Francesca Arduini

I am the Economics Fellow at Somerville College, and a member of the Economics Department at the University of Oxford. I am also a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

My main areas of interest are in microeconomics, including: game theory, household economics, labour economics, public economics, and competition economics.

I am a microeconomist with a policy-oriented research agenda. I am interested in understanding individual, household, and firm decision-making, to the end of informing evidence-based decision-making by institutions including governments, courts and employers. Most of my research falls into two main strands. The first strand is motivated by the goal of uncovering and narrowing inequalities, especially gender inequalities. The second strand aims to improve our understanding of matters related to competition economics, with a focus on consumer and worker welfare. This work is inspired by my previous career as an economic consultant working on antitrust cases.