Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
September 2020 - Present: OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate - Economist and Head of Team
September 2019 – August 2020: Paris School of Economics – Visiting Scholar
April 2019 – Present: Bank of Italy, DG Economics and Statistics, Advisor, Firms and Regional Analysis Division
September 2015 – April 2019: Bank of Italy, DG Economics and Statistics, Advisor, Structural Economic Analysis Division
August 2017 – November 2017: Bank for International Settlements, Central Bank Research Fellowship
November 2012 – August 2015: Bank of Italy, DG Economics and Statistics, Senior Economist (Funzionario di II), Structural Economic Analysis Division
September 2011 – October 2012: Bank of Italy, DG Economics and Statistics, Research Fellow, Structural Economic Analysis Division
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Università di Bologna, Italy, June 2011.
Dissertation Title: Four essays in applied microeconometrics
Main advisor: Andrea Ichino
Committee: Paul Heidues, Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Tommaso Nannicini
M.Sc., Economics (with distinction), Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 2007
B.A., Economics, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 2005
Teaching Activity
· Lecturer in “Evidence-based methods for firm productivity growth” at Polytechnique of Milan – 2021
· Lecturer in “Policies for firm internationalization” at University of Rome 3 – 2021
· External reviewer of Ph.D. Students in Macroeconomics at CEMFI Madrid – 2020
· Lecturer in Applied Econometrics at the University Tor Vergata of Rome - M.Sc. in Development Economics and International Cooperation – 2016
· Research Assistant in Macroeconomics and in Applied Econometrics at the University of Bologna – 2008-2011
Other Professional Activities
At the Bank of Italy:
Member of the Bank of Italy Junior Recruiting Committee (Job Market) 2016 and 2017.
Associate Editor of the Annual Report: 2017 and 2018 (Chapter 6 - Firms)
Associate Editor of the Economic Bullettin: various issues in 2014-2016 (Chapter 2.5 – Labour Market)
Associate Editor of the Bank of Italy refereed Working Paper Series 2014-2017.
External:
Referee: Review of Economics and Statistics, the Economic Journal, Economica, Economic Letters, Small Business Economic Journal, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Political Economic Theory, Economics of Education.
Teaching: Lecturer in Applied Econometrics at the University Tor Vergata of Rome (M.Sc. in Development Economics and International Cooperation – year 2016), Research Assistant in Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics at the University of Bologna (years 2008-2011).
Media Coverage and Articles in Blogs and Popular Press
The Economist, VoxEU.org, ilSole24Ore (main Italian economic newspaper), ProMarket.org, laVoce.info
Some Selected Recent Seminars and Conferences over the last 3 years
Barcelona Summer Forum, G20 Digital Economy Task Force Forum, Villa Mondragone International Economic Workshop, Italian Economic Society
Warwick Business School, OECD Applied Economic Seminars, Paris School of Economics, Université Paris 1, Banque de France
2019: Barcelona Summer Forum, CompNet-EIB-IMF Conference, Lenzerheide Workshop in Finance, Paris School of Economics, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
2018: NBER Summer Institute, CompNet Annual Conference, Banque de France, Mo.Fi.R. Workshop, Halle Institute, BIS-IMF-OECD Conference, Econometric Society – European Meeting, Banco Central do Brasil.
2017: Birbeck, Bocconi (Finance Dept.), CEPR Workshop on Entrepreneurship Economics, CompNet Annual Conference, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, University College of London.
2016: Central Bank of the Netherlands, Economic Policy Panel Meeting, EIEF, Econometric Society – European Meeting, University of St. Gallen, University of Trento.