Welcome to my website!

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and an Associate to the Centre for Macroeconomics.

I have a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fields: Macroeconomics, Development, Applied Econometrics

CV: pdf
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Publications

The Human Side of Structural Transformation, with Tommaso Porzio and Gabriella Santangelo [online appendix]
American Economic Review, 2022

The Relative Efficiency of Skilled Labor across Countries: Measurement and Interpretation, [online appendix]
American Economic Review, 2022

Parents, Schools and Human Capital Differences across Countries, with Marta De Philippis [online appendix][slides]
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021

Human Capital and Macro-Economic Development: A Review of the Evidence, [online appendix]
World Bank Research Observer, 2020

Working Papers

Barriers to College Investment and Aggregate Productivity 

Other Writings

The Inequality of Educational Opportunities: Microeconomic Barriers with Macroeconomic Costs 
Awarded the 3rd Prize in the Stiglitz Essay Prize Competition; here some pictures of the award ceremony.

A New Dataset on Mincerian Returns, with Francesco Caselli and Jacopo Ponticelli [dataset]
in Francesco Caselli, Technology Differences over Space and Time, Princeton University Press