Research

Publications

• Lithium-ion Batteries and Fertility in Africa. Journal of Population Economics, 2024 

• Climate Change, Aridity, and Internal Migration: Evidence from Census Microdata for 72 Countries (with R. Hoffmann, R. Muttarak, and M. Percoco) Nature Climate Change, 2024

• The Long-term Economic Effects of Aridification (with M. Percoco) Ecological Economics, 2024.

• Exploring the Impact of Livestock on Air Quality: A Deep Dive into Ammonia and Particulate Matter in Lombardy. (with J. Lunghi and L. Aleluia) Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2024.

• Impacts of agriculture on PM10 pollution and human health in the Lombardy region in Italy (with S. Renna, F. Granella, J. Lunghi and D. Di Simine). Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2024

• Malaria and Economic Activity: Evidence from US Agriculture.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023.

• Mosquitoes and Potatoes: How Global Health Crises Impede Socioeconomic Development.  (with S. Shayegh and G. Falchetta) Environmental and Resource Economics, 2023.

• Aridification, Precipitations and Crop Productivity: Evidence from the Aridity Index. (with M. Percoco) European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2023.

• Climate, Desertification, and Local Human Development: Evidence from 1,564 Regions around the world. (with M. Percoco) The Annals of Regional Science, 2023.

• Staying Home Saves Lives, Really! (with S. Shayegh)  Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2022.

• Energy Intensity - Convergence Projections and Long-run Limits. (with J. Emmerling and E. De Cian)  Politica Economica, 2022.

• Lockdown Measures and Air Quality: Evidence from Italian Provinces. (with M. Percoco) Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2021.

Working Papers

• The Dark Side of Batteries: Education and Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Job Market Paper. Awarded the 2022 IAERE Young Environmental Economist. R&R International Economic Review

• Desertification, Crop Yield and Economic Development: A Disaggregated Analysis. Regional Studies, forthcoming.

• Climate Variability and Income Inequality: Unraveling the U-Shaped Relationship at the Global Scale  (with M. Percoco).Submitted

• Aridification and Infant Health: Evidence from Soil Potential Evapotranspiration (with J. Lunghi and M. Percoco) 

• Social Distancing Measures Following CoVID-19 Epidemics had Positive Environmental Consequences (with M. Percoco and V. Bosetti) GREEN Working Paper Nr. 7, March 2020.    

Media Coverage: "Watch the Footprint of Coronavirus Spread Across Countries", The New York Times 

Work in Progress

• Cleaning the Air? The Intended and Unintended Causal Effects of Traffic Restrictions (with P. Pertile, M.Veronesi, and A.  Zago)

• Environmental Incentives on Household Waste: The effects of monetary vs non-monetary incentives (with Levati, M.V. and Veronesi, M.)

• The Unexplored Effects of Climate: Meningitis and Human Capital in Africa (with G. Montresor, E. Tani, and S. Shayegh)

• Yet it Rains. Aridification, Agriculture and Farmers' Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (with J. Lunghi and M. Percoco)