Curriculum Vitae
Professional position
Public Manager, Italian Institute of Italian Social Security
Full Professor in Political Economy, SECS-P01, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Calabria.
Research Fellow of the Institute of the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Member of the Scientific Commission of the Il Mulino publishing house (Bologna)
Member of the Gender Commission of the Italian Society of Economists (SIE)
Associate Editor Italian Economic Journal (ItEJ)
Member of the editorial board of lavoce.info.
Member of the Committee “Bonaldo Stringher”, Banca d’Italia
Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of the Generational Impact of Public Policies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Previous positions
2020-2021 Vicar Pro-Rector of the University of Calabria
2018-2019 Head of the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance, G. Anania
2015-2016: Member of GEV 13, National Assessment of Italian Research in 2011-2014 (VQR 2011-2014).
2017 Member of the Experts Committee for Social Cohesion and Development of the South, Presidency of the Council of Ministers
2013-2015: Deputy Head of the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance.
since March 2014: Member of the Department Board
2015-2016: Co-editor of the second edition of the labor economics manual "Pepi De Caleo, Brucchi Luchino" published by il Mulino.
2017-2018 Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the Interdepartmental Library of Economic and Social Sciences, EzioTarantelli, Unical.
2017-2019 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Valeria Solesin Award
2015-2018 Member of the editorial board of lavoce.info
2006-2017 Associate Professor, Economic Policy, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Calabria.
2001-2006 Assistant Professor in Political Economy, SECS-P01, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Calabria.
Research interests
Labour Economics
Economics of education and training
Political Economy
Evaluation of public policies
Experimental Economy
Referee-Journals (recent)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of the European Economic Association, Economic Policy, Economic Journal, Journal of Labour Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Scientometrics, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of Development Studies, International Economic Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organizations, Journal of Population Economics, Economic Inquiry, Economic of Education Review, Labour Economics, Journal of Politics, Industrial and Corporate Change, Comparative Education Review, Public Choice, German Economic Review, Journal of Sport Economics, Education Economics.
Referee-Research institutions
European Research Council
Faculty of Economics of the Università della Svizzera Italiana
Swiss National Science Foundation
Miur Progetto Giovani Ricercatori Rita Levi Montalcini
Premio Valeria Solesin
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
University of Padua
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Research Grants
2018: CADEF Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions, ANVUR,11.000 euro
2017: Scientific Research Program of Relevant National Interest (PRIN). “Public Policy Evaluation in the Wake of the Great Recession”. Principal Investigator: Tullio Jappelli, Local Unit Coordinator: Maria De Paola, 119.000 euro
2016: Scientific Research Program of Relevant National Interest (PRIN). “Enhancing the Quality of Universities in Italy (EQUI): Choices, Inputs and Policies”. Principal Investigator: Maria De Paola. Positive evaluation but not financed, financial contribution Unical 4.500 euro
2009: Scientific Research Program of Relevant National Interest (PRIN). "Problems and solutions for the evaluation of performance in Public Administrations." Principal Investigator: Andrea Ichino, Local Unit Coordinator: Maria De Paola, 53.890,81 euro
2005: Scientific Research Program of Relevant National Interest (PRIN). “Institutional setting, school choices and labour and financial markets". Principal Investigator: Giuseppe Bertola
Conferences organization
Since 2014 "Brucchi Luchino" Labor Economics Workshop,
ESPE Conference 2022
XXXII Conference of the Italian Association of Labor Economists (Aiel), 14-15 September 2017, Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance, University of Calabria.
Workshop on "Problems and Solutions for the Evaluation of Performance in the Public Administration", (with Andrea Ichino), September 12-13, 2013 EIEF, Rome.
