RESEARCH
Published Papers
(with Tom Kirchmaier, and Alan Manning) - The Economic Journal, vol. 134, April 2024
(with Alan Manning) - Journal of the European Economics Association, vol. 19(6) (2021), pp. 2929-2957
Diversity and Neighbourhood Satisfaction
(with Alan Manning) - The Economic Journal, vol. 129 (2019), pp. 3219–3255.
(with Giorgio Brunello) - Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 58 (2016), pp. 104-114.
(with Giorgio Brunello) - IZA Journal of Labour Policy, vol. 2 (2013), no. 11
Working Papers
Income and the Desire to Migrate (with Alan Manning, LSE) CEP DP here
We focus on understanding the role of both personal and aggregate income in shaping the demand for migration. We use data that is arguably close to reflecting the desires of migrants. Gallup World Poll (GWP) asks people whether they would like to move permanently to another country and, if so, which specific country that is. This will allow us to analyse the impact of income on both the willingness to migrate and on the indication of a preferred destination.
Work in Progress
Spatial and Social Mobility (with Pawel Bukowski)
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Spatial Returns to Education (with Pawel Bukowski and Guglielmo Ventura)
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A dip in a bigger pond - access to top universities and academic performance (with Lorenzo Pandolfi and Guglielmo Ventura)
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Mentoring and Schooling Choices: Experimental Evidence from Italy (with Michele Giannola, Tullio Jappelli, Roberto Nisticò, Lorenzo Pandolfi and Valeria Zurla) - Granted the “1st Unicredit Research Grant on Education”
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Book Chapters
New Technologies and Evolving Market Structures
(with Valeria Zurla) in Handbook on Labour Markets in Transition Promoting Resilience in a World in Flux. Carcillo, S. and Scarpetta, S. (eds), Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83910-694-1, forthcoming
Formazione, Capitale Umano e Politiche Pubbliche
(with Giorgio Brunello) in Evoluzione e Riforma dell'Intervento Pubblico. Scritti in Onore di Gilberto Muraro, Giappicchelli, Torino (2013)
Italian Industrial Districts and the 2008 Recession
(with Giorgio Brunello) In: Agglomeration and Firm Performance. Advances in Spatial Science (The Regional Science Series). Belussi F., Hervas-Oliver JL. (eds), Springer, Cham
Other Works
Law, order ad austerity: Police numbers and crime in the 2010s
Advantage, The Magazine of CAGE Research Centre, Summer 2020
LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, May 2020
Residential mobility in UK: how distance and local economic conditions drive residential choices
(with Alan Manning) LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, August 2019
What local socio-economic conditions can tell us about the patterns of support in Italy’s election
LSE European Politics and Policy blog (EUROPP), March 2018
(with Alan Manning) CentrePiece CEPCP 479 (Previous version in LSE British Politics and Policy Blog also reported by Newsweek)