Ph. D students

• Filippo Manfredini,
• Rossana Scebba (co-advising with Violet Soen and Margherita Fantoli),

Former Ph. D students (most recent first)

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Chiara Zanardello

Human capital and knowledge networks - market forces, scientific academies, and the spread of ideas in early modern Europe, 2025,
Post doc at IAST, Toulouse [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Scientometrics

Arnaud Deseau

Essays on Long-Run Growth and Economic Development, 2023 [co-advising with Hélène Latzer],
Post doc at Aix-Marseilles [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Explorations in Economic History, European Economic Review.

Keiti Kondi

Topics in Population and Family Economics, 2022 [co-advising with Thomas Baudin],
Expert - Federal Planning Bureau (Social Protection, demography and prospective studies) [more]

Annalisa Frigo

Essays on Gender and Household Economics, 2021 [co-advising with Fabio Mariani],
Bank of Italy [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Geography.

Fabio Blasutto

Three Essays on Family Economics and Economic History, 2021 [co-advising with Fabio Mariani],
Assistant professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association.

Elisa Rizzo

Essays on Education and Stages of Growth, 2018 [co-advising with Bertrand Wigniolle],
Business Analyst at De Longhi Group

Zainab Khan Iftikhar

Essays on the Effects of Migration and Demographic Factors on Labor Markets and Human Capital Accumulation, 2018 [co-advising with Christiane Clemens],
Post-doc, Goethe University Frankfurt (from Sept 18) [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of International Economics, World Development.

Lucia Granelli

Three essays in Macroeconomic Policy, 2017 [co-advising with Marcel Gérard],
DG Ecfin, European Commission

Robert Stelter

Advances in Understanding Incentives to Procreate, 2016,
Assistant Professor, University of Basel and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Mathematical Social Sciences, Journal of Economic Growth
MathSciNet ID: 1167374.

Hamzeh Arabzadeh Jamali

Three essays on the sectoral aspects of economic policy, 2016 [co-advising with Antoine d'Autume],
Post-doc, University of Aachen [more],
Publications out of the thesis: European Journal of Political Economy.

Pierre Pecher

Ethnic Divisions and Economic Performance, 2016.
Post-doc, Aix-Marseille University.
Publications out of the thesis: Economics of Governance, Journal of African Economies.

Emeline Bezin

Cultural Transmission and Economic Behaviours: An application to Environmental Issues and Urban Inequalities, 2015 [Co-advising with Fabien Moizeau].
Research associate at CNRS, Université de Rennes (France), [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Environmental Economics and Mangement, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Theory.
MathSciNet ID: 1318021.

Paula Gobbi

Parenthood Decisions and the Transformation of the Family Structure, 2013.
Associate Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Population Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory.
ERC Starting Grant (2021-2025) on Inheritance, Demographics, and Economic Development.
MathSciNet ID: 1287948.

Paolo Melindi Ghidi

The Dynamics of Inequality, Minorities and School Choice, 2012.
Maître de Conferences, Université Aix-Marseille (France) [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Population Economics, International Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Public Economic Theory
MathSciNet ID: 1002412.

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Gül Ertan Özgüzer

Essays on Turkey's bid for Global Integration, 2010.
Associate professor at Izmir University [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Canadian Journal of Economics.

Luca Marchiori

On the World Economy and International Migration, 2009 [co-advising with Frédéric Docquier].
Central Bank of Luxemburg, research department, [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Economic Modelling, World Economy, Journal of Population Economics, Annals of Economics and Statistics,
MathSciNet ID: 956613.

Davide Dottori

Essays on Population Dynamics and Social Outcomes, 2009.
Bank of Italy, [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Economic Theory,
MathSciNet ID: 1044189.

Alessandro Sommacal

Essays on pension systems, inequality, human capital, and growth, 2008.
Professor at University of Verona, [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Mathematical Population Studies, Oxford Economic Papers, Scandinavian Journal of Economics,
MathSciNet ID: 864004.

Carmen Camacho

Essays on Factor Mobility and Distribution in Dynamic General Equilibrium Models, 2007 [co-advising with Raouf Boucekkine].
Research Associate, CNRS, University of Paris-Sorbonne [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Economic Growth, Economics Bulletin, Macroeconomic Dynamics,
MathSciNet ID: 8256950.

Tapas Mishra

Dynamics of Demographic Changes and Economic Development, 2006 [co-advising with Fati Shadman].
Professor at University of Southampton (UK), [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung,
MathSciNet ID: 943351.

Fabio Mariani

On some consequences of international migration for economic growth and politics, 2005.
Professor at Université catholique de Louvain, [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Development Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Recherches économiques de Louvain,
MathSciNet ID: 898872.

Lionel Artige

Regions, political economics and economic performance, 2004.
Professor at University of Liège. [more]
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Economic Growth

Joao Manuel Lucas Dos Santos Medeiros

Education in endogenous growth models, 2003 [co-advising with Henri Sneessens].
European Commission.

Geraldine Mahieu

Macroeconomic consequences of the welfare state, 2001.
DG ECFIN (European Commission) and International Monetary Fund.
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Rafael Munoz

Business Cycles and unemployment dynamics, 2000.
World Bank.
Publications out of the thesis: Investigaciones Economicas

Alexandra Rillaers

Human capital, inequality and intergenerational transfers: an evaluation of welfare state policies, 2000.
European Commission.
Publications out of the thesis: Journal of Public Economic Theory