Daniela Iorio

Università di Bologna
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
Piazza Scaravilli, 2
40126 Bologna
Email: daniela.iorio@unibo.it

Univ. of Bologna, Dept. of Economics, Associate Professor, 2017–present.

European Univ. Institute, Florence School of Transnational Governance, Adjunct Professor, 2020–present.

Univ. of Bologna, Dept. of Economics, Senior Assistant Professor (RTD.b), 2014–2017.

European Univ. Institute, Jean Monnet Fellow, 2013–2014.

Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona, Dept. of Economics, Assistant Professor, 2007–2012

Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Faculty Member, 2007–2012.

California Institute of Technology, Visiting Scholar, 2008 and 2009.

Univ. of Southern California, Dept. of Economics, Lecturer, 2006–2007.

Univ. of Southern California, Annenberg Center for Communication, Junior Fellow, 2006–2007.

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania.

Dissertation Committee: Antonio Merlo; Petra E. Todd; Kenneth I. Wolpin.

Bellettini, G., Berti Ceroni, C., Iorio, D., Monfardini, C. and Prarolo, G. (forthcoming). Who turns out to vote? A fresh look at an old question. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.

Bigoni, M., Bortolotti, S., Fort, M., Guarini, A., Iorio, D., Monfardini, C., Sansavini, A., Sansone, D. and Suttora, C. (2025). Parental investments and engagement: New measures from a parental time use app. Review of Economics of the Household, 23, 1251–1277.

Sansavini, A., Verhoeven, M., Suttora, C., Bigoni, M., Bortolotti, S., Fort, M., Iorio, D., Monfardini, C., Van Baar, A. and Guarini, A. (2025). The Comprehensive Early Childhood Parenting Questionnaire – Italian Version (CECPAQ-IT): Factor structure, reliability, and validity. Parenting: Science and Practice, early online, 1–25.

Cintolesi, A., Iorio, D. and Mattozzi, A. (2025). The fiscal effect of political tenure. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 239, 1–24.

Guarini, A., Menabò, L., Bigoni, M., Bortolotti, S., Fort, M., Iorio, D., Monfardini, C., Duncan, L.G., Sansavini, A. and Suttora, C. (2025). The Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting Scale: Psychometric properties of the Italian version. Mindfulness, 16(12), 3612–3631.

Sovinsky, M. and Iorio, D. (2023). Being in the grip of bulimia: New evidence on how bulimia relates to addictive behavior. Journal of Obesity and Overweight, 9(1), 1–19.

Guarini, A., Sansavini, A., Suttora, C., Bortolotti, S., Fort, M., Iorio, D., Monfardini, C. and Bigoni, M. (2022). Mindful Parenting Intervention MinUTo App for parents of preschool children: Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 1–16.

Ham, J.C., Iorio, D. and Sovinsky, M. (2021). Health outcomes, personality traits, and eating disorders. Economic Policy, 36(105), 51–76.

Arduini, T., Iorio, D. and Patacchini, E. (2019). Weight, reference points, and the onset of eating disorders. Journal of Health Economics, 65, 170–188.

Gandhi, A., Iorio, D. and Urban, C. (2016). Negative advertising and political competition. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 32(3), 433–477. Winner of the 2016 Oliver E. Williamson Prize for Best Article in JLEO. Selected Press Reactions: LSE US Centre Coverage; Chicago Tribune; Bloomberg; Northwest Herald; Hartford Courant.

Ham, J.C., Iorio, D. and Sovinsky, M. (2015). Disparities in bulimia nervosa: Who is left behind? Economics Letters, 136, 147–150. Selected Press Reactions: Chicago Sun-Times; The Guardian; Science Update (radio feature); Teen Vogue.

Ham, J.C., Iorio, D. and Sovinsky, M. (2013). Caught in the bulimic trap? Persistence and state dependence of bulimia among young women. Journal of Human Resources, 48, 736–767.

Working Papers

Standing Tall at Sixteen: The Labor Market Value of Relative Height in Adolescence (2026), joint with T. Arduini and F. Marazzi.

A Quantitative Theory of the HIV Epidemic: Education, Risky Sex and Asymmetric Learning (2024), joint with C. Aleman and R. Santaeulalia-LLopis. CEPR Discussion Paper DP18733.

The Unequal Battle Against Infertility: Theory and Evidence from IVF Success and Drop-Out Rates (2024), joint with F. Groes, A. Houstecka, and R. Santaeulalia-LLopis. CEPR Discussion Paper DP18766.

Parental beliefs, engagement, and time investments in preschoolers (2024), joint with M. Bigoni, R. Caputo, S. Bortolotti, M. Fort, A. Guarini, C. Monfardini, A. Sansavini, and C. Suttora.

