Roberto Nistico

Research Fellow

University of Naples Federico II

roberto.nistico@unina.it

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Roberto Nisticò is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II. He is also Research Fellow at the Center for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) in Naples and Research Affiliate at the CESifo Network in Munich.

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Essex in 2014.

His research interests are in Development Economics, Labor Economics and Political Economics.

Roberto joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in February 2019 and was promoted to Research Fellow in January 2025.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18127

Workplace Peer Effects in Fertility Decisions

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18105

Guaranteed Minimum Income and Fertility

Giuseppe Dachille, Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18083

The Effects of Tenure-Track Systems on Selection and Productivity in Economics

Marco Nieddu, Roberto Nistico, Lorenzo Pandolfi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17906

‘Based on Admin Data!’: How Administrative Data Fosters Young Economists’ Career

Anthony Lepinteur, Roberto Nistico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16647

Employment Protection, Job Insecurity, and Job Mobility

Marco Bertoni, Simone Chinetti, Roberto Nistico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16589

Economic Sanctions and Informal Employment

Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Roberto Nistico

published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 89, 102581

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16569

Mothers at Peace: International Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Fertility

Vincenzo Bove, Jessica Di Salvatore, Leandro Elia, Roberto Nistico

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 167, 103226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15970

Economic Sanctions and Trade Flows in the Neighbourhood

Vincenzo Bove, Jessica Di Salvatore, Roberto Nistico

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2024, 66 (4), 671 - 697

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15189

Legalization and Long-Term Outcomes of Immigrant Workers

Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Roberto Nistico

published in: Demography, 2025, 62 (3), 811–837.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14814

Employment Effects of Economic Sanctions in Iran

Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Roberto Nistico

published in: World Development, 2022, 151, 105760.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14040

Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: D. Checchi, T. Jappelli, A. Uricchio (eds.), Teaching, Research and Academic Careers, Springer, 2022, 135 -161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12991

Fertility Decisions and Employment Protection: The Unintended Consequences of the Italian Jobs Act

Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa

published as 'Employment protection and fertility decisions: the unintended consequences of the Italian Jobs Act' in: Economic Policy, 2021, 36 (108), 735 - 773

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12872

The Economics behind the Epidemic: Afghan Opium Price and Prescription Opioids in the US

Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Roberto Nistico

published as 'Opium Price Shocks and Prescription Opioids in the US' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 86 (3), 449 - 484

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12789

Ordinal Rank and Peer Composition: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Marco Bertoni, Roberto Nistico

published as 'Ordinal rank and the structure of ability peer effects' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 217, 104797

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12328

The Effects of Conflict on Fertility: Evidence from the Genocide in Rwanda

Kati Kraehnert, Tilman Brück, Michele Di Maio, Roberto Nistico

published in: Demography, 2019, 56 (3), 935 - 968.