Diana Alessandrini

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at St. Francis Xavier University (Canada) and a fellow of the Rimini Center for Economic Analysis. My research focuses on macroeconomics, labour economics and the economics of education. In my scholarly work, I examine taxation, minimum wage policies, post-secondary education, wage inequality and the long-term consequences of recessions.

Publications

• "Minimum Wage Effects on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Canadian Data" (2024) with Joniada Milla, Journal of Human Capital.

• "The intergenerational effects of recessions" (2023) with Bharat Diwakar*, Review of Income and Wealth.

• "Gender wage gap in small islands: Effect of a policy framework in Mauritius" (2021) with Roshini Brizmohun* and Valentina Hartarska, Review of Development Economics.

• "Progressive taxation and economic stability" (2021), Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

•  "Is post-secondary education a safe port and for whom? Evidence from Canadian data" (2018), Economics of Education Review.

•  "The business cycle human capital accumulation nexus and its effect on hours worked volatility"  (2015) with Stephen Kosempel and Thanasis Stengos, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.

*student co-authorship