Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Southampton
Research Associate, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence and Centre for Time Use Research, Visiting Fellow, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economic
Hej! I am an education and labour economist based in London and Stockholm. My current areas of research include gender equality in the labour market, geographical and social mobility of young adults and the effect of choice and school competition in local education markets.
News: I will present the paper "Moving to Different Opportunities? Gender Differences in Earnings Trajectories after Residential Mobility" at the workshop on “Skills and Demographic Transitions: Labour Markets, Productivity and Welfare” (Urbino, September 19–20, 2025)
News: I will present the paper "The Changing Nature of Work: What can we learn from Time Use Diaries?" at the Conference on Remote Work (Stanford , 22-24 of October 2025).
News: I will present the paper "The Changing Nature of Work: What can we learn from Time Use Diaries?" at the ESCoE seminar (15 of January 2026).
Research interests:
Economics of education; labour economics; wellbeing; international trade.
Affiliations:
Society of Economics of the Household
Contact:
Room 318
55-59 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0NU
f.foliano@soton.ac.uk