Lorenzo Rocco

Research Fellow

University of Padova

lorenzo.rocco@unipd.it

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Research Interests

Lorenzo Rocco is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Padova. He obtaind a Ph.D in economics at the Toulouse School of Economics (France) in 2005.
He is an applied economist and his fields of research include the socio-economic determinants of health, the influence of health on labor market outcomes and several aspects of the economics of education.
His researches have been published in The Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Health Economics and Social Science and Medicine among others. He contributed to several reports commissioned by the World bank, the World Health Organization, the OECD and The European Commission.

Lorenzo Rocco joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2019.

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IZA Publications

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

forthcoming in: Economics Letters

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 published 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. 15985

Do Classical Studies Open Your Mind?

Giorgio Brunello, Piero Esposito, Lorenzo Rocco, Sergio Scicchitano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15871

Pension Reforms, Longer Working Horizons and Absence from Work

Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola, Lorenzo Rocco

forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14719

The Alabaster Ceiling: The Gender Legacy of the Papal States

Elona Harka, Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14402

Education, Information, and COVID-19 Excess Mortality

Piera Bello, Lorenzo Rocco

published as 'Education and COVID-19 excess mortality' in: Economics & Human Biology, 2022, 47, 101194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13897

Talking Business: New Evidence on How Language Shapes Economic Behaviour

Francesco Campo, Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

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. 13565

If (My) 6 Was (Your) 9: Reporting Heterogeneity in Student Evaluations of Teaching

Marco Bertoni, Enrico Rettore, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 89, 102567

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12829

Effect of Immigration on Depression among Older Natives in Western Europe

José J. Escarce, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2021, 20, 100341

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12816

Studying More to Vote Less: Education and Voter Turnout in Italy

Elona Harka, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 72, 102115

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12747

The Effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Program on Schooling

Marco Bertoni, Quynh Huynh, Lorenzo Rocco

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. 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. 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. 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. 9386

Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy

Carlo dal Maso, Enrico Rettore, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (3), 213 - 232

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. 7976

A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data

Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21 (2), 189-224

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. 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. 6114

The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship

Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco

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. 3327

The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess

Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2534

On the Efficiency Costs of De-tracking Secondary Schools

Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1854

Why Is the Timing of School Tracking So Heterogeneous?

Kenn Ariga, Giorgio Brunello, Roki Iwahashi, Lorenzo Rocco

substantial revision published as 'On the efficiency costs of de-tracking secondary schools in Europe" in: Education Economics, [iFirst]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1336

Diploma No Problem: Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?