Giorgio Di Pietro

Research Fellow

University of Loyola

gdipietro@uloyola.es

Research Interests

Giorgio Di Pietro is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Loyola in Seville. Previously he was a Senior Researcher at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) between September 2019 and August 2025. Before that he was a Reader in the Economics of Education at the Westminster Business School in London. He obtained his PhD from the University of Roskilde in 1999.

His main research interests are empirical issues in the field of the economics of education. Among others, he has published in journals such as Journal of Population Economics, Economics Letters, Economics of Education Review, Education, Finance & Policy, Regional studies, Empirical Economics and Applied Economics.

Giorgio Di Pietro joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2009.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14505

The Determinants of Study Abroad Participation: A Bivariate Probability Model with Sample Selection

Giorgio Di Pietro

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9804

The Impact of Television Programmes on Teenage Career Aspirations The 'MasterChef Effect'

Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published as 'Do media play a role in promoting vocational education and training? The case of MasterChef' in: Policy Studies, 2018, 39 (1), 37-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9332

Natural Disasters and University Enrolment: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake

Augusto Cerqua, Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (14), 1440-1457

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8867

The Academic Impact of Natural Disasters: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake

Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (1), 62-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7675

Do Study Abroad Programs Enhance the Employability of Graduates?

Giorgio Di Pietro

revised version published in: Education, Finance & Policy, 2015, 10 (2), 223-243