Welcome! I am Jessica Piccolo and I am a PhD candidate in Economics at University of Padova, Italy.
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
I will be in the 2025-26 Econ Job Market
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)