Working Papers

Optimal Unemployment Insurance Financing: Theory and Evidence from Two US States 

New draft in progress. [NTA Honorable Mention 2024] [Upjohn Institute Honorable Mention 2024]

Meet Your Future: Experimental Evidence on the Labor Market Effects of Mentors

with L. Alfonsi and M. Namubiru. Accepted based on pre-results review, Journal of Development Economics. 

Winner of the Etta Chiuri Prize 2023. [VoxDev Blog Post]

Publications

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers during COVID-19

 with L. Alfonsi and M. Namubiru. Review of Economics of the Household (2023) [View Only Open Version] [Final Draft] [IGC Blog Post]

Can Gender Quotas Break the Glass Ceiling? Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections

European Journal of Political Economy (2022) [Summary Video] [Final Draft] 

Selected work in progress

Gendered Politics and Women's Wellbeing  with V. Atella, G. Conti, G. Facchini and F. Marazzi. Data collection in progress.

Designing Severance Insurance with G. Abebe, S. Caria, F. Gerard, and L. Hensel. Baseline survey in preparation.