Lorenzo Rocco

Research Fellow

University of Padova

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Lorenzo Rocco is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Padova. He obtaind a Ph.D in economics at the Toulouse School of Economics (France) in 2005.
He is an applied economist and his fields of research include the socio-economic determinants of health, the influence of health on labor market outcomes and several aspects of the economics of education.
His researches have been published in The Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Health Economics and Social Science and Medicine among others. He contributed to several reports commissioned by the World bank, the World Health Organization, the OECD and The European Commission.

Lorenzo Rocco joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2019.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12829
Effect of Immigration on Depression among Older Natives in Western Europe
José J. Escarce, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12816
Studying More to Vote Less: Education and Voter Turnout in Italy
Elona Harka, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12747
The Effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Program on Schooling
Marco Bertoni, Quynh Huynh, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12691
The Pathways to College
Lisha Agarwal, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15 (4), 554 - 595
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12226
Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase Profits? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets
Giorgio Brunello, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 85, 103582
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11603
Testing at Length If It Is Cognitive or Non-Cognitive
Giorgio Brunello, Angela Crema, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Some Unpleasant Consequences of Testing at Length' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83 (4), 1002 - 1023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11062
Does Low Skilled Immigration Cause Human Capital Polarization? Evidence from Italian Provinces
Giorgio Brunello, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Does low skilled immigration increase the education of natives? Evidence from Italian provinces' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 63, 101794
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10022
Is Childcare Bad for the Mental Health of Grandparents? Evidence from SHARE
Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published as 'Grandparents in the blues. The effect of childcare on grandparents' depression' in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2017,190, 67-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9386
Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy
Carlo dal Maso, Enrico Rettore, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (3), 213 - 232
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9275
The Labour Market Effects of Academic and Vocational Education over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Two British Cohorts
Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2017, 11 (1), 106-166
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