Education and Employment: I joined The George Washington University as an Assistant Professor in August 2019. I earned a BA and MS in Economics from Bocconi University, and a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley.
Research: I am an applied microeconomist working primarily at the intersection of labor economics, organizational economics, and political economy. In my research, I explore how to evaluate and improve the performance of public sector organizations and how government policies affect workers and firms. Specifically, I examine the role of management and personnel practices in public sector organizations and the impact of government policies targeting disadvantaged regions and workers. To study these topics, I primarily rely on rich administrative datasets combined with natural experiments or randomized control trials. I also examine aspects of public sector productivity and effectiveness that are not traditionally available in administrative records. To this end, I rely on survey data to capture these additional dimensions—such as the perceived benefits and costs of government policies, the obstacles to improving performance, and the value that final users place on different aspects of the public services provided.
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