Research

Publications

Journal articles:

The Nativity Wealth Gap in Europe: a Matching Approach. GLO Discussion Paper 2019, No. 325; MEA Discussion Paper 08-2017. Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 33, Iss. 1, 33-77, 2020
The Costs of Firm Exit and Labour Market Policies: new Evidence from Europe, with D. Andrews and A. Saia. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 19, Iss. 1, 2019
The Effectiveness of Incentives to Postpone Retirement: Evidence from Italy. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Vol. 18, Iss.2, 220-246, 2019
Long-run health trends in Europe, with A. Börsch-Supan and L. Salerno. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 18, 2021.

Chapters in books:

Work interruptions and medium-term labour market outcomes of older workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with A. Brugiavini, E. R. Buia, Y. Gao, I. Simonetti. In "Social, health, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemiological control measures", De Gruyter [DOI: 10.1515/9783111135908-014]
The European Context: Declining Health but Rising Labor Force Participation among the Middle-Aged, with A. Börsch-Supan, G. Pasini, and L. Salerno. In L. Berkman and B. C. Truesdale "Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer", Oxford University Press (2022) [ISBN 9780197512067]
Old-Age Labor Force Participation in Germany: What explains the trend reversal among men and the steady increase among women?, with A. Börsch-Supan. In C. Coile, K. Milligan, and D. Wise (eds.) "Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Working Longer", Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019, pp.117-145 [ISBN 978-0-226-61929-3]

Health shocks and long-term care living arrangements, with J. Bergeot and Y. Gao. R&R Health Economics.
All is not lost: organized crime and social capital formation, with P. Buonanno and A. Saia. R&R Journal of Public Economics.
- - Media Coverage: Financial Times [FT Alphaville], CrimProf Blog
The long-term effects of experienced macroeconomic shocks on wealth, with V. Angelini, Working Papers Department of Economics Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, No. 23/WP/2021, ISSN 1827-3580. R&R Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
Longer careers: A barrier to hiring and coworker advancement?, with Jan Kabátek and Todd Morris (awarded a "Netspar Comparative Research Grant"). Submitted.
Pension reforms, expectations, and labour market behaviour, with T. Bucher-Koenen and Y. Pettinicchi. Submitted.

Retirement decisions in Germany: micro-modelling, with A. Börsch-Supan, N. Goll and J. Rausch (prepared for the NBER International Social Security Project)

Rebalancing power asymmetries within firms: evidence from illegal resignations, with A. Casarico e C. Pavese

Trend reversal of old-age labour force participation in Germany. Joint with A. Börsch-Supan, N. Goll and J. Rausch. VoxEU, 26-01-2018.
La pandemia pagata dalle donne. Joint with E. Bassoli, A. Brugiavini, E. Buia, I. Simonetti. lavoce.info, 08-03-2021.

Pre-Ph.D.:

Policy works:

Who fills the pension gap? (previously circulated as: The Development of the Pension Gap and German Households' Saving Behavior. MEA Discussion Paper 02-2016.), with A. Börsch-Supan, T. Bucher-Koenen, V. Kutlu-Koc and J. Rausch.

Older or superseded:

The Determinants of Retirement in Italy: an Option-Value Model Estimation with SHARE data.
Care provision at the time of the Covid-19: who suffers the most?, with E. Bassoli and A. Brugiavini, Working Papers Department of Economics Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, No. 10/WP/2021, ISSN 1827-3580.