Personal DetailsDate of Birth: August 29, 1977 (Married, One child born in 2014)Citizenship: ItalianLanguage Skills: Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent) Academic PositionsJune 2016 Visiting researcher, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis June 2014 Visiting researcher, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 2012-present Member of FINET Research Group of the Becker Friedman Institute 2011-present Assistant Professor (with tenure), Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France 2009-2011 Post-doc, Paris School of Economics, Paris, FranceEducation2004-2009 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (USA): Supervisor: Larry E. Jones; Thesis Committee: V.V. Chari, Alessandra Fogli2003-2004 Exchange Student, University of Minnesota, Economics Department2001-2003 MA in Economics and Finance (with honors), Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy1996-2001 BA in Economics (110/110 cum laude), Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, ItalyFields of InterestLabor Economics, Family Economics, Applied Microeconomics, International Trade, MacroeconomicsPublications1. “Divorce Laws and Divorce Rate in the US” 2013, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 13(1), pages 39, August.2. “Until Death Do Us Part? The Economics of Short-Term Marriage Contracts” 2014, with G. Ponthiere, Population Review, Vol. 53(1). 3. “Unemployment Duration of Spouses: Evidence From France” 2014, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Vol. 28(4), pp. 399-429, December.4. “Taxation and Female Labor Supply in Italy” 2015, with F. Colonna, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 4:5 (19 March 2015). 5. “Welfare and Trade Margins with Multinational Production” 2020, with P. Bombarda, The World Economy, Volume 43, Issue 2, pp. 388-411, February.6. “Marriage Strategy Among the European Nobility” 2020, with J. Pouyet and T. Tregouet, Explorations in Economic History, Volume 75, January.Working papers1. “Fundamental Pricing of Utility Tokens” 2019, with V. Danos and J. Prat.2. “Migration, Social Change, and the Early Decline in U.S. Fertility” 2021, with A. Fogli.3. “Intra-Firm Trade, Multinational Production, and Welfare” 2017, with P. Bombarda, Thema Document de Travail 2017-15.Awards and Grants
2020 CNRS Fellowship2018 ANR Grant for the project TOPAZE Technology and Job Polarization coordinated by T. Sopraseuth 2017 ANR Grant for the project FAMINEQ Family and Inequality coordinated by O. Donni
2105 CNRS Fellowship 2014 Labex MME-DII funding for the project “The Geography of Social Change”2011 Prize in Memory of Maria Concetta Chiuri (SIEP) for the paper "Taxation and Labor Force Participation: The Case of Italy'', with F. Colonna (Bank of Italy)2011 French National Qualification for the position of Maître de conférences (Assistant Professor with tenure) Professional Activities
May 2020-present: Co-organizer of the Webinar in Gender and Family EconomicsMarch 2020-present: Gender Equality Officer of CY Cergy Paris Université
Jan.2020-present: Coordinator for the CY Cergy Paris Université of the project "Leading Towards Sustainable Gender Equality Plans in research institutions – LeTSGEPs" (Unimore is the main coordinator), financed by the European Commission, Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework program. 2018-present: Director of the International Exchange Program, Department of Economics, CY Cergy Paris Université2018-2020: Co-organizer of the Economic Analysis, Econometrics and Finance Seminar 2009-2011: Co-organizer of the Political Economics Seminar, Paris School of Economics2018-present: Coordinator of International Relation Program of the Department of EconomicsMember of the FINET Research Group of the Becker Friedman Institute. Referee for American Economic Journal: Macro, Bulletin of Economic Research, Contemporary Economic Policy, Econometrica, Economics, Economics Bulletin, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Quantitative Economics, Regional Studies, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics of the Household, Southern Economic Journal, The Manchester School.TeachingCY Cergy Paris Université:2011-present Intermediate Macroeconomics in French and in English (Undergraduate, 2nd year);2017-present International Macroeconomics (Undergraduate, 2nd year)2011-2018 Principles of Macroeconomics in French (Undergraduate, 1st year)ESSEC Business School:2018-present DSGE and Financial Frictions (PhD, 2nd year)Sciences-Po Saint-Germain en Laye:2018-present Inequalities in Contemporary Societies (Undergraduate, 4th year)Paris School of Economics:2009-2011 Economics of the Family (Master APE2); International Trade (Master APE2)University of Minnesota:2004-2005 Teaching Assistant Principles of Microeconomics2005-2009 Principles of Macroeconomics; Principles of Econometrics; Development Economics.Invited Seminars/Discussions
