Research
Published works
"What workers and robots do: An activity-based analysis of the impact of robotization on changes in local employment", with Mauro Caselli, Andrea Fracasso, Sergio Scicchitano and Enrico Tundis. Research Policy, 54(1):105135, 2025.
"The Big Five personality traits and personal earnings: A meta-analysis", with Chiara Rapallini and Giammarco Alderotti. Journal of Economic Psychology, 94: 102570, 2023.
"Sussidi ai bassi salari: ragioni e costi di uno strumento di politica economica nel contesto italiano", with Luigi Bonatti, in Equità e sviluppo. Un programma di legislatura in un mondo in cambiamento, edited by L. Paganetto, Eurilink University Press, 2023.
"Robots and Labor Regulation: A Cross-Country/Cross-Industry Analysis", with Massimiliano Vatiero and Enrico Zaninotto. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 32(7): 977-979, 2022.
"Insights into countries’ exposure and vulnerability to food trade shocks from network-based simulations", with Marco Grassia, Giuseppe Mangioni e Stefano Schiavo. Scientific Reports, 12: 4644, 2022.
"(Unintended) Consequences of export restrictions on medical goods during the Covid-19 pandemic", with Marco Grassia, Giuseppe Mangioni e Stefano Schiavo. Journal of Complex Networks, 10(1), 2022.
"Robots and risk of COVID-19 workplace contagion: Evidence from Italy", with Mauro Caselli and Andrea Fracasso. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 173: 121097, 2021.
"Globalization, Robotization and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from spatial regressions for Italy", with Mauro Caselli and Andrea Fracasso. Journal of Regional Science, 61(1): 86-111, 2021.
"Una proposta di sussidiarizzazione dei bassi salari", with Luigi Bonatti, in Libro Verde sul governo delle migrazioni economiche, edited by Laura Zanfrini , Fondazione ISMU, 2021.
"Fair trade or trade fair? International food trade and cross-border macronutrient flows", with Stefano Schiavo. World Development, 132: 104976, 2020.
"Disentangling the Impact of International Migration on Food and Nutrition Security of Left-behind Households: Evidence from Bangladesh", with Donato Romano. European Journal of Development Research, 32: 783-811, 2020.
"Globalization and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from Italy", with Mauro Caselli and Andrea Fracasso. Economics & Politics, 32(1): 68-103, 2020.
"The Heterogeneous Impact of International Migration on Left-behind Households: Evidence from Bangladesh", with Donato Romano. International Migration, 57(5): 121-141, 2019.
"The political connotation of international trade and Globalisation: a common misunderstanding". Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 71(1): 1-8, 2018
"How to escape from a poverty trap: The case of Bangladesh". World Development Perspectives, 4: 48-59, 2016.
Work in progress
"Economic Dynamics of the Early Roman Empire: Insights from Lead Pollution, Coinage, Weather, and War", with Luigi Oddo and Koenraad Verboven. (SSRN)
"Automation and flexible labor contracts: Firm-level evidence from Italy", with Massimiliano Vatiero and Enrico Zaninotto. (GLO Discussion Paper)
"Import Competition from Low-wage Countries and International Migration", with Mauro Caselli.
Op-ed articles
"Robots and Labour Regulation: A Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Analysis", with Massimiliano Vatiero and Enrico Zaninotto, Oxford Business Law Blog, 2021.
"Friends or foes? Robot e dinamiche occupazionali in Italia nel corso dell’ultimo decennio", LavoroImpresaWelfare.com, 2021.
"Così il blocco delle attività ha ridotto il rischio contagio", with Mauro Caselli and Andrea Fracasso. LaVoce.info, 2020.
"Robots and Mitigation of the Risk of Covid-19 Contagion in the Workplace: Some Evidence From Italy", with Mauro Caselli and Andrea Fracasso. EconPol Europe Opinion, 2020.
"Rischio medio di contagio legato all’ambiente di lavoro e decessi da coronavirus, quale il nesso?" , with Mauro Caselli and Andrea Fracasso. Il Dolomiti - Orizzonti Internazionali, 2020.
"Globalizzazione e flussi migratori. Ecco quanto pesano per ‘vincitori e vinti’ sul piano elettorale" , with Mauro Caselli and Andrea Fracasso. Il Dolomiti - Orizzonti Internazionali, 2017.