Research

Work in Progress:

• Desirable Ideal or Achievable Reality: Gender Gap in Parental Overoptimistic Aspirations -- with Enkelejda Havari (IESEG), Theodor Kouro (UC San Diego) and Rebecca Dizon-Ross (University of Michigan). 

• Internal Migration Project -- with Simone Fregoni (IESEG), Gaspare Trodici (University of Luxembourg),  Anna Maria Mayda (Georgetown University)

• Unfair Chances, Unfair Lives: Inequality of Opportunity and Social Outcomes. 

• The Impact of Inequality of Opportunity on Preferences for Redsitribution across European Regions.

Presented at "RCEA International Conferences in Economics, Econometrics, and Finance - ICEEF", "Poverty, Inequality and Intergenarational Mobility: Measurment Issues, Empirical Evidence and Policies" , 66th Annual Conference SIE 

• Born here, Raised there: Regional Mobility and Intergenerational Transmission of Education in Europe -- with Enkelejda Havari (IESEG) and Marco Fregoni (World Bank). 

Presented DiSES Seminar - September 2025  (Marche Polytechnic University). 

Presented COMPIE 2025 - June 2026 (IESEG, Paris)

Peer reviewed articles:

• Mafia Infiltration and Political Participation, 2026, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 26(3): 1153–1167 (with M.Ubaldi)