Bio
I am a Senior Economist at the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, where I coordinate the work on the green transition. My research focuses on minimum wages, collective bargaining, and non-compete clauses in OECD countries.
I hold a PhD in labour economics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris School of Economics) and the Université libre de Bruxelles, completed in 2015. In addition to my work at the OECD, I am a research fellow at IZA Bonn. I also serve on the editorial boards of lavoce.info and IZA World of Labor, and I am a member of the scientific committee of the Labor Chair at the Paris School of Economics.
My previous policy experience includes chairing the expert group on in-work poverty at the Italian Ministry of Labour in 2021 and serving on the French minimum wage expert group (Groupe d'experts sur le SMIC) from 2017 to 2021. Earlier in my career, I worked as an economist at the European Commission (DG Employment and the Joint Research Centre) and served as assistant for economic affairs and G20 assistant Sherpa to the Italian Prime Minister.
You can find my complete CV here.
New book!
La questione salariale, a short book (in Italian) on the whys and hows of three decades of stagnant labour income growth in Italy.
Recent work
Unwilling to reskill? Experimental Evidence from Real-World Jobseekers, NBER WP 34633.
Non-compete Agreements in a Rigid Labour Market: The Case of Italy, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, vol. 41(3), pp. 930-958.
Five facts non-compete and related clauses in OECD countries, OECD Economics Department Working Paper, 2025.
Membership of unions and employers’ organisations, and bargaining coverage: Standing, but losing ground, OECD Policy Brief.
