Research

Publications

“Studying more to vote less. Education and voter turnout in Italy”, with Lorenzo Rocco, European Journal of Political Economy,  Volume 72, 2022, 102115

Working Papers

“From Chalkboards to Steam Engines: Early Adoption of Compulsory Schooling, Innovation and Industrialization”, with Francesco Cinnirella, CEPR DP20519, CESifo Working Paper No. 12043

“Books Go Public: The Consequences of the Expropriation of Monastic Libraries on Innovation”, with Paolo Buonanno, Francesco Cinnirella, and Marcello Puca, CEPR DP18926, CESifo Working Paper No. 11015

“The alabaster ceiling: the gender legacy of the Papal States ” , with Luca Nunziata and Lorenzo Rocco, IZA Discussion Paper No. 14719, 2021

Work in progress

“Dialects, human capital and labour market outcomes”, Job Market Paper

“The legacy of colonial institutions in Morocco”