Giorgio Brunello
Research Fellow

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Brunello Giorgio Brunello is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Padova. He studied Economics at the University of Venice and the LSE where he received his masters degree in 1981. He obtained his PhD from Osaka University, Japan, in 1987. He taught at Osaka University (1987-89), the University of Venice (1990-96) and the University of Udine (1996-98) and held visiting positions at LSE (1988-89), Kyoto (1992-2002-2007), Osaka (1997), University of California at Berkeley (1995), Deakin (1996), Oxford (1998), IZA (1999), Boston (2000), Essex (2000), Paris II (2003), Tokyo (2004), Collegio Carlo Alberto (2006) and CESifo (2007). He is research fellow at CESifo and member of the European Experts Network on the Economics of Education (EENEE). His current research interests are the economics education and training and personnel economics.

Among others, Giorgio Brunello has published in journals such as the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Economic Journal, Economica, Economics Letters, European Economic Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, The Journal of Banking and Finance, Economics of Education Review, The International Journal of Industrial Organization, Regional Science and Urban Economics, and Oxford Economic Papers. He has also published books with Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 1999.
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IZA Discussion Papers:
No. Author(s)
Title
4861  Giorgio Brunello
Simona Comi
Daniela Sonedda
Training Subsidies and the Wage Returns to Continuing Vocational Training: Evidence from Italian Regions
4667  Giorgio Brunello
Daniele Fabbri
Margherita Fort
Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females
4326  Giorgio Brunello
The Effect of Economic Downturns on Apprenticeships and Initial Workplace Training: A Review of the Evidence
(published in: Journal of Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 1, 2009)
3529  Giorgio Brunello
Pierre-Carl Michaud
Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
The Rise in Obesity across the Atlantic: An Economic Perspective
(published in: Economic Policy, 2009, 59, 551-596)
3327  Kenn Ariga
Giorgio Brunello
Roki Iwahashi
Lorenzo Rocco
The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess
3277  Giorgio Brunello
Maria De Paola
Vincenzo Scoppa
Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?
(forthcoming in: Economic Inquiry )
3102  Giorgio Brunello
Margherita Fort
Guglielmo Weber
“For One More Year with You”: Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe
(published in: The Economic Journal, 2009, 119(536), 516 - 539 as'Changes in Compulsory Schooling, Education and the Distribution of Wages in Europe')
2746  Andrea Bassanini
Giorgio Brunello
Barriers to Entry, Deregulation and Workplace Training
(revised version available as CESifo Working Paper - www.cesifo.de)
2643  Kenn Ariga
Giorgio Brunello
Does Secondary School Tracking Affect Performance? Evidence from IALS
2534  Kenn Ariga
Giorgio Brunello
Roki Iwahashi
Lorenzo Rocco
On the Efficiency Costs of De-tracking Secondary Schools
2348  Giorgio Brunello
Daniele Checchi
Does School Tracking Affect Equality of Opportunity? New International Evidence
(published in: Economic Policy, 52, 2007, 781-861)
2203  Giorgio Brunello
Simona Comi
Daniela Sonedda
Income Taxes and the Composition of Pay
1854  Kenn Ariga
Giorgio Brunello
Roki Iwahashi
Lorenzo Rocco
Why Is the Timing of School Tracking So Heterogeneous?
(substantial revision forthcoming in: Education Economics)
1704  Beatrice d'Hombres
Giorgio Brunello
Does Obesity Hurt Your Wages More in Dublin than in Madrid? Evidence from ECHP
(published as 'Does body weight affect wages? Evidence from Europe' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2007, 5 (1), 1-19 )
1640 
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Andrea Bassanini
Alison L. Booth
Giorgio Brunello
Maria De Paola
Edwin Leuven
Workplace Training in Europe
(published in: Brunello, Garibaldi and Wasmer (eds.), Education and Training in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2007, Ch. 8 - 13)
1562  Giorgio Brunello
Lorenzo Cappellari
The Labour Market Effects of Alma Mater: Evidence from Italy
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27 (5), 564-574)
1475  Giorgio Brunello
Daniele Checchi
School Vouchers Italian Style
(published in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2005, 357-399)
1336  Giorgio Brunello
Lorenzo Rocco
Diploma No Problem: Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?
(published as 'Educational standards in private and public schools' in: The Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (533), 1866-1887)
1299  Giorgio Brunello
Charlotte Lauer
Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings
(published as "The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings" in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (1), 273 - 290)
1173  Giorgio Brunello
Maria De Paola
Training and the Density of Economic Activity: Evidence from Italy
(published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (1), 118-140)
1055  Giorgio Brunello
Francesca Gambarotto
Agglomeration Effects on Employer-Provided Training: Evidence from the UK
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2007, 37 (1), 1-22)
995  Giorgio Brunello
Massimo Giannini
Kenn Ariga
The Optimal Timing of School Tracking
(published in: L. Woessmann and P. Petersen (eds.), Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem, MIT 2007, 129-156)
839  Andrea Bassanini
Giorgio Brunello
Is Training More Frequent When Wage Compression is Higher? Evidence from the European Community Household Panel
(published with a different title in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (2), 272-290)
705  Giorgio Brunello
Daniele Checchi
School Quality and Family Background in Italy
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24 (5), 563-577)
658  Giorgio Brunello
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Why Do Students Expect to Stay Longer in College? Evidence from Europe
(published in: Economics Letters 80, 2003, 247-253.)
577  Kenn Ariga
Giorgio Brunello
Are the More Educated Receiving More Training? Evidence from Thailand
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (4), 613-629)
311  Giorgio Brunello
Unemployment, Education and Earnings Growth
309  Giorgio Brunello
On the Complementarity between Education and Training in Europe
(published in: D. Checchi, C. Lucifora (eds.), Education, Training and Labour Market Outcomes in Europe, MacMillan 2003)
299  Giorgio Brunello
Claudio Lucifora
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
The Wage Expectations of European College Students
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39 (4), 1116-1142)
228  Giorgio Brunello
Simona Comi
Claudio Lucifora
The College Wage Gap in 10 European Countries: Evidence from Two Cohorts
192  Giorgio Brunello
Absolute Risk Aversion and the Returns to Education
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2002, 21(6), 635-640)
140  Giorgio Brunello
Simona Comi
Education and Earnings Growth: Evidence from 11 European Countries
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2004, 23 (1), 75-83)
130  Giorgio Brunello
Simona Comi
Claudio Lucifora
The Returns to Education in Italy: A New Look at the Evidence
(published in: Harmon, C./I. Walker/N. Westergard-Nielsen (eds.), The Returns to Education in Europe, Edward Elgar, 2001)
114  Giorgio Brunello
Alfredo Medio
An Explanation of International Differences in Education and Workplace Training
(published in: European Economic Review, 2001 (1), 307-322)
105  Giorgio Brunello
Clara Graziano
Bruno Parigi
Ownership or Performance: What Determines Board of Directors' Turnover in Italy?
(published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2003, 27 (6), 1027-1051)
76  Giorgio Brunello
Massimo Giannini
Selective Schools
(published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2004, 56 (3), 207-225)
 

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