Alessandro Sasso

Welcome to my web page

I am a Quantitative Policy Analyst at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, working in the Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME). In my current role, my responsibilities include evaluating the impact of State aid on firms' performance, monitoring the telecommunication market, and assessing how EU governments allocate expenditure in State aid. I am also an Honorary Research Associate at The University of Sheffield, School of Medicine and Population Health, where I was previously employed. 

I completed a PhD in Economics at The University of Sheffield in 2018. My PhD advisors were Dr. Gurleen Popli and Prof. Sarah Brown; my external examiner was Prof. John Session. My PhD thesis explored the determinants of gender differences in the Italian labour market.

Research Fields & Interests

I am interested in applying micro-econometrics and causal inference methods to policy evaluation problems, with a particular focus on industrial policies, labour economics, health economics, and public health.

For my publications, see my Google Scholar Citation and Research Gate web pages. Here is my CV, which I sometimes update.