Laureata in Discipline economiche e sociali presso l'Università Bocconi. D.Phil. in Economics presso Università di Oxford, Nuffield College.
Professore associato di Scienza delle finanze. Direttore di Econpubblica, Centro di Ricerca sul settore pubblico, Università Bocconi. CESifo Research Fellow. Centro D'Agliano Research Fellow. Dondena Research Associate.
Sicurezza sociale. Capitale umano e politiche pubbliche. Economia di genere. Politiche migratorie.
On the formation of international migration policies when no country has an exclusive policy setting say, con C.Devillanova, O.Stark e S. Uebelmesser, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 42, 420-429, 2012; Labour income taxation, human capital and growth: the role of child care, con A. Sommacal, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 114, 4, 1182-1207, 2012; Gender culture and gender gap in employment, with P.Campa and P.Profeta, CESifo Economic Studies, 57, 156-182, 2011; Donne in Attesa, con P. Profeta, EGEA, 2010; The duties of the sovereign, with R. Artoni, Politica Economica, XXVI, 338-358, 2010; On an Optimal Selective Migration Policy when information is asymmetric and incentives count, con O. Stark e S. Uebelmesser, in Kornai, Matyas, Roland (eds.) Corruption, Development and Institutional Design, Palgrave MacMillan, pp.152-168, 2009; Capital-skill Complementarity and the Redistributive Effects of Social Security Reform, con C. Devillanova, Journal of Public Economics, 92, 3-4, 672-683, 2008; Insurance, Redistribution and the Welfare State: Economic Theory and International Comparisons, con R. Artoni, in Lilia Costabile (ed.) Institutions for Social well-being, Alternatives for Europe. Palgrave MacMillan, 95-125, 2008; Social Security and Migration with Endogenous Skill Upgrading, con C. Devillanova, in Journal of Public Economics, 87, 773-797, 2003; Pension Systems in Integrated Capital Market, in Topics Economics Analysis and Policy, vol. 1, 2001; Pension Reform and Economic Performance under Imperfect Capital Markets, in The Economic Journal, vol. 108, n. 477, 1998.
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