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Luca Nunziata

University of Padua, Italy, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, University of Padua, Italy

Research interest

Labor economics, applied econometrics, institutions and fundamental determinants of economic performance, unemployment, entrepreneurship, migration, wages and inflation

Website

https://sites.google.com/site/lucanunziata/

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Consultant for the World Bank, the OECD, the ILO, and the European Commission

Past positions

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Padua, 2004–2010; Microeconometrics lecturer, Bocconi University, 2008–2009; Labor Economics lecturer, University of Oxford, 2002–2005

Qualifications

DPhil Economics, University of Oxford, 2002

Selected publications

  • "A tale of minorities: Evidence on religious ethic and entrepreneurship." Journal of Economic Growth 21:2 (2016): 189–224 (with L. Rocco).

  • "Wish you were here? Quasi-experimental evidence on the effect of education on self-reported attitude towards immigrants." European Economic Review 90 (2016): 201–224 (with B. D’Hombres).

  • "Immigration and crime: Evidence From victimization data." Journal of Population Economics 28:3 (2015): 697–736.

  • "Labor market institutions and wage differentials." Industrial & Labor Relations Review 60:3 (2007): 340–356 (with W. Koeniger and M. Leonardi).

  • "Unemployment in the OECD since the 1960s: What do we know?" The Economic Journal 115 (2005): 1–27 (with S. Nickell and W. Ochel).

article(s)

  • The labor market in Italy, 2000–2016

    Italy has seen moderate recovery since the double-dip recession, but problems persist among the youth and in southern regions

    Francesca MarinoLuca Nunziata, December 2017
    The Italian labor market suffered a sizable negative shock from the double-dip recession and has since experienced a moderate recovery beginning in 2014. Despite some improvement, unemployment remains higher than pre-crisis levels, especially for young workers. Female participation has been slowly increasing. Regional heterogeneity is still high, with the stagnating south unable to catch up with the north. Real earnings have been increasing, but productivity is stable at relatively low levels compared to other European countries. Finally, undeclared employment is high, especially in the south.
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