Research

Working papers

• Optimal Unemployment Insurance Financing with Interindustry Subsidies and Labor Reallocation - JMP Coming soon!

Presented: IIPF 2023, Central Bank of Ireland, SIEP 2023

• Meet Your Future: Experimental Evidence on the Labor Market Effects of Mentors

with Livia Alfonsi and Mary Namubiru. Accepted based on pre-results review. Journal of Development Economics (2023) [draft] [VoxDev blogpost] 

Winner of the Etta Chiuri Prize 2023 

Publications

• Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers during COVID-19

with Livia Alfonsi and Mary Namubiru. Accepted, Review of Economics of the Household (2023). [final draft] [IGC blog post]

Presented: NEUCD 2021, Leap-Bocconi Alumni Reunion 2021

• Can Gender Quotas Break the Glass Ceiling? Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections

European Journal of Political Economy (2022). [article] [summary video] [final draft] 

Work in progress

• Bargaining Power and Tax Incidence: Evidence from Agricultural Workers in Italy

Data projects in progress

• Unemployment Insurance Financing Policies in the United States

First harmonized dataset including information on the unemployment insurance financing policies and the unemployment tax rate schedules in effect in every US state throughout recent decades. 

• Gender Quotas in Italian Local Governments

First dataset including comprehensive information on national and regional laws governing gender quota policies in Italian municipal and regional governments.