Current Position:
- Professor on contract of Multivariate Statistics at Dept. of Statistical Sciences, “La Sapienza” University of Rome.
Previous Positions:
- Full Professor of Statistics at Dept. of Statistical Sciences, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, 1994-2017
- Associate Professor of Statistics at University of Siena, 1983-1994.
- Temporary Professor of Statistics at University of Siena, 1976-1983.
- Assistant Professor of Statistics at University of Siena, 1972-1983.
- Temporary Assistant Professor of Statistics at University of Siena, 1971-1972
Research Topics:
- inference on inequality and poverty measures;
- income distribution;
- Gini concentration ratio;
- Bonferroni index;
- models for privacy data protection;
- non sampling errors;
- small area estimation;
- limit distributions (speed of convergence);
- Italian statistical school and Gini;
Scientific Appointment:
National director of the PRIN (Italian Ministry of Education) project (2007): “Inequality, poverty and social exclusion: analysis and coherence of data sources, new measures and models”.
Editorial activity:
- Editor-in-chief of Metron – International Journal of Statistics, 1/1/2013 – 31/12/2017.
- Editor-in-chief of Metron – International Journal of Statistics, 1/1/2003 – 31/12/2006.
- Co-Editor of Statistica & Società , edited by the Italian Statistical Society, 1/1/2002 – 31/12/2004.
- Member of the Advisory Board of Metron – International Journal of Statistics, 2007 – 2012, 2018.
- Member of the Editorial Board of Statistica, April 2001 – December 2006.
- Member of the Editorial Board of Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica, 1999–2007.
- Member of the Scientific Board of Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica, since 2007.
Referee for:
- Annals of Physics
- Brasilian Journal of Probability and Statistics
- Econometrica
- Econometrics
- Economica
- Journal of Economic Inequality
- Journal of Official Statistics
- Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice
- Metron
- Quality & Quantity
- Review of Income and Wealth
- Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica
- Rivista Italiana di Statistica Ufficiale
- Sociological Methods and Research
- Social Choice and Welfare
- Statistica
- Statistica Applicata
- Statistical Methods and Applications
- Statistical Papers
- The American Statistician
Scientific Meetings Organization:
- Chairman of the L Scientific Meeting of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics (SIEDS),
European University, Rome, May 29-31, 2013
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the XLIX Scientific Meeting of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics (SIEDS),
S. Benedetto del Tronto, May 24-26, 2012.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the XLVIII Scientific Meeting of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics (SIEDS),
Roma, May 26-28, 2011.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the XLVII Scientific Meeting of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics (SIEDS),
Milano, May 27-29, 2010.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the XLII Scientific Meeting of Italian Statistical Society (SIS),
Bari, June 9-11, 2004.
- Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the XXXIV Scientific Meeting of Italian Statistical Society (SIS), Siena,
April 27-30, 1988.
Other activities:
- Honorary President of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics (SIEDS), since 2014.
- President of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics (SIEDS), 2008 – 2014.
- Vice-President of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics (SIEDS), 2002 – 2008.
- Member of the executive council of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS), 2000 – 2004.
- Member of the teachers council of PhD in Methodological Statistics at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, since 1995-2017.