Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
Daniela Vuri
This version January 2020
Personal details
Date of Birth: July 18, 1973
Nationality: Italian
Office address: University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, via Columbia 2, 00133 Rome, Italy
office +39 0672595938
E-mail: daniela.vuri@uniroma2.it
Current position
From 2017: Professor at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
From 2017: Director of the Master of Science in Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata
2019 - 2022: President of Italian Association of Labor Economists (AIEL)
Past positions
2013-2017: Associate professor at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
2013-2015: Associate Department Head, Department of Economics and Finance
2006- 2013: Assistant professor at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
2001- 2006: Assistant professor at the University of Florence
2006 – 2007: Consultant for the World Bank
Visiting
July 2019: Visiting MIT Economics, Boston, USA
July 2018: Visiting MIT Economics, Boston, USA
Visiting 2007- 2008: Visiting Scholar MIT, Boston, USA
April-May 2007 Ecass Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Social and Economic Research - University of Essex
September 2006, Visiting at the CESifo, University of Munich
Education
1998- 2003 PhD in Economics, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
1997 – 1998 Master's in Economics CORIPE Piemonte
1991- 1996 Degree (Laurea) in Statistics and Economics, summa cum Laude, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Fields of interest
Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Health Economics, Family Economics, Gender Studies, Policy Evaluation
Professional experience
2010: consultant for ISFOL for the project “Development of the structural model of labor supply using the micro-simulation model EconLav”
2006 – 2007: consultant for the World Bank “The effect of availability and distance from school on children‘s time allocation in Ghana and Guatemala
January-April 2001: European University Institute, Research assistant to Prof. Andrea Ichino
January 2000 – 2002: European University Institute Assistant for the Stata software at EUI and Member of the Economic Data Sets Management Group at EUI
October 1997-July 1998 FIAT (global car-maker), Turin, Italy, Internship at the Economics Department
March-July 1997 IMI (leading Italian investment bank), Rome, Italy, Internship at the Credit Department
Research activity: publications, grants, seminars and conferences
Refereed publications: journal articles
· "Joint Custody in the Italian Courts", with G. de Blasio, IZA dp 7472, 2013, forthcoming at the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
· The impact of changes in child custody laws on mother’s welfare” (2018), Journal of Population Economics, 31, 1203-1237
· "Smoking ban and smoking behavior in Italy: a fresh look at the effects of the 2005 public smoking ban in Italy" (2018), with E. Del Bono, Oxford Economic Papers,
70(3), 741–762
· “Counting Rotten Apples: Student Achievement and Score Manipulation in Italian Elementary Schools” (2017), with E. Battistin and M. De Nadai, Journal of Econometrics, 200(2): 344-362
· "In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in Italian Primary Schools" (2017), with J. Angrist and E. Battistin, American Economic Journal Applied, 9(4):1-34
· “Una valutazione degli effetti della legge Sirchia sull’attitudine al fumo degli italiani” (2016), Quaderni IRVAPP, ISBN: 978-88-98989-21-8
· “Do child care policies increase maternal employment?” (2016), IZA World of Labor, 241,
· “XI. La discriminazione”, (2015), with L. Flabbi, in Pepi De Caleo, Brucchi Luchino, Manuale di Economia del Lavoro, Il Mulino
· " In-work benefits for married couples. An ex-ante evaluation of EITC and WTC in Italy" (2014), with G. De Luca and C. Rossetti, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 3:23
· "Absenteeism, Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation: Evidence from Italy" (2014), with V. Scoppa, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 3(3)
· “Employment protection and fertility: Evidence from the 1990 Italian reform” (2013), with E. Prifti, Labor Economics, 23, 77-88.
· “Job Mobility and the Gender Wage Gap in Italy” (2011) with E. Del Bono, Labour Economics, 18: 130-142.
· “Entrepreneurship and Market Size. The Case of Young College Graduates in Italy” (2010), with S. Di Addario, Labour Economics, 17: 848–858.
· Smoking Habits: Like Father, Like Son, Like Mother, Like Daughter?” (2010) with A. Sanz de Galdeano and M. Loureiro, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 72(6): 717-743.
· “The effect of availability and distance from school on children‘s time allocation in Ghana” (2010), Labour, 24: 46–75
· “Mobilità e differenziali salariali di genere in Italia” (2009) with E. Del Bono, in Cappellari, Staffolani e Naticchioni : Piu’ uguali o piu’ disuguali?, Carocci,
· “Are employers discriminating with respect to weight? European Evidence using Quantile Regression” (2008), with V. Atella and N. Pace, Economics & Human Biology, 6: 305-329.
