Publications - Refereed journals
Older Workers, Pension Reforms, and Firm Outcomes (with F. D'Amuri and T. von Wachter). Labour Economics, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102823.
Featured in VoxEU, IlSole24ore and NeodemosMinimum income and household labour supply (with F. Colonna). International Tax and Public Finance, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-025-09918-4 .
The Forward-Looking Effect of Increasing the Full Retirement Age (with M. De Philippis), The Economic Journal, 134(657), 165-192, January 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead051.
Featured in Lavoce.info, IlSole24ore, PMI.it, Money.it, TrendOnline, ilSussidiario.net and ScuolaInformaTimely 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.
Featured in The Atlantic-CITYLAB, VoxEU, Lavoce.info and IlSole24oreA 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.
Featured in EticaEconomia and Lavoce.infoSome 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.
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
Mom's Out: Employment after Childbirth and Firm-Level Responses (with A. Casarico, M. De Philippis and S. Lattanzio). Selected project for VisitINPS Fellowship on gender inequalities.
The Cultural Roots of Childcare: Evidence from Preferences and Policy Proposals (with L. De Masi and P. Profeta).
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).
An Assessment of the Marginal Propensity to Consume in Italy in the Post-Covid Recovery (with G. Basso, C. Rondinelli, F. Tullio, F. Zanichelli), Occasional Papers Series, forthcoming.
Country demographic and socio-economic structure and household consumption (with D. Depalo). Banca d'Italia, Occasional Papers Series, n. 920, 2025.
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).
Featured in la Repubblica, il Sole 24 ore, la Stampa, il Manifesto
The impact of the Covid-19 shock on labour income inequality: Evidence from Italy (with M. De Philippis). Banca d'Italia, Occasional Papers Series, n. 606, 2021.
Featured in Lavoce.info, EticaEconomia, laRepubblica and MF. Cited by the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (15:20) text (page 3)Social shock absorbers in Italy: a comparison with the main European countries (with A. Della Zuanna, S. Lattanzio and S. Lo bello). Bank d'Italia, Occasional Papers Series, 698 (in Italian), 2022.