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

Work in Progress

Skill Supply and the Organization of Production, with Tommaso Porzio

Internal Migration and Economic Development

Growth across Cohorts, with Tommaso Porzio

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