Giorgio Brunello

Research Fellow

University of Padova

giorgio.brunello@unipd.it

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Giorgio Brunello is currently Professor 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 and ROA. 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 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

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

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