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Luca Fumarco
Luca Fumarco
Research Fellow
Masaryk University
luca.fumarco@econ.muni.cz External Homepage CV

Luca Fumarco is an Assistant Professor at the economic department of Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.

Previously, he has been a postdoc fellow at Tulane University and an economist at the national statistical institute of Luxembourg, STATEC.
His latest studies focus on two broad topics: (i) measuring discrimination in the markets, and (ii) measuring the effect of within cohort age differences (i.e., relative age effects and age at school entry effects) on labour outcomes, well-being, and education.

His studies have been published in American Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economics of Education Review, Economics Letters, AEA Papers & Proceedings.

He graduated at Linnaeus University in 2015, while his graduate studies were at the University of Eastern Piedmont and at the Université de Rennes 1.

Luca Fumarco joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in November 2020, and Fellow since January 2025.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18373
The Economics of Age at School Entry: Insights from Evidence and Methods
Mariagrazia Cavallo, Elizabeth Dhuey, Luca Fumarco, Levi Halewyck, Simon ter Meulen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16920
A Neglected Determinant of Eating Behaviors: Relative Age
Luca Fumarco, Sven A. Hartmann, Francesco Principe
revised version published as "Influence of within-class age differences on adolescents’ eating behaviors" in: Economics of Education Review, 2026, 110, 102756
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16836
Strategic Behaviours in a Labour Market with Mobility-Restricting Contractual Provisions: Evidence from the National Hockey League
Luca Fumarco, Neil Longley, Alberto Palermo, Giambattista Rossi
revised version published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76(4), 1189-1203
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16388
Gender Identity, Race, and Ethnicity-Based Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care: Evidence from an Audit Correspondence Field Experiment
Luca Fumarco, Benjamin Harrell, Patrick Button, David J. Schwegman, E Dils
revised version published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 10(2), 182-214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16163
Sendemails: An Automated Email Package with Multiple Applications
Luca Fumarco, S. Michael Gaddis, Francesco Sarracino, I. Snoddy
revised version published in: Stata Journal, 2024, 24(1), 130-160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16162
The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Mental Healthcare Services
Benjamin Harrell, Luca Fumarco, Patrick Button, David J. Schwegman, Kyla Denwood
published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 420-422
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14977
Does Relative Age Affect Speed and Quality of Transition from School to Work?
Luca Fumarco, Alessandro Vandromme, Levi Halewyck, Eline Moens, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: De Economist, 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14448
More Goals, Fewer Babies? On National Teams' Performance and Birth Rates
Luca Fumarco, Francesco Principe
revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2021, 208, 110086
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11990
Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence
Luca Fumarco, Stijn Baert
revised version published as 'Younger, Dissatisfied, and Unhealthy? Relative Age and Life-satisfaction in Adolescence' (with additional coauthor: Francesco Sarracino) in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 168, 313-337
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11972
Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents' Social Network
Luca Fumarco, Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 168, 318-337.
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