Welcome!

I am a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oldenburg (with Peter Eppinger), and I hold a PhD in economics from the Aix-Marseille School of Economics. I am currently visiting the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen, and in Spring 2024 I visited the Department of Economics at Bocconi University.

My primary fields of research are international trade and political economy, with additional interests in labor and development economics. My work is model-based and empirical: I use theory to construct unobserved variables and derive estimating equations, which I then take to the data.

My current research examines how 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.

Curriculum Vitae

ernesto.ugolini@uol.de

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