Current research interests
Macro- and Microeconomics of Labor Markets (Job Polarization, Occupational and Spatial flows of workers, remote work, incentives).
Recent Working Papers
Skill-biased Remote work and incentives (joint with Luca Deidda and Simone Nobili), CRENoS Working Paper 25/05 (Under Review)
Saving Behavior and the Intergenerational Allocation of Leisure Time (joint with Xavier Raurich), CRENoS Working Paper 23/15 (R&R Journal of Macroeconomics)
A note on Employment and Wage Polarization in the U.S. (joint with with Alessio Moro and Michelle Rendall), CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15797 (pdf)
Work in progress
Rethinking Polarization: Occupational flows using longitudinal french data (joint with Elisa Dienesch, Alessio Moro and Alexander Monge-Naranjo)
To shirk or not to shirk? The economic determinants of Party Discipline (joint with Andrea Caria and Luca Deidda)
Articles in Refereed International Journals
2025 - Saving Behaviour and the Intergenerational Allocation of Leisure Time, Journal of Macroeconomics (accepted for publication) with Xavier Raurich (pdf)
2023 - Choosing not to Lead: Political Selection and Monetary Incentives in Local Parliamentary Systems, European Journal of Political Economy, (pdf) (published version) with Andrea Caria and Marco Nieddu
2023 - Spatial Polarization, Economic Journal, 133, 30-69 (link) (pdf) with Elisa Dienesch, Alessio Moro and Michelle Rendall. Winner of the Royal Economic Society prize for the best paper published in The Economic Journal in 2023. Motivation here. Media Coverage: faculti.net; Dialogues Economique
2021 - The Role of Gender in Employment Polarization (Open access here!), International Economic Review, 62, 1655-1691 with Alessio Moro and Michelle Rendall. Media Coverage: voxeu
2020 - Insularity and the Development of a Local Network: a Simulation Model applied to the Italian Railway System (Published version) pdf - Economia Politica, 37, 683–702 (with Luisanna Cocco, Katiuscia Mannaro, Michele Marchesi e Francesco Pigliaru)
2018 - Catch me if you learn: Development-specific Education and Economic Growth, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 22, 1652-1694 (with Fabio Manca) (Published version) (updated wp)
Media Coverage: OECD - Skill and Work
2017 - Reward from Public Office and Selections of Politicians by Parties, European Journal of Political Economy, 47, 1-18 (published version) (Updated wp) (with Luca Deidda)
2014 - Is Agglomeration really good for growth? Global efficiency, interregional equity and uneven growth Journal of Urban Economics, 84(3), 9-22 (published version) (updated wp) (with Francesco Mureddu)
2013 - Structural Change and Growth in a NEG model, Review of Development Economics, 17(2), 182-200 (published version) (updated wp+appendix) (with Francesco Mureddu)
2012 - Agglomeration and Growth with Endogenous Expenditure Shares, Journal of Regional Science, 52(2), 324-360 (published version) (updated wp) (with Francesco Mureddu)
2009 - Marshall's Ceteris Paribus in a Dynamic Framework, Metroeconomica, 60(1), 24-53 (published version)
2007 - Tourism Specialization and Environmental Sustainability in a Dynamic Economy, Tourism Economics, 13(4), 553-582. (published version)
Editor
2010 - The Economics of Sustainable Tourism, Taylor and Francis, London UK (with Anil Markandya and Michael McAleer) (page)
Chapters in books
2010 - Pollution Adverse Tourists and Growth, in Cerina F, Markandya A., McAleer M. (eds.), "The Economics of Sustainable Tourism", Routledge, London UK, pp. 79-91 (with Sauveur Giannoni)
2008 - Tourism, Growth and Pollution Abatement, in R. Brau, A. Lanza, S. Usai (eds), "Tourism and sustainable economic development: macroeconomic models and empirical methods", pp. 3-27, Edward Elgar, Chelthenham UK.
2007 - Agglomeration and Growth: a critical Assessment, in "New Directions in Economic Geography" (edited by Bernard Fingleton), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK. (with Francesco Pigliaru)
2006 - Ceteris Paribus, in ”The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall" Tiziano Raffaelli, Marco Dardi and Giacomo Becattini (eds), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK.
Unpublished Working Papers
2015 - Is Insularity a locational disadvantage? Insights from the New Economic Geography, CRENoS Working Paper 15-21 (pdf)
2015 - Trade Integration, Welfare and Horizontal Multinationals: a three-country model, Discussion papers 15109, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) (pdf) (with Tadashi Morita and Kazuhiro Yamamoto)
2013 - Integration and Welfare with Horizontal Multinationals, CRENoS Working Paper n. 13/07 (with Tadashi Morita and Kazuhiro Yamamoto)
2012 - Endogenous Growth and Sustainable Tourism, CRENoS Working Paper n. 12/34
2002 - Do we need more time for leisure? CRENoS Working Paper, n. 02/03 (with Luca Deidda)