Catia Nicodemo received her Ph.D. in Economics from Tor Vergata University and Phs visiting student at Pompeu Fabra University. She was Assistant Professor at Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona. She is Senior Researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Oxford University. Her main research interests include labor economics, immigration microeconometrics,big data and health economics.

She joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in January 2009 and became an IZA Research Fellow in January 2013.