Lavinia Piemontese

Lavinia Piemontese

Lavinia Piemontese

Assistant Professor

Economics Department

University of Bologna

Mail: lavinia.piemontese@unibo.it

I am an applied economist. My fields of research are political economy, development economics, and economics of crime / civil conflict.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) in June 2019.

You can find my full CV here.

PUBLICATIONS

Uncovering Illegal and Underground Economies: The Case of Mafia Extortion Racketeering Journal of Public Economics, Volume 227, 104997, 2023.
The Power of Markets: Impact of Desert Locust Invasions on Child Health (with B. Conte Leite and A. Tapsoba) Journal of Health Economics, Volume 87, 102712, 2023.
Misperceptions of unemployment and individual labor market outcomes (with A. Cardoso and A. Loviglio), IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5:13, 2016.
The Spread of Mafia in Northern Italy: The Role of Public Infrastructure Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, issue 4, pages 113-140, 2013.

WORKING PAPERS

The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Production Network Approach (with M. Couttenier and N. Monnet)

No 16984, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Settlers and Seekers: Immigrant Proximity and Voter Polarisation (with C. Berti Ceroni, G. Prarolo and A. Schiavone)

No 19236, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Timing Matters: Integration Policies and Local Wealth (with M. Carillo and F. Russo)

SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS

The aggregate cost of inefficient public spending (with A. Tulli) [Draft coming soon]

POLICY WORK

Recovery from Conflict: Lessons of Success (with H. Mueller and A. Tapsoba), The World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS7970, 2017.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor:

Advanced Econometrics: ENS-Lyon Graduate Fall 2019-2021

Introduction to Research in Econometrics: ENS-Lyon Undergraduate Spring 2020-2022

Political Economy: ENS-Lyon Graduate Fall 2019-2020
Topics in Applied Econometrics: ENS-Lyon Graduate. Winter 2021

Teaching assistant:

Topics in Applied Econometrics and Public Policy: Barcelona GSE Graduate Spring 2018-2019

Master Thesis Mentor: Barcelona GSE Graduate Spring 2017
Quantitative and Statistical Methods 2: Barcelona GSE Graduate Spring 2017

Econometrics : Universitat Autonoma Barcelona Graduate Spring 2015-2016

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