Research

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

• • “Every Cloud has a Silver Lining: The Role of Study Time and Class Recordings on University Students’ Performance during COVID-19” (2024) (with C. Binelli, S. Comi and L. Pagani), forthcoming at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

• • "Do Non-tariff barriers to trade save American jobs and wages?" (with M. Leonardi) (2024), The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, forthcoming 

• • "Non-cognitive peer effects in early education: The influence of children born to teenage mothers on peers' behavioral problems" (2024) (with. J Gagete and L. Pagani), Economics Letters, Vol. 236, March 2024, 111580. 

• • "Ability composition in the class and the school performance of immigrant students" (2023) (with C. Pavese),  Labour Economics, Vol. 85, 102450, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102450   

Media Coverage:  Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Agence France Presse

• • "The impact of working conditions on mental health: novel evidence from the UK" (2022) (with M. Belloni and L. Carrino),  Labour Economics, Vol 76, 102176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102176  

Media coverage: Radio 24; Corriere.it; Tg24.sky.it; Ansa.it; Repubblica.it; La Stampa; Il Fatto quotidiano; Daily Mirror; BBC 5 LIVE

• • “Impact of Early Childcare on Educational Performance of Immigrant Children” (2021) (with L. Corazzini and C. Pavese),  Economics of Education Review, Vol 85, 102181, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102181   

• • "The effect of immigrant peers in vocational schools" (2019) (with T. Frattini), European Economic Review, Vol 113 (C), pp: 1-22 download 

• • "The role of local labour market conditions and pupil attainment on post-compulsory schooling decisions" (2019) (with J. Swaffield and A. Vignoles), International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 40 No. 8, pp. 1482-1509.

• • "The effect on mental health of retiring during the economic crisis" (2016) (with M. Belloni and G. Pasini), Health Economics, Vol. 25(S2), pp: 126-140 download

Media coverage: Sole24ore, Avvenire

• • "Globalization, Technological Change and Labor Demand: A firm-level analysis for Turkey" (2016) (with E. Taymaz and M. Vivarelli), Review of World Economics, Vol. 152 (4), pp: 655-680 download

• • "Measuring and detecting errors in occupational coding: an analysis on SHARE data" (2016) (with M. Belloni, A. Brugiavini and K. Tijdens), Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 32 (4), pp. 917–945 download

• • "A new dataset of educational inequality" (2014) (with F. Scervini), Empirical Economics, Vol. 47 (2), pp. 695-716  download

• • "Expansion of schooling and educational inequality in Europe: the educational Kuznets curve revisited" (2014) (with F. Scervini), Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 66 (3), pp: 660-680, download

• • "Post-secondary school type and academic achievement" (2014) (with A. Vignoles and R. Cassen), The Manchester School, Vol. 82(2), pp. 183-201 download

• • "Educational policies in a long run perspective" (2013) (with M. Braga and D. Checchi), Economic Policy, Vol 28(73), pp. 45-100 download  

• • “Trade, technology and skills: Evidence from Turkish microdata" (2011)  (with E. Taymaz and M. Vivarelli), Labour Economics, Vol. 18 (S1), pp. 60-70  download

• • “Parents’ Skills and Children’s Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Outcomes” (2011) (with A. De Coulon and A. Vignoles), Education Economics, Vol. 19 (5), pp. 451-474 download

• • “Varieties of capitalisms and varieties of performances: accounting for inequality in post-Soviet Union transition economies” (2010) (with D. Barlow and G. Grimalda), International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 24 (3), pp. 379 – 403 download

• • "Trade and Income Inequality in Developing Countries" (2009) (with M. Vivarelli), World Development, Vol. 37 (2), pp. 287-302. download

• • “Globalization vs. Internal Reforms as Factors of Inequality in Transition Economies: An Empirical Analysis” (2009) (with D. Barlow and G. Grimalda), International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 23(3), pp. 265-287 download

Book Chapters:

• “Working conditions and health of older workers” (2019) (with Belloni, M.; Buia, R.E.; Kovacic, M.) in A. Börsch-Supan, K. Andersen-Ranberg, J. Bristle, A. Brugiavini, F. Jusot, H. Litwin, G. Weber, "Health and socio-economic status over the life course". First results from SHARE Waves 6 and 7, DE GRUYTER, Chapter 16, pp. 157-164.

