PUBLICATIONS

•  Gender Quotas and the Quality of Politicians (2014), with A. Baltrunaite, A. Casarico and P. Profeta Journal of Public Economics, 118: 62-74  

Winner of the 2018 Bocconi Research Impact Award and the 2018 Prize for scientific contributions on issues of equal opportunities, Università della Svizzera italiana     

In the media: RAI (Porta a Porta, 8 March 2012)

• Exchange rate effects on cross-border commuting: Evidence from the Swiss-Italian border (2019) Journal of Economic Geography, 20 (4): 969-1001

In the media: RES

• Old Before their Time: the Role of Employers in Retirement Decisions (2020), with V.Galasso  International Tax and Public Finance, 27:1198-1223

• The Politics of Aging and Retirement: Evidence from Swiss Referenda (2021), with V.Galasso   Population Studies, 75:3-18

• The environmental cost and the accident externality of driving: evidence from the Swiss franc’s appreciation” (2021)  Economic Inquiry, 59(3) 1440-1458

• Education and COVID-19 Excess Mortality (2022)  with L. Rocco Economics and Human Biology, 47-101194

In the media: lavoce

• Gender price discrimination in the annuity market: Evidence from Chile (2023) European Economic Review, 151-1043556

• Annuity puzzle: Evidence from a Swiss pension fund (with A. Brugiavini and V. Galasso) (2024) Journal of Risk and Insurance, Forthcoming

• Alleviating Loneliness During COVID-19: The Impact of Neighbour Cohesion and Social Connections in England (with C. Di Novi, G.  Martini & C. Sturaro)  (2024) Socio-Economic Planning Science, Forthcoming

WORKING PAPERS

• Hard times for women in STEM. The heterogeneous effects of distance learning on student achievement during the Covid pandemic

 (with F. Origo, A. Cristini, A.Falzoni) Università degli Studi di Bergamo, 2023. Working papers, n. 21 Submitted

• "Research Similarity and Women in Academia" (with A. Casarico and D.Nozza) CESifo Working Paper No. 10657 Reject and  Resubmit Economic Journal

• Gender stereotypes and children’s performance in elementary schools" with A.Cristini and F. Origo  Invited to resubmit Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

WORK IN PROGRESS

• "Annuity choices from a menu with dominated options"

• "Fiscal Budgets as High-Dimensional Data: An Application to Italian Municipalities" with C. Marconi and S.Galletta

• "Elderly Workers' Preference for Retirement: Evidence from Italy" with V. Galasso and A. Izzo

• Politician's generation and public expenditure for the environment: Evidence from local governement" with. L. Moretti and D. Rossi