Welcome! I am Jessica Piccolo and I am a PhD candidate in Economics at University of Padova, Italy.
In September 2026, I will join the University of Bonn (Institute for Macroeconomics and Econometrics).
My research focuses on households’ macroeconomic expectations and their understanding of macroeconomic shocks, combining insights from behavioral macroeconomics and survey methods.
Research interests:
Macroeconomics
Behavioral Macroeconomics
Survey Methods
You can find more info about my research here
2026: Research intern, Norges Bank Research.
2021 - 2026: PhD in Economics, University of Padova, Italy. Supervisors: Alessia Russo and Efrem Castelnuovo
2024: Visiting student researcher at University of California, Berkeley. Supervisor: Yuriy Gorodnichenko
2019 - 2021: MS in Economics, University of Padova, Italy.
2016 -2019: BS in Business, University of Padova and Montpellier Business School (double degree)