2020: OFCE (Science Po) Lunch Seminar2019: Economic History Seminar at Northwestern University; Università di Sassari (Erasmus +)2018: International Economics and Labor Markets, Paris I; Economic History Association Meeting, Montreal (discussant); Université Paris Est Créteil2017: Università di Trento2016: Lunch seminar, AQR Research Group - Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona 2015: Université Catholique de Louvain2013: Advances in Family Economics and Application to Developing Countries, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre (discussant)2012: Universidad de Alicante; Università di Salerno; Université Libre de Bruxelles – ECARES; Université Catholique de Louvain – IRES2011: Université de Cergy-Pontoise; Université Paris II, Séminaires d'analyse économique du droit2010: Seminar Law, Institutions and Economics in Nanterre (LIEN), Nanterre; Seminar Genre CES, Université Paris I, Paris2009: Cardiff Business School, Cardiff; Seminar Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Barcelona; Central European University, Budapest; ZEW, Mannheim; Paris School of Economics and Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne, Paris; Banca d’Italia, RomaConferences2020: Accepted to present at the Society of the Economics of the Household Meeting in Venise (Italy)
2019: Society of the Economics of the Household Meeting, Lisbon; ANR FAMINEQ - Workshop, Bordeaux2018: Society of the Economics of the Household Meeting, Paris; EALE Meeting, Lyon2017: DIAL 2017 Conference on Development Economics, Paris Dauphine; ETSG 2017, Firenze2016: ES NASM Philadelphia; ESHD Conference in Leuven; Behavioural Insights in Research and Policy Making SABE/IAREP Conference; Royal Economic Society Conference, ManchesterVIII Workshop on Gender Economics, COSME, Madrid; XXX AIEL Conference of Labour Economics, Università di Cagliari2015: Royal Economic Society Conference, Manchester; VIII Workshop on Gender Economics, COSME, Madrid; XXX AIEL Conference of Labour Economics, Università di Cagliari2014: Conference on Demographic Economics, University of Iowa, (presented by T. Tregouet); ES NASM Minneapolis; SED Annual Meeting (Society for Economic Dynamics), Toronto, Canada (presented by A. Fogli); EEA Meeting (European Economic Association), Toulouse2013: VI Workshop on Gender Economics, COSME-FEDEA, Madrid Mannheim Workshop in Quantitative Macroeconomics, University of Mannheim; XVIII AIEL Conference of Labour Economics, LUISS, Rome2012: Family Inequality Network Conference, Bank of ItalyUniversità di Modena, Workshop on The Economics of the Family, Education, and Social Capital; Conference of the Royal Economic Society, Cambridge.2011: Conference on the Economics of the Family at INED, Paris International Divorce Conference (9th Meeting of the European Network on Divorce Research) organized by DONDENA- Università Bocconi; 23rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Labor Economics in Cyprus2010: Lunch seminar of Applied Economics, Paris School of Economics; LIX Congress of the AFSE (Association Française de Sciences Economiques), Paris; IZA/CEPR ESSLE (European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics), Buch am Ammersee; SED Annual Meeting (Society for Economic Dynamics), Montréal, Canada; INED Recent Developments in Economics of the Family, Paris; Lunch seminar of Applied Economics, Paris School of Economics, Paris; Seminar Law, Institutions and Economics in Nanterre (LIEN), Nanterre; Seminar Genre CES, Université Paris I, Paris.2009: Lunch seminar of Applied Economics, Paris School of Economics, Paris; EEA Meeting (European Economic Association), Barcelona; SED Annual Meeting (Society for Economic Dynamics), Istanbul ES NASM Boston2008: ES NASM Pittsburg2007: IZA/CEPR ESSLE (European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics), Buch am Ammersee; 10th IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics, Buch am Ammersee