Research

Journal articles

Zantomio F., Belloni M., Carrieri V., Farina E., Simonetti I. (2025). "Disability Insurance as a Complement to Labor Income: Evidence From Italian Administrative Data". Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.70072

Simonetti I., Landi S., Leardini C., Giani A., Bortolani A., Fantin F. (2025). Impact of functional status and biomarkers on hospital costs and readmission rates in geriatric patients: An observational study with comprehensive geriatric assessment. PLoS One 20(5): e0324465. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324465

Caloia F.,  Mastrogiacomo M.  and Simonetti I. (2025).  Household savings and shocks to occupational pension funds. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. Published online 2025:1-22. doi:10.1017/S1474747225000034

Simonetti I., Belloni M., Farina E., Zantomio F. (2022) "Labour market institutions and long term adjustments to health shocks: Evidence from Italian administrative records". Labour Economics

Brugiavini, A., Buia, R.E. & Simonetti, I. (2021) "Occupation and working outcomes during the Coronavirus Pandemic". European Journal of Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-021-00651-5  [Media: lavoce.info]

Chapters in books

Buia, Raluca Elena, Cavapozzi, Danilo, Pasini, Giacomo and Simonetti, Irene. "What is the future of (remote) work?". Social, health, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemiological control measures: First results from SHARE Corona Waves 1 and 2, pp. 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111135908-015

Brugiavini A., Buia R. E., Ferrari I., Gao. Y. and Simonetti I. (2023) "Work interruptions and medium-term labour market outcomes of older workers during the COVID-19 pandemic". Social, health, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemiological control measures: First results from SHARE Corona Waves 1 and 2, pp. 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111135908-014

Work in papers

Brugiavini, A., Buia, R.E. & Simonetti, I. (2024). "The evolution of (post) pandemic labour market outcomes of older workers in Europe". Ca' Foscari University of Venice Working Paper. ISSN: 1827-3580 No. 10/WP/2024  (R&R)

Simonetti I. & Kleinow T. (2026). Socioeconomic Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: Evidence from Dutch Administrative Data. WORKING PAPER RCLR-2026-01

Work in progress

• Consequences of (longer) DI application waiting times on disability benefit receipt, employment and health outcomes (with P. Koning and C. Campana) 

• The effect of socio-economic characteristics, vaccination information and geographical location on excess mortality from specific causes during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands (with Kleinow T., van Berkum F., Antonio K. and Vellekoop M.)

• Effects of disability medical reassessments on work and health (with C. Campana, P. Koning and G. Pasini)