I’m a PhD economist with over 15 years of experience specializing on the analysis and evaluation of labor market and social policies. I’m in charge of the Skills, ALMPs and Policy Evaluation Unit of the International Labour Organization’s Research Department in Geneva, Switzerland. During the period Mar 2021/Jan 2023, I served as Visiting Scholar with the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California Berkeley. I am a fellow of GLO.

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My research is divided into two broad policy-relevant topics: the effectiveness of labour market policies and work-to-work transitions and skills dynamics. Within the first topic, I aim to identify effective active labour market and social protection policies to enhance job quality and social conditions, with views to contributing to national policy formulation. I’m interested in understanding what design and delivery characteristics drive effective measures and identifying the complementarities between policies that can enhance their beneficial effect.

Within the second topic, I explore the skills necessary for effective transitions to decent work in low- and middle-income countries, using online data on vacancies and applications to labour portals. My research investigates how to measure skills using online data from job portals, what skills and skills bundles can foster transitions to better work, and how the changing demand for skills responds to global shocks and transformations.

You can find below and in the pages of this website everything about my professional background, the focus and aim of my research program, my publications and the evidence-based policy projects I’ve managed.