Curriculum Vitae
Degree in Economics from Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
PhD in Economics from the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA).
Academic position and/or professional activities
Associate Professor of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Research fellow del CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research, London.
Research fellow dell CES-Ifo, Munich. Research fellow of IGIER - "Innocenzo Gasparini" Institute for Economic Research.
Associate editor of the European Journal of Political Economy.
Member of the Editorial board of the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance.
Previously he was an assistant professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Research Interests
- Political Economics.
- Macroeconomics.
- Public economics.
- Pension schemes.
Selection
- Postponing retirement: the political push of aging, Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, pp. 2157-2169.
- Political Complements in the welfare state: Health Care and Social Security, Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, 609632 (with C. Bethencourt).
- How does ageing affect the welfare state?, European Journal of Political Economy, 2007.
- (with P. Profeta) The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies, December 2006, The MIT Press. Structural Reforms Without Prejudices, 2006, edited with T. Boeri, M. Castanheira e R. Faini, Oxford University Press.
- Positive Arithmetic of the Welfare State (con J.I. Conde Ruiz), 2005, Journal of Public Economics;
- The Macroeconomics of Early Retirement (con J.I. Conde Ruiz), in Journal of Public Economics, 2004;
- Lesson for an Aging Society: The Political Sustainability of Social Security Systems (con P. Profeta), in Economic Policy, 2004;
- Early Retirement (con J.I. Conde Ruiz), in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2003;
- Redistribution and Fairness: A Note, in European Journal of Political Economy, 2003;
- Assessing the Political Sustainability of Parametric Social Security Reforms: The Case of Italy (con M. D'Amato), in Il Giornale degli Economisti, 2002;
- Fiscal Constitutions (con C. Azariadis), in Journal of Economic Theory, 2002;
- The Political Economy of Social Security: A Survey (con P. Profeta), in European Journal of Political Economy, 2002;
- The US Social Security: A Financial Appraisal for the Median Voter, in Social Security Bulletin, 2002;
- The U.S. Social Security System: What Does Political Sustainability Imply?, in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2, 1999.