Welcome! I am Jessica Piccolo and I am a PhD candidate in Economics at University of Padova, Italy.
During Spring 2026, I will be a Research Intern at Norges Bank (Oslo).
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
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)