Lorenzo Rocco

Research Fellow

University of Padova

lorenzo.rocco@unipd.it

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Research Interests

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

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2021, 20, 100341

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12816

Studying More to Vote Less: Education and Voter Turnout in Italy

Elona Harka, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 72, 102115

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