Lavinia PIEMONTESE
Address: Piazza Scaravilli 2, 40126
Phone: +39 351 6960638
E-mail: lavinia.piemontese@unibo.it
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/lavinia-piemontese
Italian Citizen
Two children (2022, 2024)
Research Fields: applied microeconomics, intersection between development and political economy
Tools: micro-econometrics, structural econometrics and reduced form methods
CURRENT POSITION
Since Apr/2025 Università di Bologna Bologna, Italy
Assistant Professor of Economics
PAST POSITIONS
Nov/2022 – Mar/2025 Università Bocconi Milan, Italy
Marie Skłodowska–Curie Fellow Università Bocconi
Sept/2019 - Oct/2022 ENS de Lyon, GATE Lyon, France
Post-doctoral researcher
July/2015 - March/2016 The World Bank DC, USA
External Consultant
EDUCATION
Sept/2015 – Jun/2019 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and BSE Barcelona, Spain
Ph.D. in Economics (IDEA program)
Sept/2013 – Jul/2015 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
M.Res. in Economics (IDEA program)
Sept/2012 – Jul/2013 Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Barcelona, Spain
M.Sc. in Economics of Public Policy
Sept/2010 – Jul/2012 Università di Bologna Bologna, Italy
M.Sc. in Economics
Sept/2007 – Jul/2010 Università di Bologna Bologna, Italy
Laurea in Economia e Diritto
VISITING
July 2018 Universidad de Los Andes Bogotà, Colombia Visiting PhD student
Jan/2018 – April/2018 New York University New York, USA
Visiting PhD student
RESEARCH
Publications
Uncovering Illegal and Underground Economies: The Case of Mafia Extortion Racketeering [https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fpapers.ssrn.com%2Fsol3%2Fpapers.cfm%3Fabstract_id%3D3683852&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHP4IVsF06V5hYQPzysYqEgpR772Q] (Winner of XVI Doctoral Prize "Prof. Fabio Gobbo") Journal of Public Economics, 2023, Vol. 227.
The Power of Markets: Impact of Desert Locust Invasions on Child Health (with B. Conte and A. Tapsoba) Journal of Health Economics, 2023, Vol. 87.
Misperceptions of unemployment and individual labor market outcomes (with A. Cardoso and A. Loviglio), IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2016, 5:13.
Mafia Spread in Northern Italy: the Role of Public Infrastructure (Winner of Angelo Costa Prize XV edition) Rivista di Politica Economica, 2013, Issue 4, 113:140.
Working Papers
The Economic Costs of Conflict: a Production Network Approach (with M. Couttenier and N. Monnet).
Settlers and Seekers: Immigrant Proximity and Voter Polarisation (with C. Berti Ceroni, G. Prarolo, A. Schiavone).
When the Neighbours are Watching: Immigrant Integration Policy and Housing Wealth (with M. Carrillo and F. Russo). R&R Journal of Urban Economics
Work in Progress
The Aggregate Cost of Inefficient Public Spending: The Role of the Average Bid Auction (with and A. Tulli).
Policy Work
Recovery from Conflict: Lessons of Success (with H. Mueller and A. Tapsoba), Policy Report for the World Bank published as Policy Research Working Paper, 2017, WPS7970.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2025, 2026 University of Bologna (Instructor)
International Economics (Undergraduate)
Fall 2019, 2020, 2021 ENS-Lyon (Instructor)
Topics in Econometrics (Graduate)
Spring 2020, 2021, 2022 ENS-Lyon (Instructor)
Introduction to Econometric Research (Undergraduate)
Winter 2021 ENS-Lyon (Instructor)
Topics in Applied Econometrics (Graduate)
Fall 2019, 2020 ENS-Lyon (Co-instructor)
Political Economy (Graduate)
Spring 2019, 2018 Barcelona GSE (Teaching Assistant)
Topics in Applied Econometrics and Public Policy (Graduate)
Spring 2017 Barcelona GSE (Graduate Students’ Mentor)
Master Thesis
Winter 2017 Barcelona GSE (Teaching Assistant)
Quantitative and Statistical Methods II (Graduate)
Spring 2016, 2015 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Teaching Assistant)
Econometrics II (Graduate)
STUDENT SUPERVISON
(co-advisor) Julian Marcoux (2020-2021 M2 ENS-Lyon), Best thesis in Economics among ENS Schools
(co-advisor) Leopold Gosset (2019-2020 M2 ENS-Lyon)
SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION
March 2025: organizer of the MSCA workshop Firms’ Behaviour in Rough Environments
June 2021: co-organizer of the ENS-CEPR Workshop on Firms’ Behavior in Hostile Environments
2020-2021: organizer of the ENS-Lyon Applied Seminars series
2016-2017: UAB student coordinator of ENTER network student seminars
2016-2017: organizer of the UAB Student Seminar series
2015-2017: organizer of the UAB-Applied reading group
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
2025-2026: University of Southern Florida, University of Miami, (scheduled) University of Lucerne, (scheduled) UC3M, (scheduled) Universidad de Alcalà.
2023-2024: University of Padova, Petralia Workshop 2023 (organized by NYU), USI Lugano, CEPR Conference on Political Economy of Populism, University of Bergamo, Catholic University Milan, University of Bristol, Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin), CERDI Clermont Auvergne, CERGE-EI Prague, University of Bologna, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Monash University, Bicocca University Milan.
2019-2022: 7th Workshop of Economics of Organized Crime (Partenope University Naples), Political Economy of Power Relations – IGIER Bocconi Conference, 25th Annual Congress of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE), Workshop on Firms’ Behavior in Hostile Environments (EcoNomicS Days), 69th Annual Congress of the French Economic Association (AFSE), Universitat de Barcelona, IIE-Seminar University of Geneva, Conflits et économie de défense (IRSEM), Workshop on Health Economics (EcoNomicS Days), 60th Annual Conference (RSA) of the Italian Economic Association, 5th Workshop of Economics of Organized Crime (Bocconi University), University of Milan Bicocca, ENS-Lyon
2018-2016: Econometric Society Winter Meeting 2018 (Naples), Spanish Economic Association- SAEe 2018 (Madrid), ENTER Network Exchange Seminar at Stockholm School of Economics, Jamboree of ENTER Network at UCL, LACEA 5th Annual Meeting of Labor Network, Barcelona GSE PhD Jamboree, Jamboree of ENTER Network at University Carlos III
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
May 2025 EIEF Research Grant (2025 edition) (5k euro)
November 2022 MSCA Fellowship for Project FIBRE (Firm Behavior in Rough Environments) – European Commission (189k euro)
November 2021 Research Grant Program for the Promotion of Junior Researchers – Tubingen University (35k euro)
June 2021 Fabio Gobbo Doctoral Prize (XVI edition) (1.5k euro)
Dec/2015 – Jun/2019 FPI Scholarship, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain
Sept/2014 – Sept/2015 Fondazione Einaudi Scholarship, Turin Italy
Sept/2013 Angelo Costa Prize (XV edition)
Sept/2012 – Jul/2013 Fee Waiver, Barcelona GSE Spain
Sept/2011 – Jul/2012 Fee Waiver, Università di Bologna Italy
REFEREE SERVICE
Economica, Economic Journal, Economics and Politics, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations, Journal of Public Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics.
OTHERS
Languages: Italian (native), English, Spanish (fluent), French (beginner)
Software: STATA, Matlab, Q-GIS, Python
