Report, IDB: Washington, D.C., 2013 (with A. Fernandez)
"Gender Differences in Education, Career Choices and Labor Market Outcomes in a Sample of OECD Countries" background paper to World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development, World Bank, Washington, D.C. Link
"Chapter 2: Women in the Labor Market" in: S.Sattar (ed.), Opportunities for Men and Women in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank: Washington, DC, 2012 (with J. Posada)