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Giorgio Brunello

Research Fellow

University of Padova

giorgio.brunello@unipd.it

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education migration training unemployment wages

Giorgio Brunello is currently Professor Emeritus 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). He is affiliated with CESifo, ROA and RF Berlin. His current research interests are the economics education and training and applied health economics.

Among others, Giorgio Brunello has published in the Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Economic Policy, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics and Journal of Public Economics. 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 Paper No. 18444

Tastes, Ability or Expected Wages? The Intended Choice of College Majors by Students in Italy

Giorgio Brunello, Francesco Campo, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Martina Miotto, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17947

Intended College Major Choice and the Inheritance of Majors

Giorgio Brunello, Francesco Campo, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Martina Miotto, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Economics Letters, 2025, 255, 112558

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17352

Does Work-Based Learning Facilitate the School to Work Transition? Evidence from an Italian Reform

Martino Bernardi, Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Clementina Crocè, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17331

Teacher Personality and the Perceived Socioeconomic Gap in Student Outcomes

Giorgio Brunello, Clementina Crocè, Pamela Giustinelli, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Economics Letters, 2025, 247, 112096

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17296

The Pecuniary Costs of Early School Leaving and Poor Basic Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills

Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

also available as 'The price of inaction: the global private, fiscal and social costs of children and youth not learning', United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16536

Desperately Seeking a Japanese Yokozuna

Giorgio Brunello, Eiji Yamamura

forthcoming in: Asian Economic Journal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15985

Do Classical Studies Open Your Mind?

Giorgio Brunello, Piero Esposito, Lorenzo Rocco, Sergio Scicchitano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15936

Advanced Digital Technologies and Investment in Employee Training: Complements or Substitutes?

Giorgio Brunello, Désirée Rückert, Christoph T. Weiss, Patricia Wruuck

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Capital, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15871

Pension Reforms, Longer Working Horizons and Absence from Work

Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 9 (2025)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15864

The Long-Run Earnings Effects of Winning a Mayoral Election

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Cappellari, Maria De Paola

forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15700

Pension Reforms, Longer Working Horizons and Depression. Does the Risk of Automation Matter?

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Filippo Da Re

published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 102447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15612

Does College Selectivity Reduce Obesity? A Partial Identification Approach

Giorgio Brunello, Dimitris Christelis, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya

published in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (10), 2306-2320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14379

With a Little Help from My Mother. The Matrilineal Advantage in European Grand Parenting.

Giorgio Brunello, Eiji Yamamura

published as 'Reciprocity and the matrilineal advantage in European grand-parenting' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2023, 21, 397 - 433

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14081

The Effect of Grandchildren on the Happiness of Grandparents: Does the Grandparent's Child's Gender Matter?

Eiji Yamamura, Giorgio Brunello

published in: Asian Economic Journal, 2023, 37 (2), 149 - 163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13739

Happier with Vocational Education?

Giorgio Brunello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13637

Where Do I Stand? Assessing Researchers' Beliefs about Their Relative Productivity

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Daniele Checchi, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Where do I stand? Assessing researchers' beliefs about their productivity' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2021, 185, 61-80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13067

Financing Constraints and Employers' Investment in Training

Giorgio Brunello, Áron Gereben, Christoph T. Weiss, Patricia Wruuck

published as 'Do investments in human and physical capital respond differently to financing constraints?' in: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 158, 10(2022)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12981

Employer Provided Training in Europe: Determinants and Obstacles

Giorgio Brunello, Patricia Wruuck

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12763

Not Only in My Genes: The Effects of Peers' Genotype on Obesity

Giorgio Brunello, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anastasia Terskaya

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 72, 102349

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12691

The Pathways to College

Lisha Agarwal, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15 (4), 554 - 595

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12591

External Monitors and Score Manipulation in Italian Schools: Symptomatic Treatment or Cure?

