Research

Papers in Refereed Journals

  • “A decision support system for measuring and evaluating solutions for sustainable development”. Con Ilaria Baffo, Marco Leonardi, Biagio Bossone, Maria Elena Camarda, Vincenzo D’Alberti, Marta Travaglioni. In Sustainable Futures, Special Issue on “Integrating sustainability issues into risk analysis: challenges and opportunities”. ISSN 2666-1888. 2022

  • “Measuring and evaluating sustainability: a proposal for a dashboard model of methods to support decision makers”. Con Ilaria Baffo, Marco Leonardi, Biagio Bossone, Maria Elena Camarda, Vincenzo D’Alberti, Marta Travaglioni. In Sustainability, Special Issue Sustainability and Performance Management System. ISSN 2071-1050. 2022.

  • “Linee guida, soft law e buone prassi: le recenti indicazioni delle istituzioni su Partenariato Pubblico Privato e Project Finance”. Con Marco tranquilli e Giuseppe Surdi. In Partenariato pubblico privato e project finance, a cura di Marco Nicolai e Walter Tortorella. Maggioli Editore 2022



  • “The Agglomeration of Urban Amenities: Evidence from Milan Restaurants”, con Enrico Moretti, American Economic Review Insights, 2022.


  • “Gains form early support of a new political party”, con R. Mossucca, F. Schivardi e B. Severgnini, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2021


  • "The Effects of Youth Labour Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships" with A. Albanese and L.Cappellari, Oxford Economic Papers, 2019

  • "Wage compression within the firm: evidence from an indexation scheme" with M. Pellizzari and D. Tabasso, Economic Journal 2018

  • “Skilled or educated? Educational reforms, human capital, and earnings” with L. Cappellari, P. Castelnovo, D. Checchi (RESEARCH IN LABOR ECONOMICS). - In: Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets / edited by S.W. Polachek, K. Pouliakas, G. Russo, K. Tatsiramos. - Bingley : Emerald, 2017. - ISBN 978-1-78714-378-4. - pp. 173-197

  • “JobMobility and Earnings Instability”, Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55(1) 260-280.

  • "Earnings Instability and Tenure", with L. Cappellari, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 118(2), 202–234, 2016

  • “The Effect of Product Demand on Inequality: Evidence from the U.S. and the U.K.”, American Economic Journal, Applied Economics, 2015, 7(3), 1-28.

  • “Employment Protection Legislation, Capital Investment and Access to Credit: Evidence from Italy” with F. Cingano, G. Pica and J. Messina, Economic Journal, 2015.

  • “Parents' risk aversion and children schooling attainment” with D. Checchi and C. Fiorio, Labour Economics, 2014.

  • “Risk Aversion and Schooling Decisions” with C. Belzil, Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2013, vol 122-133, pp.35-70.

  • “Who pays for it? The heterogeneous wage effects of Employment Protection Legislation” with G. Pica, Economic Journal, 2013, Volume 123, Issue 573, pages 1236-1278.

  • “Intergenerational persistence in educational attainment in Italy” with D. Checchi and C. Fiorio, Economics Letters, 2012, p. 1-4.

  • “Flexible Employment, Job Flows and Labor Productivity” with L. Cappellari e C. Dell’Aringa, Economic Journal, 2012, vol.122, F188-F215.

  • “Temporary Employment in Italy” with L. Cappellari and C. Dell’Aringa, CESIfo DICE Report, 2012.

  • “The Impact of Bologna Process on the Graduate Labour Market: Demand and Supply” with G. Bosio, Giornale degli Economisti ed Annali di Economia, 2011, 69, pp. 29-66.

  • “Sources of Earnings Instability: Estimates from an On-the-Job Search Model of the U.S. Labor Market” with L. Flabbi, European Economic Review, 2010, 54, pp. 832-854.

  • “The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment and Productivity: Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU countries” with F. Cingano, G. Pica and J. Messina, Economic Policy, 2010, 25, pp. 117-163.

  • “Firm Heterogeneity in Capital Labor Ratios and Wage Inequality”, Economic Journal, 2007, 117, pp. 375-398.

  • “Capital Deepening and Wage Differentials: Germany versus US” with W. Koeniger, Economic Policy, 2007, 49, pp. 71-116.

  • “Labor Market Institutions and Wage Inequality” with W. Koeniger and L. Nunziata, Industrial and Labour Relations Review, 2007, 60(3), pp. 340-356.

  • “Can Risk Aversion Explain Schooling Attainments?: Evidence from Italy” with C. Belzil, Labour Economics, 2007, 14(6), pp. 957-970.

  • “Do Parents Risk Aversion and Wealth Explain Secondary School Choice?”, Giornale degli Economisti ed Annali di Economia, 2007, 66(2), pp. 177-206.

Chapters in books and books reviews

  • Inventory of labour market policies in the EU2008-2013: Italy (with D.Checchi), ILO, Geneve.

  • “Youth unemployment in Italy” with G. Pica, in “Youth labour market problems in Europe. No country for young people?”, J. Dolado eds., VoxEU Ebooks, CEPR-Voxeu.org.

  • Review of Dale Mortensen “Wage Dispersion: Why are Similar People Paid Differently”, in Journal of Economic Surveys, 83(3), 2004.

  • Review of C. Goldin and L. Katz “The Race between Education and Technology”, in Journal of Economic Surveys, 98(1), 2009.