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Norberto Pignatti

Tbilisi State University, Georgia

I have been enthusiastic about the World of Labor idea since the first time I heard about it. In my opinion this initiative is providing an extremely useful and needed tool to both academics and policymakers around the world and I am proud to have been able to give my contribution to it

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Research interest

Labor economics (with a particular emphasis on labor markets of developing and transition countries), sustainable development, and, more generally, policy studies

Website

https://iset.tsu.ge/index.php/component/tlpteam/team/norberto-pignatti

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Regulatory Impact Assessment Expert (producing reports for the Ministry of Agriculture and for the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of the Republic of Georgia)

Past positions

Research Fellow, University of Bologna, Italy; Visiting Professor, International School of Economics, Tbilisi

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Bologna, 2007

Selected publications

  • "Employment discrimination in former Soviet Union republic: Evidence from a field experiment." Journal of Comparative Economics 46:4 (2018): 1294–1309 (with M. Asali and S. Skhirtladze)

  • "Informal employment relationships and the labor market: Is there segmentation in Ukraine?" Journal of Comparative Economics 46:3 (2018): 838–857 (with H. Lehmann).

  • "Job market outcomes of IDPs: The case of Georgia." Journal of Comparative Economics 46:3 (2018): 800–820 (with K. Torosyan and M. Obrizan).

  • “Time-varying individual risk attitudes over the great recession: A comparison of Germany and Ukraine.” Journal of Comparative Economics 44:1 (2016): 182–200 (with T. Dohmen and H. Lehmann).

  • “Gender wage gap dynamics in a changing Ukraine.” IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1:7 (2012).

article(s)

  • Encouraging women’s labor force participation in transition countries Updated

    Government policies can stimulate female labor force participation if coherent and well thought-out

    Norberto Pignatti, November 2020
    Increasing women's labor force participation is important to sustainable economic development, especially in economies with highly educated women and an aging population. Women's participation varies across transition countries, driven by such economic and social factors as traditional views of gender roles and limited government support for caregivers. Still, in all countries there is clear scope for policies aimed at increasing women's participation. In particular, in countries where women's educational attainment is already high, policies to support a better work–life balance and female entrepreneurship look particularly promising.
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