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Giorgio Di Pietro
Giorgio Di Pietro
Research Fellow
University of Loyola
gdipietro@uloyola.es CV

Giorgio Di Pietro is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Loyola in Seville. Previously he was a Senior Researcher at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) between September 2019 and August 2025. Before that he was a Reader in the Economics of Education at the Westminster Business School in London. He obtained his PhD from the University of Roskilde in 1999.

His main research interests are empirical issues in the field of the economics of education. Among others, he has published in journals such as Journal of Population Economics, Economics Letters, Economics of Education Review, Education, Finance & Policy, Regional studies, Empirical Economics and Applied Economics.

Giorgio Di Pietro joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2009.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14505
The Determinants of Study Abroad Participation: A Bivariate Probability Model with Sample Selection
Giorgio Di Pietro
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9804
The Impact of Television Programmes on Teenage Career Aspirations The 'MasterChef Effect'
Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published as 'Do media play a role in promoting vocational education and training? The case of MasterChef' in: Policy Studies, 2018, 39 (1), 37-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9332
Natural Disasters and University Enrolment: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake
Augusto Cerqua, Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (14), 1440-1457
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8867
The Academic Impact of Natural Disasters: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake
Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (1), 62-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7675
Do Study Abroad Programs Enhance the Employability of Graduates?
Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published in: Education, Finance & Policy, 2015, 10 (2), 223-243
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6358
The Short-Term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University
Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published in: The Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 363-384
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4836
The Impact of Degree Class on the First Destinations of Graduates: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Giorgio Di Pietro
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4212
Military Conscription and University Enrolment: Evidence from Italy
Giorgio Di Pietro
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 619-644
IZA World of Labor Article
University study abroad and graduates' employability
Giorgio Di Pietro
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