Invited Seminars
2021 Workshop “Decontribuzione e politiche per l’assunzione delle lavoratrici”, INPS
2021 Il divario Nord-Sud: Sviluppo Economico e Intervento Pubblico, Bank of Italy
2021 Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow
2021 University of Padua
2020 Fondazione Astrid
2020 Bank of Spain, Madrid
2020, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in collaborazione con Società Italiana degli Economisti
2019 University of Torino
2018 University of Siena
2018 University of Trento
2017 Centro Women's Studies, Milly Villa, Workshop Outsider Within, Riflessioni su Genere e Scienza, University of Calabria
2017 Eastern Partnership Panel on Migration and Asylum, Warsaw
2017 EENEE & NESET II Annual Conference, Bruxelles
2017 Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Siviglia
2017 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2017 FEDEA Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada, Madrid
2016 Erasmus School of Economics Rotterdam
2016 Università di Padova
2015 Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro, Alicante University, Università di Milano-Bicocca
2015 Università Politecnica delle Marche, University of Florence
2014 University La Sapienza Rome
2012 University of Lancaster, University La Sapienza Rome
2011 Bocconi University, Milan, University of Padua, University of "Roma Tre"
Teaching
Master Programme
2016: Economics of Education, International School of Economics, Tbilisi, Georgia
2019-20; 2018-19; 2017-18; 2016-17; 2015-16: 2014-15; Labour Economics, Second Level Degree in Economia Aziendale, Università della Calabria
PhD Programme
2011_2012; 2010_2011; 2009_2010: “Microeconomics” (15 ore), Phd in Economics and Management, Università della Calabria
2008: “Personnel Economics”, Scuola Superiore dell’Economia e delle Finanze, Ministero dell’Economia, Roma.
2007: “Organizational Structure” PhD in Economics, Università La Sapienza, Roma.
2004: “Personnel Economics” PhD in Economics, Università La Sapienza, Roma
2004: “Microeconomics” (15 ore), Phd in Applied Economics, Università della Calabria
First Level Degree
Microeconomics; Personnel Economics; Contract theory; Macroeconomics
Selected Pubblications
Civicness Drain. Emigrants' self-selection and social norms in the place of origin (with M. Casari, A. Ichino, M. Michaeli, G. Mirandola, V. Scoppa), Economic Journal, forthcoming
Absenteeism In The Italian Public Sector: The Effects Of Changes In Sick Leave Compensation", (con V. Scoppa e V. Pupo), Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32(2), pp. 337-360.
Fertility Decisions and Employment Protection: Evidence from the Italian Jobs Act Reform, (with R. Nisticò, V. Scoppa), Economic Policy, 2021, Vol. 36, 108, 735–773.
Do Women Shy Away from Public Speaking? A Field Experiment (with R. Lombardo, V. Pupo, V. Scoppa), Labour Economics, 2021, vol.70.
Free-Riding and Knowledge Spillovers in Teams: The Role of Social Ties (with F. Gioia and V. Scoppa), European Economic Review, 2019, 112, pp.74-90
Term limit extension and electoral participation. Evidence from a diff-in-discontinuities design at the local level in Italy (with M. A. De Benedetto), European Journal of Political Economy, 2019.
The Adverse Consequences of Tournaments: Evidence from a Field Experiment (with F. Gioia and V. Scoppa), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 151, pp. 1-18.
Anti_Immigrant Parties and Immigrant Location Chocie" (with C. Green, E. Bracco, V. Scoppa), Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 166, pp.12-26.
Can Gender Quotas Break Down Negative Stereotypes? Evidence from Changes in Electoral Rules" (con V. Scoppa, R. Lombardo), Journal of Public Economics, 2010, June, Vol. 94, 5-6, pp. 344-353.
The effect of Multigrade Classes on Cognitive and non-Cognitive Skills: Causal Evidence Exploiting Minimun Class Size Rules in Italy (with D. Checchi), Economics of Education Review, 2018, 67.
The Spillover of Anti-Immigration Politics to the Schoolyard, (with E. Bracco; V. Scoppa; C. Green), Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102141
Gender Discrimination and Evaluators’ Gender: Evidence from the Italian Academia (with V, Scoppa), Economica, 2015, 82(325), pp. 162-188
Gender Differences in Reaction to Psychological Pressure: Evidence from Tennis Players, (with V. Scoppa), European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2017, 26:3, pp. 444-456.