Elia Benveniste
Principal Research Economist
Upcoming talks. December 17, Rome: INPS Annual Conference; December 18-19, Barcelona: Spanish Economic Association Symposium (SAEe); January 3-5, Philadelphia: LERA @ ASSA 2026
Research Interests
labor
migration
development
personnel economics
I work on labor and personnel economics, studying how firm organization, labor market institutions and market frictions affect outcomes of workers and firms. I hold a PhD in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona.
Working Papers and Work in Progress
Buying Out the Means of Production: Wages, Employment and Productivity in Labor-Managed Firms (Job Market Paper)
WorkINPS Paper No. 126
The Local (Informal) Multiplier of Industrial Jobs (with F. Amodio, H. Pham and M. Sanfilippo)
The Effect of Migrant Regularization on Labor Exploitation (with F. Amodio, M. Carillo and M. Riudavets-Barcons)
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 20750 [đź“– cite]
Trends in Hiring Duration and its Determinants (with Martin Wiegand)