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PUBLICATIONS

" The Causal Effect of Education on the Body Mass: Evidence from Europe" (2011) joint with G.Brunello and D.Fabbri forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics (University of Chicago Press) previous version of this paper appeared as "Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of Europeans" (2009) in the IZA discussion papers series

"Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe" (2009) with G. Brunello and G. Weber Vol. 119 Economic Journal see Economic Journal Media coverage: Royal Economic Society Media Briefings

What's Missing from Program Evaluation: Identification and Estimation of the Distribution of Treatment Effects (with E. Battistin) March 2008 Atti della XLIV Riunione Scientifica, Societa'  Italiana di Statistica, pp. 127-134

ONGOING RESEARCH

Babel's Tower in the Classroom? Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools, with A. Ichino and R. Ballatore

Banks' Information Policies, Financial Literacy and Household Wealth, with F. Manaresi and S. Trucchi

Unconditional and Conditional Quantile Treatment Effects: Identification Strategies and Interpretations

CIRCULATED WORKING PAPERS

"The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Lifestyles? " (2011) joint with Brunello, G. and Schneeweis, N. Winter-Ebmer, R (submitted) available in the IZA discussion papers series as well as in the CEPR, CHILD and Bologna Economics Department (on SSRN) working paper series

"More Schooling, More Children: Compulsory Schooling and Fertility in Europe" (2011) joint with Schneeweis, N. and Winter-Ebmer, R. (submitted) available in the IZA discussion papers series as well as in the CEPR, CHILD and Bologna Economics Department (on SSRN) working paper series. Media coverage: Vox.eu and the italian version of this article

"Teams of Tournaments? A Field Experiment on PERformance, Cooperation and Competition" (2011) joint with Bigoni, M. and Nardotto, M. and Reggiani, T. (submitted) available in the IZA discussion papers series as well as in the CHILD and Bologna Economics Department (on SSRN) working paper series Media coverage: personalmagazin

Empirical Evidence on the Role of Education in Shaping Female Fertility Patters + supplement previously circulated as ISER WP20, MIUR Research Group Discussion Paper WP69, EUI Max Weber Programme working paper (submitted)

RESEARCH GRANTS

Funding from EIEF (2011) for the project "Childcare, Grandparents or Nannies? What is Best When Parents Are Away", joint with A. Ichino and G. Zanella

Funding from the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research ( PRIN 2009-2010 ) for the project ""Problems and solutions for the evaluation of performance in the Public Administration",", member of the Bologna Research Unit with A. Ichino and G. Zanella; other Research Units: University of Padova (coordinator G. Brunello); University of Calabria (coordinator M. De Paola)

Funding from the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research ( FIRB 2008-2009 ) for the project "The Policy Implications of Demographic Ageing", local coordinator (joint with Erich Battistin, national coordinator, and Mario Padula (University of Venice)

Funding from CARIPARO (Progetti di Eccellenza 2008-2009) for the project "The effect of early life conditions and outcomes on economic wellbeing and health later in life"

OLDER RESEARCH PAPERS

Identification of Quantile Treatment Effects Exploiting Instrumental Variation, with R. Spady

"Educational Reforms Across Europe: A Toolbox for Empirical Research" (2006) (*preliminary work*)

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Last modified: February, 2012