· “Parental Divorce and Students’ Performance. Evidence from longitudinal data” (2007) with A. Sanz de Galdeano, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 69, Issue 3, pp 321–338.
· “The mismatch between Employment and Child Care in Italy: the Impact of Rationing” (2007) with D. Del Boca, Journal of Population Economics, 20 (4).
· “Is there such a thing as a family constitution? A test based on credit rationing” (2006) with Cigno A., Giannelli G. and Rosati F., Review of Economics of the Household, 4: 183-204.
· “L’effetto del divorzio sulle performance scolastiche dei figli” (2005) with A. Sanz de Galdeano, in Brucchi Luchino, “Per un’analisi critica del mercato del lavoro”, Il Mulino.
· “New mothers labour force participation in Italy: the role of job characteristics” (2005) (with Bratti M. and Del Bono E.) Labour, 19: 79-121.
· “Child Care Choices by Working Mothers: the case of Italy” (2005) (with Del Boca D. and Locatelli M.), Review of Economics of the Household, 3: 453-47.
Book
Bambini che imparano meno? Gli effetti della riforma Gelmini nella scuola primaria (2015), with E. Battistin, Curatore: Fbk-Irvapp, ed. Il Mulino (collana Fondaz. per la scuola Compagnia San Paolo)
Atti di convegno
Don't stand so close to me: the urban impact of Immigration: A discussion. In: (a cura di): Banca d'Italia, Le tendenze del mercato immobiliare: l'Italia e il confronto internazionale. SEMINARI E CONVEGNI, ROMA:Banca d'Italia, ISSN: 2281-4337 (2013)
Working papers
§ Home Sweet Home: the Effect of Sugar Protectionism on Emigration in Italy, 1876-1913, with A. Dalmazzo e C. Ciccarelli, CEIS Working Paper Vol. 16, Issue 5, No. 437, R&R
§ Air Pollution during Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes in Italy, with A. Palma and I. Petrunyk, submitted
§ Ranking scolastici e scelte familiari: prime evidenze da Eduscopio, Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli wp 5
Work in progress
§ Effects of Passive Smoking on Prenatal and Infant Development, with C. Ciccarelli and G. De Fraja
§ The effect of increasing instructional time on maternal labor supply: evidence from the elementary school reform in Italy in 2009, with E. Battistin
§ The gender wage gap among self employed workers: evidence from administrative data, with V. Atella and G. Ferrara
§ The impact of information on high school choice: evidence from Eduscopio
§ The impact of shocks during pregnancy on children outcomes at birth: evidence from L’Aquila earthquake in 2009
Reports
· La riforma del “Maestro Unico” nella scuola primaria, with E. Battistin. Report IRVAPP for “Fondazione per la Scuola”, 2014
· Le determinanti del basso o alto peso alla nascita e dell’accrescimento fetale e correlazione. Report for the Ministry of Health, June 2011
· Impatto del peso alla nascita (e altre misure di salute alla nascita) su nati-mortalità e malformazioni. Report for the Ministry of Health, June 2011
· Effetti dell’agglomerazione urbana sull’inserimento professionale dei laureati come lavoratori indipendenti”, with S. Di Addario, Note regionali della Banca d’Italia in 2006
· “Il lavoro part time e l’occupazione femminile” (with Bratti M., Del Bono E., Staffolani S., Picchio M.), report for the Ministry of Welfare, 2005
Book discussion
· Discussant of the book “Beauty pays” (2011) by Daniel Hamermesh (University of Texas),
Other papers (not referred)
“La parita’ di genere nel mondo del lavoro? Ancora un miraggio,” (2010) with E. Del Bono, Vita e Pensiero
Newspaper articles
· “Pari opportunità anche di restare al lavoro”, with D. Del Boca and S. Pasqua 02/26/2007 La Voce
· “Ma fa paura l'asilo nido?” with D. Del Boca 01/03/2007, La Voce
· "Due crediti d’imposta per il lavoro delle donne" 19/10/2012, with G. De Luca and C. Rossetti, La Voce
· L’assenteismo frenato dalla paura, with V. Scoppa, La Voce 15/03/2013
· Un credito d’imposta per l’occupazione femminile – La Nuvola of Il Corriere, 22/03/2013
· Un credito d’imposta studiato per le donne – InGenere newsletter 82, http://www.ingenere.it/articoli/un-credito-dimposta-studiato-le-donne
· Piu’ maestri per tutti, ma serve? La Voce 16/12/2014, with E. Battistin
Grants
· 2017: The impact of information on high school choice: evidence from Eduscopio – funded by the Fondazione G. Agnelli
· 2015: Smoking ban and smoking behavior in Italy: Evidence from the Clean Indoor Air Law in 2005 – funded by Fondazione Bruno Kessler Principal Investigator (PI) 5.000 €