• "Does training help retaining older workers into employment? Evidence from the SHARE survey" (2015) (with M. Belloni, A. Brugiavini, G. Pasini). In: A. Börsch‐Supan, H. Litwin, M. Myck, T. Kneip, G. Weber, "Ageing in Europe - Supporting Policies for an Inclusive Society". First results from the 5th Wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, Chapter 23, Berlin, DE GRUYTER, pp. 257-265 (ISBN: 9783110444414).

• “The Policy Response to Educational Inequalities” (2014) (with D. Checchi, H.G. van de Werfhorst, and M. Braga), Chapter 12 in “Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries. Analytical and Comparative Perspectives” (edited by W. Salverda, B. Nolan, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I.G. Tóth, and H. van de Werfhorst), OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, pp. 294-327 (ISSN: 978-0-19-968743-5)

• Italy: How Labour Market Policies Can Foster Earnings Inequality” (2014) (with G. Ballarino, M. Braga, M. Bratti, D. Checchi, A. Filippin, C. Fiorio, M. Leonardi, and F. Scervini), Chapter 16 in “Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries. Thirty Countries' Experiences”,  (edited by W. Salverda, B. Nolan, D. Checchi, I. Marx, A. McKnight, I.G. Tóth, and H. van de Werfhorst),  OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, pp. 383-403 (ISSN: 978-0-19-968742-8)

• "Economic crisis and pathways to retirement" (2013) (with G. Pasini and M. Padula), Chapter 9 in A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, H. Litwin, G. Weber, “Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe”, Berlin, DE GRUYTER, pp. 101-109 (ISBN 9783110295467) Link DOI

• "Le competenze nell’arco della vita” (2012) (con D. Checchi) in “Disuguaglianze diverse”, (a cura di D. Checchi), IL MULINO, Chapter 2, pp. 47-77.

Media coverage: Corriere

Working papers and work in progress

• Bars closed, books open: COVID-19, lockdowns and the achievement of university students  (with C. Binelli, S. Comi, L. Pagani),  R&R

• Impact of air pollution on school performance (with. S. Ferro, and C. Pavese)

• Stakes of the exams and gender gap at school (with L. Pagani)

• Patterns of educational inequality across OECD countries (with G. Ballarino and F. Scervini)

Other publications 

• "Wie Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund vom Leistungsniveau ihrer Schulklasse beeinflusst werden," (with V. Freundl & C. Pavese) (2023), ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 76(12), pages 32-37, December

• "A scuola, perchè?" (with D. Checchi), Italianieuropei, 2012 (3) https://www.italianieuropei.it/it/italianieuropei-3-2012.html 

Book reviews:

• "Vivarelli, Marco (2006): “Globalization, Employment and Income Distribution in Developing Countries”, book review, Journal of Economics (2008), Vol. 93(2)

• "Castellani, D. and Zanfei, A. (2006): Multinational Firms, Innovation and Productivity”, book review, International Labour Review (2006), Vol. 145(4)

Policy Reports

• “Drivers of Growing Inequality” (2012) (with Ballarino, G., Bogliacino, F., Braga, M., Bratti, M., Checchi, D., Filippin, A., Maestri, V., Scervini, F.), AIAS, GINI Intermediate Work Package 3 Report

• "Post-16 Educational Choices and Institutional Value Added at Key Stage 5" (2011) (with C. Crawford and A. Vignoles), CEE Discussion Papers 0124, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE, London, Report prepared for the Department for Children, Schools, and Families (DCSF), London

• “Drivers and Challenges in Raising the Achievement of Pupils from Bangladeshi, Somali and Turkish Backgrounds” (2010) (with Strand, S., De Coulon, A., Vorhaus, J., Ivins, C., Small, L. Sood, A, Gervais, M. Rehman, H.), DCSF Research Report DCSF-RR226, Department for Children, Schools, and Families, London.

• “Minimum Wage and Staying-on Rates in Education for Teenagers” (2009) (with A. De Coulon, J. Swaffield, A. Vignoles and J. Wadsworth), Report prepared for the Low Pay Commission 2010 Report.

• “Growing up in social housing in Britain: A profile of four generations from 1946 to the present day” (2009) (with Lupton, R., Tunstall, R., Sigle-Rushton, W., Obolenskaya, P., Sabates, R., Kneale, D. and Salter, E.), report published by the Tenant Services Authority (former Housing Corporation) and supported by Joseph Rowntree Foundation.