Welcome!

I am a teaching fellow (ATER) at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics, where I completed my PhD in economics in June 2025. I am currently on the Job Market 2025/2026 cycle.

My primary fields of research are international trade and political economy, with additional interests in labor and development economics. My work combines theoretical and quantitative modeling to inform applied econometric analysis.

My current research examines how trade globalization shapes economic and political outcomes. One line of work studies how trade shocks drive (de)industrialization in local labor markets through their interaction with domestic geography. Another analyzes how globalization influences political preferences by interacting with domestic institutions.

I also work on projects that evaluate the political effects of development programs, investigate the origins of patriarchal institutions, and study the role of offshoring in technological diffusion.

You can find my CV here.

Email: ernesto.ugolini@univ-amu.fr