· 2013: School Inputs, Cognitive Development and Labor Supply of Mothers: Evidence from the “One Teacher” Reform in Italy – funded by Fondazione Scuola, Principal Co-investigator 110.000 €
· 2012: School Inputs, Cognitive Development and Labor Supply of Mothers: Evidence from the “One Teacher” Reform in Italy – funded by EIEF Principal Co-investigator 10.000 €
· 2012: Maternal smoking and low birth weight. Comparative evidence from the smoking bans in Italy and the UK– funded by the British Academy - Co-investigator 6.683£
· 2010-2012: Project MIUR on “A new childbearing and childrearing regime?” funded by the Ministry of Education – Investigator - 291.287€
· 2009-2011: Project on the “Effect of diagnostic tests during pregnancy on health measures using register data”, financed by the Ministry of Health – PI - 10.000€
· 2010: Project on “The impact of in-work benefits on labour supply of Italian married women”, financed by ISFOL – PI - 11.200€
· 2007: Wage differentials and job injury risks, financed by the University of Tor Vergata -PI- 1.673,85€
· 2006 –2008 Project on “The Effect of the Introduction of Tax Credit on Permanent Employment in Italy” financed by the Italian Ministry of Economy – PI - 15.000€
· 2006 - Project on “Distance to school and children school enrolment” funded by the World Bank – PI_ 11.000 $
· 2005-2007: Gender wage differentials in Italy, funds from the University of Florence – PI -1.200€
· 2005 – Project on children development of the "Institute for Learning in Context" New-York University in cooperation with the European Collaboration Team (CHILD- University of Essex), Investigator
· 2005- 2006: La frammentazione internazionale della produzione delle imprese italiane. Nuovi modelli organizzativi e ruolo delle tecnologie dell'informazione, financed from the Italian Ministry of Education, Investigator
· 2004: La sfida alla globalizzazione: uno studio delle diverse forme di internazionalizzazione per le PMI italiane, funds from the University of Florence, Investigator
· 2002 and 2003: Public and private expenditures on R&D: complements or substitutes? An application on Spanish and Italian Data, funds from the University of Florence, Investigator
· 2001-2004: project "The Rationale of Motherhood" granted from the European Commission, Investigator
· 2002-2003: “Part time job and female labor market participation” project financed by the Italian Ministry of Welfare- Principal Co-Investigator 45.000€
· 2002: project on “Fertility and divorce. Causal effect of simple correlation?” funds for young researcher from the University of Florence – PI - 1.200€
Conference participation and invited seminars
2020
Workshop on Labor Economics (Switzerland), seminar at Joint Research Centre, European Commission (planned)
2019
Workshop on Labor Economics (Switzerland), NBER Summer Institute, seminar at York University, AIEL Conference
2018
Mills Seminar (Bocconi), 2nd IZA Workshop: Gender and Family Economics (New York), NBER Summer Institute
2017: Workshop on Labor Economics, Laax (Svizzera), Tor Vergata seminar, NBER Summer Institute
2016: INVALSI workshop “I dati INVALSI: uno strumento per la ricerca”, Child Workshop “Evaluating Policies Fostering Child Development” (Turin)
2015: Workshop on Labor Economics, Laax (Svizzera); SOLE-EALE Conference, Montreal (CA)
2014: Workshop on Labor Economics, Laax (Svizzera); Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation (Compie) - Rome; NBER Education (Washington); Seminar at ISER (Essex), EIEF, LUISS, Tor Vergata, Fondazione G. Agnelli; invited discussant at IV Workshop of the fRDB Fellows and Affiliates (EIEF); invited participant at the round table for "Il Questionario insegnante e il Questionario scuola: teorie, strumenti e risultati" - INVALSI.
2013: Workshop on Labor Economics, Lech (Austria), V Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics - ICEEE; Annual Congress Royal Economic Society (RES) – (London); EALE, Turin, NBER Education (Chicago)
2012: NBER Summer Institute, Workshop on Labor Economics, Stuben (Austria), Workshop on “The Economics of the Family, Education, and Social Capital” (Modena), BANCA D'ITALIA WORKSHOP (discussant), invited speaker to the Federcooperative meeting– July 2012
2011: CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, Munich; Festival degli Economisti di Trento, discussion of “Beauty pays” by D. Hamermesh (U. Texas); SIE Conference Rome.