Seminars

Univ. de Alicante, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Bocconi Univ., Univ. of Bristol, Univ. di Bologna, Univ. of California Los Angeles, CERGE-EI, Univ. of Chicago, Claremont McKenna College, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Univ. of Essex, European Univ. Institute, Univ. of Iowa, IMT-Lucca, Naval Postgraduate School of Business, Univ. of New South Wales, Paris School of Economics, Univ. Paris-Cergy, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Univ. of Southern California, Univ. of Toronto, Univ. of Virginia, Univ. di Verona, Washington Univ. in St. Louis.

Conference Presentations

Asian Meetings Econometric Society (Abu Dhabi, 2026), Fondazione R. De Benedetti 15^th Workshop (Florence, 2025), Royal Economic Society (Birmingham, 2025); Essen Health Conference (Essen, 2024); Women in Political Economy Workshop (St. Andrews, 2024; Stockholm, 2023); City/Royal Holloway Workshop on Family and Health Economics (London, 2023); EUHEA (Oslo, 2022); ASSET (Athens, 2019); 9^th IBEO Workshop (Alghero, 2018); Barcelona GSE Summer Forum – Advances in Micro Development (BGSE, Barcelona, 2017); 8^th NYU-LSE Political Economy Workshop (Villa La Pietra, Florence, 2017); European Economic Association (Lisbona, 2017); Political Economy Workshop (Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam, 2015); Priorat Workshop in Theoretical Political Science (Barcelona, 2014); Political Economy Workshop (Cattolica University, 2014); 1^st Workshop of Politics and Economics (Bologna, 2011); 1^st IGIER Political Economy Workshop (Bocconi, 2010); 2^nd Petralia Sottana Apllied economics Workshop (2010); Society of Economics Dynamics Meetings (Istanbul, 2009); North American Winter Meetings Econometric Society (San Francisco, 2009); North American Summer Meetings Econometric Society (Duke, 2007); European Economic Association (Budapest, 2007); Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago, 2007); Midwest Economic Association (Minneapolis, 2007).

PRIN (Team Member), “At the Roots of Child Development: On the Role of Parental Beliefs, Preferences and Engagement”; €758,323, MIUR, 2020–2023.

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Best Paper Award, 2016.

Rita Levi Montalcini young economist research grant (PI), MUR, 2014–2017.

Teaching Prize in Economics, University of Bologna, 2022.

E. Mansfield Teaching Prize in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

Associate Editor, European Economic Review, Fall 2020–present.

Department Executive Board Member, 2024–present.

Director of the Master program in Health Economics, Management and Policy at UniBo, Fall 2021–2024.

Member of the scientific committee of the EuHEA Seminar Series, Fall 2021–Spring 2022.

Deputy Director of the PhD program in Economics at UniBo, Fall 2018–Spring 2021.

Member of the Ph.D. students’ selection committee, UniBo, 2018 and 2019.

External Member of recruiting committees for Assistant/Associate Professor: EUI (2017–2019); University of Verona (RTD-b), 2018.

Co-organizer of the Internal Departmental Seminar Series at UniBo, 2015–2017.

Organizer of the MOVE Workshop on “The Well-Being of Youth: on the Role of Initial Conditions, Human Capital and Institutions”, Barcelona, 2010.

Co-organizer of the Departmental Seminar Series at UAB, 2007–2009.

Referee for: American Economic Review; Economic Journal; Economica; Economic Policy; European Journal of Political Economy; Empirical Economics; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Labor Economics; Journal of Public Economics; Public Choice; Review of Economics and Statistics; Review of Economic Studies.

Sara Bejaj; Elena Chicavele; Cristina Vignodelli; Costanza Cardillo; Laura Obbiso (MA in Health Economics, Management and Policy); Ana Marcano, Zahra Cobben (MA in Health Economics and Management); Sara Silvestri (MA in Statistics and Management); Stella V. Gatti; Marco Forti; Giacomo Manferdini (MA in Economics); Yu Bai (AP at Nanjing Audit University).

European Univ. Institute: Economics for Policy I (Master), Florence School of Transnational Governance, Fall 2020–present.

Univ. of Bologna: Topic Course in Political Economy (PhD), 2018–2025. Health Economics and Policy in Low and Middle Income Countries (Master), 2018–present. Microeconomics, 2015–present. Europe in the global Economy, 2015. Macroeconomics, 2014.

Univ. of Zurich: Short Course in Structural Econometrics (PhD), 2012.

Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona: Empirical Microeconomics (PhD), 2007–2012. Intermediate Microeconomics, 2007–2011. Econometrics II, 2008–2011. Econometrics II, Barcelona GSE (Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets), 2010.

Univ. of Southern California: Intermediate Microeconomics, 2006. Public Economics, 2007.

Univ. of Pennsylvania: Introductory Microeconomics, 2004. Introductory Microeconomics (Teaching Assistant), Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2002 and 2003.

Married to Andrea Mattozzi. Mother of Giulia (2011), Ginevra Ada (2013), and Enrico Giuseppe (2013).