Current position:
Research fellow, University of Milan- Bicocca, Department of Economics, Management and Statistics
Research interests:
Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Health Economics, Policy Evaluation
Awards:
2024: Modigliani Research Grant, Unicredit Foundation (10,000 €)
2024: Martinotti Prize, University of Milan-Bicocca (3,000 €)
2022-24: with Paola Alberti, University of Milan-Bicocca Starting Grant (60,000 €)
2020-22: with Paola Alberti, University of Milan-Bicocca Starting Grant (55,000 €)
2017: EIEF (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance) (10,000 €)
2016: Young Researcher Best Paper Award, AIES (Italian Health Economic Association) (2,000 €)
2014: Eurizon Capital SGR (14,000 €)
Education
2014 - 2018: PhD in Economics, University of Bologna (IT). Advisors: Margherita Fort, Matteo Lippi Bruni
2017 : Visiting Researcher, Stanford University (USA), Centre for Health Policy. Local advisor: Jay Bhattacharya
2013: Master in Economics and Finance, University of Padova (IT). Vote: 110/110. Thesis: "The Cost and Receptivity of Childcare, and Grandparents' Retirement in Italy". Advisor: Giorgio Brunello
2010: Bachelor in Business Administration, University of Padova (IT). Thesis: "The Economic Determinants of Obesity". Advisor: Lorenzo Rocco
Work Experience
2018-19: Research fellow, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Visiting EIEF (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
2014-15 (18 months): Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Bologna. Project: "Wealth at Retirement and Saving Adequacy", (EU funds). Prof: Carlo Mazzaferro
2015: (5 m) Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Bologna. Project: "La Meglio Infanzia". Proff: Margherita Fort, Andrea Ichino, Giulio Zanella
2015: Consultant, Italian Senate. Project team: Regulation of Sharing Economies
Main conference, Seminars, and Workshop Presentations
XXIV Italian Health Economics Conference - AIES (Pisa) / International Association for Applied Econometrics Conference - IAAE (Cyprus) / Queen Mary University of London / Royal Economic Society Symposium - RES (Warwick) / Bank of Italy / European Commission JRC (Ispra) / Institute for Fiscal Studies - IFS (London) / Melbourne University / XVII "Brucchi Luchino" Labor Economics Workshop (Rome) / XXX SIEP Conference / XXIII AIES Conference (Naples) / Petralia Sottana: Applied Economics Workshop / BoMoPaV Economics Meetings / XXII AIES Conference (Pavia) / 26th European Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics (Prague) / EEA-ESEM (Lisbon) / Labor Economics Seminar (Stanford University) / PCOR Seminar (Stanford University) / NBER Labor Studies (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) / RES Symposium (declined) / XV "Brucchi Luchino" (Bologna) / IX Workshop in Empirical Economics (Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin) / XXI AIES Conference (Bologna) / VII Economics & Institutions Workshop - CRENoS (Alghero) / Internal seminar (University of Bologna) / Summer Institute on Aging (Venice International University)
Research papers:
E. Lucchese (2024). "How important are delays in treatment for health outcomes? The case of ambulance response time and cardiovascular events". Health Economics, 33(4):652-673 http://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4791.
E. Lucchese (2020), "Ambulances Get Lost: the Problem of Patient Localization". DEMS Working Papers Serie Nr 439.
E. Lucchese and P. Roberti, "Slaking-off or just Tired? Work-shift and Workers Productivity".
E. Lucchese and P. Roberti, "When citizens legalize drugs".
A. Furgani, E. Lucchese, S. Esposito, S. Ferlito, G. Abregal, F. Ferrari, R. Sanna, S. Ruffoni, and F. Bermano (2016). The Impact of MPDS on Response Delay Time And Duration of Emergency Medical Calls. Annals of Emergency Dispatch and Response, Vol. 4 Issue 2.
Skills:
Software: Stata, LATEX, Microsoft Office, ArcGIS, R (basic), Python (basic)
Languages: Italian, English, Spanish (intermediate)
Other: Tenacious, resilient, creative, resourceful, curious, passionate, bold, sociable. Founder of "L’Osteria Volante" (2014), www.losteriavolante.it, an association that promotes debates on economics, environment, and politics
References:
Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Associate Professor, Dept. of Management, London School of Economics. j.blanes-i-vidal@lse.ac.uk, +44 (0) 207 955 6041.
Margherita Fort (Ph.D. Advisor), Full Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Bologna. margherita.fort@unibo.it, (+39) 051 209 8034.