2010: Workshop on Labor Economics, Engelberg (Switzerland)
2009: Workshop on Labor Economics, Engelberg (Switzerland); Econometric Society, Boston; SOLE Conference, Boston, 2009; Labor Lunch seminar at MIT, Boston
2008: NBER Summer Institute 2008; Workshop MURST 2008 Roma; Workshop MURST 2008 “La valutazione dell’impatto di interventi pubblici: metodi e studi di caso” Trento; SOLE Conference, New York 2008.
2007: II Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics; Jess Seminar at ISER University of Essex; Fondazioni Rodolfo De Benedetti (invited seminar); University of Padova (invited seminar).
2006: Workshop "Applications of employer-employee linked databases for labor market analysis", Torino; XX Annual Conference of the European Society of Population Economics (ESPE); XVIII Annual Conference EALE, Praga.
2005: First Congress of Econometrics and Applied Economics, Venezia; CSEF – Salerno (invited seminar); University of Florence (invited seminar); University of Tor Vergata (invited seminar); XIX Annual Conference of the European Society of Population Economics (ESPE) Parigi; Child Annual Meeting, Bari; XX Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA) Amsterdam; European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics (ESSLE), Munich.
2004: Unicef (invited seminar) Florence; Workshop Child Murst “Model of Household Economics for the Design and the Evaluation of Fiscal and Social Reforms”, Turin; Conference on Labor Market Institution “What helps or hinders labour market adjustment in Europe?” European Central Bank, Frankfurt; Seminar at the European University Institute for the best thesis award 2002-2004 in the Economics Department; University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (invited seminar); III Workshop Brucchi – Luchino, Florence.
2003: Workshop Brucchi Luchino - Milan, Italy; Conference AIEL –Messina, Italy; Conference ESPE -New York.
2002: Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society, Warwick; Easter School in Econometrics, Nuffield College, University of Oxford; EU Mocho Project Conference, University of Amsterdam; Child Seminar, University of Turin; XVI European Society of Population Economics (ESPE); XIV Annual Conference of European Labor Economists EALE Paris; I Workshop Brucchi – Luchino, Padua.
2001: CIDE (Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria), Bologna; XVI Annual Congress of Italian Labor Economist,, Firenze; Annual Conference of Italian Economists, Roma; European Economic Association Conference, Lousanne; BHPS Conference, Colchester- University of Essex; XV European Society of Population Economics Conference (ESPE), Athens; CHILD Conference "Youth in the household and the labor market" organized by the CHILD centre- University of Turin; Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), Copenhagen;
2000: ASSET Conference- Lisbona; GSOEP: partecipation to the poster session – Berlin; XII Annual Conference of European Labor Economists (EALE), Milan; XIV European Society of Population Economics Conference (ESPE), Bonn.
Summer school
· Easter School in Econometrics in Micro-Econometrics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
· 4th IZA Summer School on Labor Economics, Buch/Ammersee, Germany
Professional activities: referee activity
Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, American Economic Journal: Applied, American Economic Journal: Policy, Economic Journal, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Labour Economics, European Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Labour, Review of Income and Wealth, Rivista italiana degli Economisti, Rivista di Politica Economica, Industrial and Corporate Change, Fiscal Studies, International Journal of Manpower, Economic Bulletin, Economics of Education Review, Review of Economics of the Household, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Review of Income and Wealth, Statistical Methods and Applications, Empirical Economics, IZA Journal of European Studies, Economics and Human Biology, Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Society memberships, Awards and Honors
Society membership
Various years SOLE (Society of Labor Economists)
Various years AIEL (Italian Society of Labor Economists)
From 2006-on Research Fellow at CESifo (Institute for the Study of Labor)
From 2004-on Research Fellow at IZA (European Association of Labor Economists)
2001-2004 Research affiliate at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn
From 2000-on CHILD (Centre of Household, Income, Labor and Demographic Economics)
From 2008-on CEIS Tor Vergata
Various years EEA (European Economic Association)
Various years SIE (Societa’ Italiana degli Economisti)
