Education

1987: Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Economics – Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
1981: Master of Science in Economics – London School of Economics – London, UK
1979: Laurea in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Universita' di Venezia, Italy

Fellowships and affiliations

2012 - : ROA (Maastricht University)
2004 - : European Network of Experts on the Economics of Education, The European Commission
2000 - : CESifo
1999 - : IZA

Previous Positions

1996 - 1998: Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Università di Udine
1992 - 1996: Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Università di Venezia
1990 - 1991: Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Università di Venezia
1989: Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Osaka University
1987 - 1988: Lecturer in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Osaka University

Other Appointments

2013: member of the Techical Committee on PIAAC, Italian Ministry of Labour and MURST
2012: member of the GEV team for the evaluation of university research in the area of economics, ANVUR
From 2009: member of the Advisory Board of The Swiss Leading House on The Economics of Education and Training, Zurich
1993-1998 CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) Research Associate of the CEPR Research Project on Comparative Experiences of Economic Growth in Post War Europe
1988: appointment to the Economist Program, the International Monetary Fund. Appointment declined to pursue academic research.

Awards

2008: shortlisted for the award on the best book of the year in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University, The Firestone Library, for the book “Education and Training in Europe”
2001: JEL (Japan Institute of Labour) Prize for the best book on the Japanese labour market, year 2000: shortlisted for the award on the best book of the year in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Princeton University, The Firestone Library, for the book “Internal Labour Markets in Japan”


Statistics

H – index (Google Scholar): 42, total citations: 5200
Scopus: 18, total citations: 980
REPEC average rank score: top 3%
REPEC number of citations: top 4%

Editorial Activities

From 2011 : Associate Editor, The Economics of Education Review
From 2011 : Editorial Board, Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy

Language Skills

English (fluent)
Japanese (spoken – some reading skills)
Italian (mother tongue)

Selected Recent Publications
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2020 Not in My Genes Only: Fading-out Effects of Grade-mates’ BMI Genotypes on Individual Obesity (with Anna Sanz de Galdeano and Anastasia Terskaya), Journal of Health Economics

2020 Does Delayed Retirement Affect Youth Employment? Evidence from Italian Provinces (with Marco Bertoni), Economic Policy

2018 Does Postponing Minimum Retirement Age Improve Healthy Behaviours before Retirement? Evidence from Italian Middle-aged Workers (with Marco Bertoni and Gianluca Mazzarella), Journal of Health Economics

2017 Not in my Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals, (with Andrea Bassanini and Eve Caroli), Journal of Labor Economics

2017 Books are Forever: Early Life Conditions, Education and Lifetime Earnings (with Guglielmo Weber and Christoph Weiss), The Economic Journal

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Economics of Education and Training
Applied Health Economics
Personnel Economics
Labour Economics