Research
Publications:
Labeled loans and human capital investments, 2023, Journal of Development Economics, (with Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B., Malde, B. and Smets, S.)
Social protection for child development in crisis: A review of evidence and knowledge gaps, 2022, World Bank Research Observer, (with E. Aurino)
Remittances and healthcare expenditure: Human capital investment or responses to shocks? Evidence from Peru, 2019, Review of Development Economics, (with G. Berloffa)
Language Use and Children’s BMI Growth among Second-Generation Immigrants in the United Kingdom, 2018, International Migration Review, (with F. Oncini)
Working Papers:
The Refugee Crisis and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy, 2021, IZA DP No. 14084, (with F. Campo and M. Mendola) - R&R at the European Economic Review.
Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement: Cultural and Economic Drivers, 2023, IZA DP No. 16245, (with F. Campo, M. Mendola and G. Tura) - Submitted.
Selected work in progress:
Timing it right: Unintended consequences of information provision in a sanitation programme (with B. Augsburg, M. Ghatak and B. Malde).
Demographic Changes and Enriched Society: Promoting Cultural Diversity and Social Inclusion in Higher Education in Italy (ProCEDI) (with M. Mendola and A. Guariso) - Trial registration: AEARCTR-0010674
Other research outputs:
Incentivizing Sanitation Uptake and Sustainable Usage through Microfinance - Endline Report, (with O. Attanasio, B. Augsburg, B. Caeyers, B. Malde and S. Smets)