Awards and Honors
2011 Winner of the funds for visiting professors (2500€) to host Prof Angrist (MIT–USA)
2007 Winner of the scholarship ECASS financed by the European Union
2005 SOCRATES Fellowship for mobility at the University of Munich.
2004 Winner for the best PhD thesis (2002-2004) at the Department of Economics (EUI)
2001-2002 European University Institute Doctoral Fellowship for the PhD at the EUI
1998-2001 Italian Government Fellowship for the PhD at the EUI
1997-1998 University of Turin Graduate Scholarship (to fully finance the Master's in Economics)
1997 SACE (Societa' di Assicurazione per il Commercio Estero) Fellowship for 6 months, not taken up
1997 ISTAT (Italian Central Statistical Institute) Scholarship Award
1991-1996 University of Rome "La Sapienza" Annual Scholarships
Teaching
PhD Level
Causal Inference and Evaluation Method (2004-2010, 2011-2012), University of Rome Tor Vergata
Econometric - Introduction to panel data” (2004-2005), University of Florence
Socio-Economic Determinants of Children Outcomes” (2005), University of Munich
Master level
Labor Economics (2016-2017, 2018-2019), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, LM in Economics
Advanced Labor Economics (2013-2014), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Master MEI
Advanced Labor Economics (2011-2013), CLEM, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Labor Economics and Personnel Economics, 2008-2010, CLEM, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Labor Market and Evaluation Methods, (2008-2010), Master MEFI, University of Rome Tor Vergata
“Teoria dei differenziali salariali ed applicazioni empiriche” (2008-2010), Master in Diritto del Lavoro, University of Bologna
Gender Economics in developing countries, (2006-2009), Master MESCI, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Labor Economics (2002-2005) for the Master Europeo in Scienze del Lavoro, Firenze
Population Economics at ILO (Turin) for the Master’s Degree in Management of Development, Università di Torino
Undergraduate level
Microeconomics (2016-2017, 2018-2020), CLEF, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Microeconomics (2013-2015), CLEMIF, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Micro and Macro Economics (2004- 2006), University of Firenze
Labor Economics (2004-2006), University of Firenze
Gender Economics in developing countries, (2003-2004), University of Firenze
Teaching assistant of Advanced Macroeconomics (2001-2004), University of Firenze
Teaching assistant of Labor Economics (2002-2004), University of Firenze
Teaching assistant of Macroeconomics (2000-2001), University of Firenze
Other courses
“Introduction to Stata and applications” ICE (Roma,2004) “Introduction to time series” (Ufficio Studi - Telecom Italia, Roma 2004).
PhD students in Tor Vergata
Ervin Prifti, (PhD in Economics and Finance), XXIII cycle (2007 - 2013)
Klaus Gruenberger, (PhD in Economics and Finance), XXVI cycle (2010 - 2015)
Gloria Caprera (PhD in Economics and Institutions) – (2012 – 2017)
Noemi Pace (PhD in Economics and Institutions) – (2004 – 2008)
Inna Petrunyk (PhD at Leuphana University Lueneburg DE) – (2015- present)
Chiara Puccioni (PhD in Economics and Finance), (2017- present)
Institutional activities
PhD thesis committee
· University of Milan, 5 theses
· Francesca Santello (University of Padova). Federico Tedeschi (University of Padova), 2008
· Eliana Viviano (University of Tor Vergata), 2003
· Marta Auricchio, LUISS ‘Guido Carli”, 2015
· Giorgietti Isabella, University of Ancona (2017)
Organization of Workshops
· Mastering Mostly Harmless ‘Metrics, June 4-5, 2920 (Villa Mondragone - University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
· Mastering ‘Metrics: An Empirical Strategies Workshop’, June 12-15, 2015 (Ravello, SA)
· Empirical Strategies: IV and RD go to school, June 18-20, 2012 (Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, Rome)
· Empirical Strategies in Labour Economics, part II, June 14-16, 2010 (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
· Empirical Strategies in Labour Economics, March 23-26, 2009 (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
Organization of Seminars
· Organizer 2008-2014: Departmental Lunch Seminars
· Organizer 2006-2009: FAINI – CEIS seminars at Tor Vergata University
Other institutional activities
· Director of Students’ Relations for the Master Degree in Economics since February 2015
· Board Member of the committee for the Master Degree in Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata since January 2015
· Board Member of the committee for the PhD in Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata since 2006
· Secretary of the “Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics” October 2006-March 2013
· Member of CHILD Consiglio Direttivo (2009-2013)
• Founder member of “ERE – Empirical Research in Economics” (www.empirical-economics.it)
· Member of several committees for RTDB, Associate and Full Professor positions (University of Piedmont Orientale, University of Calabria, University of Rome "La Sapienza", University of Florence, Cattolica University, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", among others)
· Member of the committee for Researcher (5 positions) at INVALSI (2013).
· Member of the committee for the admission to the PhD in Econometric and Applied Economics (XXIII cycle and XXVII cycle)
• Member of the Committee for the students’ curricula, Faculty of Economics, University of Florence (2005-2006).
• Member of the Committee for the organization of the timetable for the degree in “Sviluppo e Cooperazione Internazionale” and for the Master degree in “Economia dello Sviluppo Avanzata”, Faculty of Economics, University of Florence (2004-2005).
Roma, January 2020
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