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Fabio Schiantarelli

Boston College, USA, and IZA, Germany

It is important to make decisions about economic policy on the basis of the most up to date empirical evidence. IZA World of Labor contributes to achieving this goal

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Full Professor, Department of Economics Boston College, USA

Research interest

Macroeconomics, applied econometrics

Website

https://sites.google.com/view/fabioschiantarelli/home

Past positions

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University, USA; Lecturer, Department of Economics, Essex University, UK; Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Southampton, UK

Qualifications

PhD Economics, The London School of Economics, 1981

Selected publications

  • "Culture, policies and labor market outcomes." Journal of the European Economic Association 11:6 (2013): 1256–1289 (with F. Giavazzi and M. Serafinelli).

  • "Employment effects of product and labor market reforms: Are there synergies?" Economic Journal 122:558 (2012): F79–F104 (with G. Fiori, G. Nicoletti, and S. Scarpetta).

  • "Input and output inventories in general equilibrium." International Economic Review 52:4 (2011): 1179–1213 (with M. Iacoviello and S. Schuh).

  • "Capital accumulation and growth: A new look at the empirical evidence." Journal of Applied Econometrics 5:7 (2010): 1073–1099 (with S. Bond and A. Leblebicioglu).

  • "Banks and innovation: Microeconometric evidence on Italian firms." Journal of Financial Economics 90:2 (2008): 197–217 (with L. Benfratello and A. Sembenelli).

article(s)

  • Do product market reforms stimulate employment, investment, and innovation?

    Reducing entry barriers and increasing competition can be beneficial for the economy, under certain conditions

    Fabio Schiantarelli, June 2016
    Most OECD countries have recently introduced product market reforms with the objective of lowering barriers to entry and increasing competition in many sectors, such as telecommunications, utilities, and transport. The timing and extent of regulatory reform have varied significantly, starting in the US in the early 1980s and in the mid-1990s in many European countries. Will these developments improve economic performance in terms of creating jobs, fostering investment, and encouraging innovations—all of which are important factors for policymakers?
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