Chiara Ardito

Hi, I am Chiara, I work as a Quantitative Policy Analyst at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (Ispra, Italy).  I am also an affiliated fellow of Age-It, the LABORatorio R.Revelli and Netspar.

Previously, I was Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Torino.

I obtained the Italian National Scientific Habilitation for Associate Professor in the fields of Demography and Social Statistics (13/D3),  Public Economics (13/A3) and Economics Policy (13/A2).

My research focuses primarily on populations ageing and explores how work, health, and socio-economic conditions interact over the life course. I am also interested in labour and public economics, as well as counterfactual policy impact evaluation. 

Last publications 

• Innalzamento dell'età pensionabile, salute e diseguaglianze in Italia
  la Rivista delle Politiche Sociali / Italian Journal of Social Policy, 2026

• Transition to Retirement Impact on Caregiving, Grandparenting, and Volunteering: Analysis From a Nationwide Italian Cohort
  Journal of Aging and Health  2025

• Impact of retirement transition on health, well-being and health behaviors: critical insights from an overview of reviews
  Social Science & Medicine 2025

• Mortality and risk of cardiovascular diseases by age at retirement in three Italian cohorts
  Big Data Research 2025