Paola Profeta

Full Professor
Knowledge groupGovernment, Health and Not for Profit
Research domainsDiversity, Equity & Inclusion
Teaching domainsPolicy Analysis, Diversity & Inclusion Policies and Practices
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Biography

Paola Profeta is Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability and Full Professor of Public Finance at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the Bocconi University. She is also  Director of the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality and Director of the MSc Politics and Policy Analysis. Previously she was researcher at Università di Pavia and Post-doc fellow at CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain.

At SDA Bocconi she is Director of the Diversity & Inclusion Management Course.

She is also member of the Management board of the International Institute of Public Finance.

Her areas of interest, teaching and research focus on gender economics, women in politics, policies for the promotion of gender equality and female leadership, public economics, welfare systems (pensions, education), comparative taxation. and political economy of taxation and welfare state.

She is the author of numerous books and articles on her topics of interest. Her works have been published in PNAS, Management Science, Demography, Journal of Public Economics, Economic Journal, Economic Policy, International Tax and Public Finance, European Journal of Political Economy, among others.

Paola earned a degree cum laude in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona in 2000. Visiting scholar at Columbia University, New York in 1998 and 1999.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Who cares about childcare? Covid-19 and gender differences in local public spending
    MARCHESE, A., P. PROFETA, G. SAVIO, "Who cares about childcare? Covid-19 and gender differences in local public spending", International Tax and Public Finance, 2025, vol. 32, pp. 1990–2010
  • 2024
    Gender Differences in Math Tests: the Role of Time Pressure
    GALASSO, V., P. PROFETA, "Gender Differences in Math Tests: the Role of Time Pressure", The Economic Journal, 2024, vol. 134, no. 664, pp. 3461-3475
  • 2024
    Gender Gaps in the Economy: Evidence and Policy Perspectives
    PROFETA, P., "Gender Gaps in the Economy: Evidence and Policy Perspectives", CESifo Economic Studies, 2024, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 241-243
  • 2024
    Smart Working: Work Flexibility Without Constraints
    ANGELICI, M., P. PROFETA, "Smart Working: Work Flexibility Without Constraints", Management Science, 2024, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 1680-1705
  • 2024
    Women’s voice on redistribution: From gender equality to equalizing taxation
    BOZZANO, M., P. PROFETA, R. PUGLISI, S. SCABROSETTI, "Women’s voice on redistribution: From gender equality to equalizing taxation", European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, vol. 81, pp. 102497
  • 2023
    Addressing vaccine hesitancy: experimental evidence from nine high-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
    GALASSO, V., V. PONS, P. PROFETA, M. MCKEE, D. STUCKLER, M. BECHER, S. BROUARD, M. FOUCAULT, "Addressing vaccine hesitancy: experimental evidence from nine high-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic", BMJ Global Health, 2023, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. e012658

Grants & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2024

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2023

  • Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022