Roberto Nisticò
Senior Assistant Professor of Economics (RTD-B), University of Naples Federico II
Research Fellow, CSEF
Research Affiliate, IZA
Research Affiliate, HEDG
Research Affiliate, HiCN
Research interests: Development Economics, Economics of Education, Health Economics, Labor Economics and Political Economics.
Contacts:
Department of Economics and Statistics
University of Naples Federico II
Via Cintia Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy
Tel: +39 081 675358
Short Bio
Academic Positions:
2018- Senior Assistant Professor (RTD-B), Department of Economics and Statistics (DiSES), University of Naples Federico II
2016-2018 Assistant Professor (RTD-A), Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II
2013-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, CSEF and University of Naples Federico II
Education:
2014 PhD in Economics, University of Essex, UK
2012 Doctorate in Economics, University of Naples Parthenope
2008 Master in Economics and Finance (MEF), University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Recent Awards and Grants:
2021 Research grant, UNU-WIDER, principal investigator
2021 Research grant, University of Naples Federico II, co-principal investigator
2020 Visitinps fellowship, INPS, principal investigator
2019 Research grant, EIEF, principal investigator
2018 Italian National Scientific Qualification as associate professor of Economics (13/A1) and Economic Policy (13/A2)
2018 Research grant, ANVUR, co-investigator
2017 Etta Chiuri Prize, Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP)
My full CV
Research
Journal articles:
The effect of parental job loss on child school dropout: evidence from the Occupied Palestinian Territories (with M. Di Maio)
Journal of Development Economics , 2019, 141, 102375
[Awarded the 2017 Etta Chiuri Prize]
Education is forbidden: the effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria (with E. Bertoni, M. Di Maio and V. Molini)
Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102249
The effects of conflict on fertility: evidence from the genocide in Rwanda (with T. Brück, M. Di Maio and K. Kraehnert)
Demography, 2019, 56 (3): 935-968
Global arms trade and oil dependence (with V. Bove and C. Deiana)
The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 2018, 34 (2): 272-299
[Featured in: The Conversation, The Independent, The Wire, Money Week, Blogos]
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (5): 931-950
Coups d'état and defense spending: a counterfactual analysis (with V. Bove)
Public Choice, 2014, 161 (3-4): 321-344
Military in politics and budgetary allocations (with V. Bove),
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, 42 (4): 1065-1078
Research papers:
Fertility decisions and employment protection: The unintended consequences of the Italian Jobs Act (with M. De Paola and V. Scoppa)
Revise and Resubmit at Economic Policy
[Awarded the 2018 EIEF Research Grant] [Featured in: Lavoce, IlFattoQuotidiano]
Ordinal rank and peer composition: Two sides of the same coin? (with M. Bertoni)
Revise and Resubmit at Review of Economics and Statistics
[Previously appeared as Rank concerns, peer effects, and ability tracking in university. Evidence from a randomized experiment]
Opium price shocks and prescription opioids in the US (with C. Deiana and L. Giua)
[Featured in: EEA Media Briefings, Het Financieele Dagblad]
[Previously appeared as The economics behind the epidemic: Afghan opium price and prescription opioids in the US]
Academic careers and fertility decisions (with M. De Paola and V. Scoppa)
[Awarded the 2018 ANVUR Research Grant]
Employment effects of economic sanctions (with Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi)
Research in progress:
Trade Flows in the Shadow of Economic Sanctions (with V. Bove and J. Di Salvatore) [Awarded the UNU-WIDER Research Grant]
The socio-economic impact of hosting refugee centers on Italian municipalities (with E. Ciani and C. Deiana)
Microeconomic effects of peacekeeping on health (with V. Bove, J. Di Salvatore, L. Elia)
Conflict, fertility and the impact of peacekeeping (with V. Bove, J. Di Salvatore, L. Elia)
Book chapters:
Are distributional tensions brewing in Europe and Central Asia? (with 18 co-authors), in "Toward a new social contract", (2018), M. Bussolo, M. E. Davalos, V. Peragine and R. Sundaram (Eds.), World Bank Publications, The World Bank.
Teaching
Recent teaching modules:
2018- Labor Economics (BA level), University of Naples Federico II, Lecturer
2018- Economic Policy (BA level), University of Naples Federico II, Lecturer
2018-2019 Macroeconomics (PhD level), University of Calabria, Lecturer
2017-2018 Economics of Conflict (PhD level), University of Naples Federico II, Co-lecturer
2017-2018 Macroeconomics I (MSc level), MEF, University of Naples Federico II, Teaching Fellow
2017-2018 Macroeconomics (BA level), Air Force Academy, Pozzuoli, Naples, Lecturer
2016-2017 Macroeconomics (BA level), University of Naples Federico II, Lecturer