Research

Publications in refereed journals (Note: The views expressed in these papers are those of the authors only. The responsibility for opinions expressed in the original articles rests solely with their authors, and publication does not constitute an endorsement by the ILO, the UNHCR or other hiring institutions of the opinions expressed in them)

• • "Unequal Bequests", 2023, European Economic Review, vol. 157 (August): 104513 (joint with Marco Francesconi and Robert Pollak). 

  • "Wage Compression within the Firm: Evidence from an Indexation Scheme", 2019, The Economic Journal, vol. 129 (November): 3256-3291 (joint with Marco Leonardi and Michele Pellizzari).

  • "Where Are the Returns to Lifelong Learning?", 2019, Empirical Economics, vol. 57(1): 205-237 (joint with Michael Coelli).

  • "Fully integrating vocational education and training courses into an upper-secondary academic curriculum: A flexible new way?", 2016, Economics of Education Review, vol. 55 (December): 117-131 (joint with Cain Polidano).

  • "A Second Chance at Education for Early School Leavers", 2015, Education Economics, vol. 23(3): 358-375 (joint with Cain Polidano and Yi-Ping Tseng).

  • "Making It Real: The Benefits of Workplace Learning in Upper-Secondary VET Courses." 2014, Economics of Education Review, vol. 42 (October): 130-146 (joint with Cain Polidano).

  • "Trust of second-generation immigrants: Intergenerational transmission or cultural assimilation?", 2014, IZA Journal of Migration, vol. 3(10) (joint with Julie Moschion).

Other publications and JDC papers

• "Refugee Emergencies and Attitudes Towards Refugees: Some Insights from the Academic Literature". 2022. In Tabasso, D. (ed.), JDC Quarterly Digest on Forced Displacement, Fifth Issue. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. 

• "Answering the Call: Forcibly Displaced During the Pandemic". 2021. JDC Working Paper Series No. 2 (joint with Jeffery Tanner, Harriet Mugera, Maja Lazić and Björn Gillsäter)

• "Supporting evidence-driven responses to COVID-19", 2020, Forced Migration Review, 64(June): 81-83.

Working Papers

• • "Academic Trends in Forced Displacement" (joint with Filippo Dionigi). University of Bristol School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies WP 03-22.

  • "With or Without You? Divorce Rate and Intra-household Allocation of Time." IZA Discussion Paper 5292, IZA, Bonn.

  • "Temporary Contracts and Monopsony Power in the UK Labour Market" IZA Discussion Paper 5867, IZA, Bonn.

ILO Reports

• "What works: Promoting pathways to decent work”, ILO Research Department, Studies on Growth with Equity Series, Geneva, Switzerland: 2019 (joint with Antonia Asenjo, Verónica Escudero, Hannah Liepmann and Clemente Pignatti).

Other Policy Reports

• • "The impact of disadvantage on VET completion and employment gaps”, Final Report for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Research Report. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2016 (joint with Duncan McVicar).

  • "Children's Participation in Early Childhood Education and Care and their Developmental Outcomes by Grade 5: A Comparison between Disadvantaged and Advantaged Children". Final Report for the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2014 (joint with Guyonne Kalb and Rezida Zakirova).

  • “Does scored VET in Schools help or hinder access to higher education in Victoria?”, Final Report for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Research Report. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2014 (joint with Cain Polidano and Rong Zhang).

  • "The Outcomes of Early School Leaving for Disadvantaged Students: the Role of Non-cognitive Skills". Final Report for the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2013 (joint with Barbara Broadway and Rezida Zakirova).

  • "Studying beyond age 25: who does it and what do they gain?" Final Report for the  National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Research Report. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2012 (joint with Michael Coelli and Rezida Zakirova).

  • "The Role of VET-in-Schools in School Completion and Post-School Outcomes". Final Report for the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2011 (joint with David Black and Cain Polidano).

  •  "Second Chance Education: Re-engagement in Education of Early School Leavers". Final Report for the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2011 (joint with David Black, Cain Polidano, and Yi-Ping Tseng).

Book Chapters

• • "Swiss youth unemployment during the Great Depression", in Dolado, J. (ed.), No Country for Young People? Youth Labour Market Problems in Europe, CEPR Press - VoxEU.org eBook (2015) (joint with Michele Pellizzari).

  • "How Many Social Europes?" in Ferraro, G. (ed.), Development and Employment in the global market, Milano: Giuffrè Editore (2004), (joint with Tito Boeri) (in Italian).

  • "Immigrants and Welfare State", in Guerra, M.C. and Zanardi, A. (eds.), Yearly Report on Public Finance 2004, Bologna: Il Mulino (2004), (joint with Tito Boeri and Francesco Fasani) (in Italian).

Other Publications (in Italian)

• • Elements of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Solved Exercises, Milano: Egea (2005), (joint with Giacomo De Giorgi, Francesco Fasani and Mario Macis)

  • (book review) "Labour and Firms in the Shadow Economy", by Giovanni Bianco, Economia e Politica industriale, anno XXX, n. 119, 2003, (joint with Francesco Fasani).