I am an Economist at the USC Center for Economic and Social Research and Assistant (Research) Professor at the USC Economics Department. I earned my Ph.D. in economics from University College London in 2011. My research interests span across household finance, labor economics, economics of aging, and applied microeconomics.Another strand of my work concerns data collection and different aspects of survey methodology, from sampling and weighting techniques, to questionnaire design and survey harmonization.

Ph.D. Economics, University College London, 2011
M.S. Economics, University College London, 2004
B.A. Political Economy, University of Siena, 2002

Assistant (Research) Professor, USC, Economics Department , 2020
Lecturer, USC, Economics Department, 2015-2019
Economist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research, 2014
Associate Economist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research, 2013-2014
Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School, 2011-2015
Associate Economist, RAND Corporation, 2010-2013