Publications 

Marriage, Fertility, and Cultural Integration in Italy

with A. Bisin

American Economic Review, September 2026, Vol. 116, No. 9, pp 3423–3463

[Publisher's Version] [Working Paper]

Media: Marginal Revolution,  VoxEU

There's More to Marriage than Love: The Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Intermarriages and Separations 

with J. Adda  and  P. Pinotti 

Journal of Political Economy, April 2025, Vol. 133, No. 4, pp. 1276 -1333

[Publisher's Version] [Working Paper] 

Media: Corriere della Sera,  VoxEU,  [Non Technical Summary] [Voices on Science, LUISS News Book 2025 p.16]

Interview: The Visible Hand Podcast

Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement: Cultural and Economic Drivers

with F. Campo, S. Giunti, and M. Mendola

Journal of Public Economics, October 2025, Vol. 250, 105467 

[Publisher's Version] [Working Paper]

Media: LaVoce Info,  VoxEU,  [Non Technical Summary]

For Better and For Worse: The Dissolution of Interethnic Marriages in Italy 

Review of Economics of the Household, October 2025

[Publisher's Version] [Working Paper]

Research in Progress  

The Economics of Identity Choice: Race, Family, and Education (with A. Bisin and N. Pisharody)

Matching Refugees: Economic and Socio-Cultural Integration Perspectives

Electoral Rules and the Selection of Political Elites (with L. Nunziata and L. Rocco)