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola

published as 'Does monitoring deter future cheating? The case of external examiners in Italian schools' in: Economics Letters, 2021, 201, 109742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12346

Skill Shortages and Skill Mismatch in Europe: A Review of the Literature

Giorgio Brunello, Patricia Wruuck

published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2021, 35 (4), 1145-1167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12338

Math Scores in High Stakes Grades

Giorgio Brunello, David Kiss

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 82, 102219

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12226

Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase Profits? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets

Giorgio Brunello, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 85, 103582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11603

Testing at Length If It Is Cognitive or Non-Cognitive

Giorgio Brunello, Angela Crema, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Some Unpleasant Consequences of Testing at Length' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83 (4), 1002 - 1023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11200

Parents, Siblings and Schoolmates: The Effects of Family-School Interactions on Educational Achievement and Long-Term Labor Market Outcomes

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Cappellari

published as 'Who benefits from privileged peers? Evidence from siblings in schools' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2020, 35 (7), 893 - 916

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11062

Does Low Skilled Immigration Cause Human Capital Polarization? Evidence from Italian Provinces

Giorgio Brunello, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Does low skilled immigration increase the education of natives? Evidence from Italian provinces' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 63, 101794

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10733

Does Delayed Retirement Affect Youth Employment? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello

published as 'Does A Higher Retirement Age Reduce Youth Employment' in: Economic Policy, 2021, 36 (106), 325 - 372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10022

Is Childcare Bad for the Mental Health of Grandparents? Evidence from SHARE

Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Grandparents in the blues. The effect of childcare on grandparents' depression' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2017,190, 67-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9836

Education as a Tool for the Economic Integration of Migrants

Maria De Paola, Giorgio Brunello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9834

Does Postponing Minimum Retirement Age Improve Healthy Behaviours Before Retirement? Evidence from Middle-Aged Italian Workers

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Gianluca Mazzarella

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, 215 - 227

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9275

The Labour Market Effects of Academic and Vocational Education over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Two British Cohorts

Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2017, 11 (1), 106-166

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8910

Not in My Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals

Andrea Bassanini, Giorgio Brunello, Eve Caroli

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 429-483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8350

Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello

published: Social Science and Medicine, 2017, 175, 135 - 142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8331

Local Agglomeration, Entrepreneurship and the Great Recession: Evidence from Italian Industrial Districts

Giorgio Brunello, Monica Langella

published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics; 2016, 58, 104 - 114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7791

The Costs of Early School Leaving in Europe

Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7755

The Side Effect of Pension Reforms on Training: Evidence from Italy

Giorgio Brunello, Simona Lorena Comi

published in: Journal of Economics of Aging, 2015, 6, 113 - 122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7679

Laterborns Don't Give Up: The Effects of Birth Order on Earnings in Europe

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello

published in: Demography, 2016, 53 (2), 449-470

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7533

Testing the Internal Validity of Compulsory School Reforms as Instrument for Years of Schooling

Giorgio Brunello, Margherita Fort, Guglielmo Weber, Christoph T. Weiss

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7311

Does Mental Productivity Decline with Age? Evidence from Chess Players

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Selection and the Age-Productivity Profile: Evidence from Chess Players' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2015, 110, 45–58

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6976

Leadership at School: Does the Gender of Siblings Matter?

Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola

published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 120 (1), 51-64

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6938

Bridge Jobs in Europe

Giorgio Brunello, Monica Langella

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2:11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6629

When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools

Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 104, 65-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6496

More Apples Less Chips? The Effect of School Fruit Schemes on the Consumption of Junk Food

Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola, Giovanna Labartino

published in: Health Policy, 2014, 118 (1), 114-126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6386

Books Are Forever: Early Life Conditions, Education and Lifetime Income

Giorgio Brunello, Guglielmo Weber, Christoph T. Weiss

published in: The Economic Journal, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5944

The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?

Giorgio Brunello, Margherita Fort, Nicole Schneeweis, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Health Economics, 2016, 25 (3), 314-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5743

Non Cognitive Skills and Personality Traits: Labour Market Relevance and their Development in Education & Training Systems

Giorgio Brunello, Martin Schlotter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5479

The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores

Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 32, 234-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5409

Lost in Transition? The Returns to Education Acquired under Communism 15 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Giorgio Brunello, Elena Crivellaro, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Lost in Transition? The returns to education acquired under communism in the first decade of the new millennium' in: Economics of Transition, 2012, 20 (4), 637-676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4861

Training Subsidies and the Wage Returns to Continuing Vocational Training: Evidence from Italian Regions

Giorgio Brunello, Simona Lorena Comi, Daniela Sonedda

published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 361-372

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