Research and policy
Research and policy
Publications and Working papers
The Inverted U-Shaped Relationship between Female Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
with Nava Ashraf (LSE), Alexia Delfino (Bocconi University) and Edward Glaeser (Harvard University).
AEA Papers & Proceedings, 115, May 2025: 500-508.
NBER Working Paper.
with Sara Giunti (University of Milan), Andrea Guariso (Bicocca University) and Mariapia Mendola (Bicocca University).
R&R at the Journal of Development Economics.
IZA Discussion Paper. Trial registration: AEARCTR-0010674.
Coverage: LaVoce.info, l'Avvenire
Work in progress
Friends or Firms? Partner Choice in Informal Markets
Piloting July-August 2026.
Navigating Informality: Bargaining Practices and Preferences for Domestic Workers in Milan
with Belén Hípola (Bocconi University). Data analysis. Trial registration: AEARCTR-0015856
Migrant Integration and Job Search Disparities: Reservation Wage Gaps in France, Germany and Italy
with Thomas Le Barbanchon (Bocconi University). Data analysis.
Making Institutions Visible: Public Legal Knowledge in Informal Economic Settings
with Nava Ashraf (LSE), Alexia Delfino (Bocconi University), Edward Glaeser (Harvard University) and Kim Sarnoff (Ohio State University). Piloting July-August 2026.
Policy
Migration Observatory Dashboard
with Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan).
In 2022, we designed and coded the "Migration Observatory Dashboard", an interactive, easily accessible and up-to-date tool of reference regarding the size, characteristics, and relative economic performance of immigrants in EU countries. It can be found inside the European Migration Observatory website.
6th Migration Observatory Report "Immigrant Integration in Europe"
with Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan). 2022.
We show that women face considerable disadvantages in the labour market. They have a lower employment probability, are employed in less economically rewarding occupations, and earn lower wages than men even when they perform comparable jobs. Such gender inequality is exacerbated for immigrant women, who face labour market penalties over and above those faced by immigrant men.
Research note on the impact of unit non-response rate in the 2020 EU LFS
with Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan). 2022.
According to the European Labour Force Survey (EU LFS), the number of immigrants between 2019 and 2020 has decreased by about 4 million individuals in Europe and by about 3 million in EU14 countries. There are at least two reasons why estimates of the size of the immigrant population obtained from Labour Force Surveys in 2022 may not be correct, which we investigate in this research note: 1) weights may be incorrectly estimated; 2) non-response may have differentially increased among natives than among immigrants.
with Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan), in collaboration with Ferruccio Pastore (Collegio Carlo Alberto), 2022.
In this report we provide an in-depth analysis of part of the interviews conducted with 600 migrants in “situation of protracted displacement” in Greece and Italy within the framework of the TRAFIG (Transnational Figurations of Displacement) research project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme under grant No. 822453 (https://trafig.eu/).
Book chapters