CV

Education

• MSc in Economics, Tilburg University (NL), 2015
• PhD in Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT), 2017

Work experience

• September 2018 - Today: Research Economist
  • Joint Research Centre, European Commission (IT)
• September 2017 - September 2018: Research Assistant
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
• September 2016 - May 2017: Visiting researcher
  • Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (UK)

Skills

• Programming
  • R (advanced)
  • Stata (intermediate)
  • Python (basic)
• Language
  • Italian (mother tongue)
  • English (full working proficiency)
  • Spanish (limited working proficiency)

Publications

Does democracy cause growth? A meta-analysis (of 2000 regressions)

Is unequal uptake of Erasmus mobility really only due to students’ choices? The role of selection into universities and fields of study

Like (Grand)Parent, Like Child? Multigenerational Mobility Across the EU

Public sector reforms and their impact on the level of corruption: A systematic review

A babel of web-searches: Googling unemployment during the pandemic

Hang Up on Stereotypes: Domestic Violence and Anti-Abuse Helpline Campaign

Intimate partner violence and help-seeking: The role of femicide news

Intergenerational mobility in the Netherlands: models, outcomes and trends

Work in Progress

The Median Voter Takes it All: Preferences for Redistribution and Income Inequality in the EU-28

Two Generations of Siblings and Cousins Correlations Across the Ancestors’ Wealth Distribution

Policy Contributions

Policy Briefs

Beyond averages - fairness in an economy that works for people

Tracking EU Citizens Concerns Using Web Searches