Max has a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University (Canberra, Australia), a MSc Econ from the LSE (1992) and Laurea from Bocconi University (1989). He works as a professor in the School of Business at the University of New South Wales (Canberra), Australia. Before moving to Australia in 1999 he worked in banking.
Research work and interests centre on skills and skilled international migration, knowledge effects of people's movements, and the labour market for graduates.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2005 and was a Senior Research Associate from January 2014 until December 2015.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17990
Published in: Emerging Markets Review 69, 101367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2025.101367.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17986
published in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2025, 118, 102433.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17806
Massimiliano Tani, Marco Vivarelli, Mariacristina Piva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17495
Rolando Avendano, Massimiliano Tani, Lovely C. Tolin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17135
published in: British Educational Research Journal, 2024, 50 (6), 2849 - 2874
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16440
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16322
Zhiming Cheng, Liwen Guo, Massimiliano Tani, Sarah Cook
published in: Energy Economics 2024, 132, 107496,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16321
Liwen Guo, Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani, Sarah Cook
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16320
Liwen Guo, Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani, Sarah Cook
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16319
published in: China Economic Review, 2025, 89, 102327
