Research

Publications - Refereed journals

The Forward-Looking Effect of Increasing the Full Retirement Age (with M. De Philippis), The Economic Journal.

Timely Indicators for Inequality and Poverty Using the Italian Labour Force Survey, Social Indicators Research, 149, 41-65, December 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11205-019-02238-1.

Early kindergarten, maternal labor supply and children's outcomes: evidence from Italy (with L. Rizzica), Journal of Public Economics, 158, 79-102, February 2018, doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.12.012.

You've come a long way, baby. Husbands' commuting time and family labour supply (with M. De Philippis), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 69, 25-37, March 2018. doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.12.004.

A feasible unemployment-based shock absorber for the euro area (with A. Brandolini and F. D'Amuri), Journal of Common Market Studies, 54(5), 1123-1141, 2016.

Some reflections on the social welfare bases of the measurement of global income inequality (with A. Brandolini), Journal of Globalization and Development, 7(1), 1-15, 2016.

Other publications

Female labour supply in Italy: the role of parental leave and child care policies, in Gender gaps in the Italian economy and the role of public policy, Economia Italiana, 2019/3, December 2019.

Comments on "Labor Market Trends and the Changing Value of Time" by J. Boerma and L. Karabarbounis (with M. De Philippis), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 103886, March 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.jedc.2020.103886

Working papers

Workforce Aging, Pension Reforms, and Firm Outcomes (with F. D'Amuri and T. von Wachter). Presented at the NBER Summer Institute, "Aging and Social Security". Under review

Pay me if I quit. Maternal employment and firm level responses (with A. Casarico, M. De Philippis and S. Lattanzio). Selected project for VisitINPS Fellowship on gender inequalities.

Minimum income and household labour supply (with F. Colonna).

Family Culture and Childcare: Individual Preferences and Politicians' Legislative Behavior (with P. Profeta and L. De Masi). 

Works in progress

Maternal employment and fertility decisions (with L. Rizzica).

Catching them young: early childhood care, human capital and tax policy (with H. Cremer and J.M. Lozachmeur).

Policy papers

Women, labour markets and economic growth (with M De Philippis, L. Rizzica and E. Viviano). Bank of Italy Workshops and Conferences, n. 26, 2023. This is the final report of a 3-year project on women in the Italian economy (here the link to the final event webpage). 

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The impact of the Covid-19 shock on labour income inequality: Evidence from Italy (with M. De Philippis). Bank of Italy Occasional Papers Series, n. 606, 2021.

Social shock absorbers in Italy: a comparison with the main European countries (with A. Della Zuanna, S. Lattanzio and S. Lo bello). Bank of Italy Occasional Papers Series, 698 (in Italian), 2022.