Current research

Working papers

  • How raising the full retirement age affects women’s early retirement choices: insights from the interaction of two policies, with Elena Bassoli (ETH Zurich). WorkINPS Paper 107/2025. Submitted
Project conducted within the ”Visitinps Scholars” program. Results from this project appeared on the XXIII INPS Annual Report. Media coverage: LaVoce , ECO 04/2025, ECO 07/2025.

  • The gender gap in employment protection: the role of fertility and statistical discrimination, with Daniela Piazzalunga (University of Trento) and Bernardo Fanfani (University of Turin).
Project conducted within the ”Visitinps Scholars” program. Results from this project appeared on the XXII INPS Annual Report and on the Bilancio di Genere 2022 presented by the Ministry of Economy and Finance- State General Accounting Department to the Italian Parliament. Media coverage: LaVoce.

  • The role of grandparents in the economics of the family, with Daniela Del Boca (Collegio Carlo Alberto). In preparation for Handbook on the Economics of Care, Oxford University Press.

Work in progress

  • Availability of tertiary education, individuals’ careers, and firms’ performances, with Elena Cottini (Catholic University of Milan), Paolo Ghinetti (University of Easter Piedmont) and Gloria Moroni (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).
Awarded a ”Visitinps fellowship” (2024)

 

  • Does expanding nursery places affect mothers’ employment? New evidence from a municipal level analysis in Italy, with Francesco Andreoli (University of Verona), Simona Fiore (University of Verona), and Lucia Schiavon (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).
Funded by a PRIN PNRR project. Media coverage: InGenere.

 

 

  • Early-Life Conditions and Late-Life Health Across Cohorts: Does Education act as a Mitigating Factor?, with Danilo Cavapozzi (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Martina Celidoni (University of Padua), Chiara Dal Bianco (University of Padua), and Katharina Richter (University College Dublin)
Funded by a PRIN 2022 project.

 

 

  • Health at birth and parental investment choices, with Francesca Zantomio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice).
  •  Short- and Long-Run Effects of Neonatal Treatments, with Kristian Bolin (University of Gothenburg), Gustav Kjellsson (University of Gothenburg) and Robert Kaestner (Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago).