daniela del boca - Collegio Carlo Alberto

DANIELA DEL BOCA
ADDRESS
Collegio Carlo Alberto
Universita’ di Torino
Via Real Collegio Moncalieri (Torino)
Italy
dani.delbocaatcarloalberto.org
EDUCATION
Ph D. University of Wisconsin Madison 1988 ,Thesis Title: “Labor Market Adjustment under Tradeunionism'' Committee (Mark Gertler, Lee.Hansen, Nobu. Kyotaki).
Essex Summer School Data Analysis and Econometrics
Laurea, Economics, Honours, University of Turin
MAIN INTERESTS
Household Economics, Labor Economics, Industrial Relations.
PRESENT POSITIONS
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Turin
Director CHILD (Centre for Household Income, Labour, and Demographics)
Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Research Fellow, IZA (Bonn)
Research Associate IHDSC (Institute for Human Development and Social Change) NYU
Council Member ESPE (European Society Population Economists)
Co-Editor Labour (Review of Labour Economics) Blackwell
Associate Editor, Review of Economics of the Households (REHO)
Visiting Professor Economics New York University
UNIVERSITY DUTIES
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Political Science, University of Turin 2000-2003
Teaching Committee Ph Economics DSE 2006Member of the Executive Committee of the Euro American Center, University of Turin
Member of the Scientific Committee, Women's Studies Center, CISRDE, University of Turin
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONOURS
Order of the Merit (Commander) from the President of Italian Republic for Research on Family
Economics (March 2007)
Member Scientific Committee Osservatorio della Famiglia Presidenza del Conglio 2008
Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Expert EC European Commission 2005-2007
Fellow Italian Academy at Columbia University Fall 2003
Visiting Professor Economics John Hopkins October 2003
Fellow, Center for European Studies (NYU) Fall 2001
President ESPE (European Society Population Economists) 2000
Jean Monnet Fellowship, European University Institute, 1997-1998 (Declined)
Honorary Fellow Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1988
GRANTS
Collegio Carlo Alberto Grant ” Parental investments and Children Outcomes” Director (joint with
Essex, Southampton) New York University) 2007-2009
EC European Commission Grant WOLIWEB “Wages in Europe” Italian Director. 2004-2007.
MURST (Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research) National Grant
“Models of Family Economics and Social Policy.” 2003-2005
EC European Commission Grant, ''The Rationale of Motherhood Choices,'' (Italian Director), (joint
with University of Bruxelles, Amsterdam, Paris I) 2001-2004
MURST Grant “Income Inequality Between and Within Families. An Analysis of the Historical
Archive of the Bank of Italy (1977-2000), 2001-2002
CNR (National Research Council) Grant ''Economics of the Family and Family Policies'' (Local
Director), 2000-2001
Compagnia San Paolo Grant ''Household Earnings and Income Inequality (Project Director), 20002002
CNR Grant ''Household Taxation: Analysis and Policies'' (Project Director), 2000-2001
Compagnia San Paolo Grant ''Trends in Male and Female Employment'' (Project Director), 19992001
IRP (Institute for Research on Poverty, Univ. of Wisconsin) Grant “The Effect of Percentage and
Fixed Income Awards on Child Support Compliance,” 1995 (with Christopher Flinn)
National Institute of Health (NIH) Research Grant (with Christopher Flinn), “Child Support models
and Interaction between divorced parents,” 1992-94
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PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS AND SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS.
Social Policies Labour Markets and Motherhood (with C. Wetzels) Cambridge University Press 2008
Women in the Labor Force: An Economic Perspective (with T. Boeri and C. Pissarides) Oxford
University Press 2005
Editor, Special issue Labour “Balancing Work and the Family” Blackwell Oxford 2005
Women’s Work and the Family in Italy in a Comparative Perspective.(with M. Repetto) New York:
Peter Lang, 2004
Editor, Special issue Labour, “Household Behavior and Social Policies” (with P. Tanda ) Blackwell
Oxford 2000
Guest Editor, Special Issue of Structural Change and Economic Dynamic “ The Economics of the
Family” North Holland 1998
Guest Editor Special Issue of Labour “Costs of Children and Family Allocation” (with P. Tanda)
Blackwell Oxford 1996
Offerta di lavoro e Politiche Pubbliche La Nuova Italia Scientifica: Roma, 1993.
Relazioni Industriali e Mercato del Lavoro. Un’ analisi Comparata Italia-USA Roma: La Nuova
Italia Scientifica, 1990.
ARTICLES [in English]
“Life Cycle Employment and Fertility across Institutional Environments” (with R. Sauer) European
Economic Review forthcoming 2008
"Motherhood and Employment in Institutional Contexts: an European Perspective”(with C.
Pronzato , S. Pasqua) forthcoming Oxford Economic Papers 2009
“The Mismatch between Labour Supply and Child care” (with D. Vuri) Journal of Population
Economics, 4, 2007
''Employment and Fertility '' (with S. Pasqua and C. Pronzato) Labour 4, 2005
''Child care Choices of Working Mothers (with M.Locatelli e D. Vuri) The Review of the Economics of the
Household 3, 2005
''Labour Market Participation of Italian Mothers'' (with S. Pasqua), Transfer (European Review of
Labour and Research ) 1, 2004
''Employment Patterns of Husbands and Wives and Family Income Distribution in Italy 1977-1998”(with S.
Pasqua) Review of Income and Wealth vol. 49 n 2, pp 221-247, 2003
''Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: the Role of Institutions'' Journal of Population Economics vol.
16, n. 3, 2003.
"Credit Market Constraints and Labor Market Decision" (with A. Lusardi) Labor Economics, vol. 10, 5, 2003
"Visitations and Transfers after divorce" (with R. Ribero) The Review of the Economics of the Household vol.
1, 2, 2003
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''The Effect of Child Care and Part-time Employment on Labor supply and Fertility,'' Journal of
Population Economics Spring 14, 3, 2002.
''The Effect of Child Support Policies on Visitations and Transfers'' (with Rocio Ribero) American
Economic Review 91, (May 2001)
''Labor Market Decisions of Husbands and Wives,'' (with M. Locatelli and S.Pasqua) Labour (1,
2000)
''Transfers in Non-Intact Households,'' (with Rocio Ribero) Structural Change and Economic
Dynamics. (September 1999).
''An Evaluation of Child Support Reforms.'' Labour 4, 1996
''Rationalizing Child Support Decisions,'' (with C. Flinn). American Economic Review 85 (December
1995).
''Expenditure Decisions of Divorced Mothers and Income Composition,'' (with C. Flinn) Journal of
Human Resources 29 (1994).
''Post-Divorce Transfers and the Labor Supply of Mothers. Labour, 1994.
''The Effect of Taxation on Labour Supply in Italy'' with U. Colombino. Journal of Human
Resources 25, 1990.
''Facts and Theories of the Italian Labor Market, 1970-84.'' Labour 3, 1988.
''Women in a Changing Workplace: The Case of Italy,'' in The Feminization of the Labor Force (J.
Jenson, et al, eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
''Self- Reported Reservation Wages and Labor Market Decisions,'' with C.Flinn. Ricerche
Economiche 3, 1988.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
''Motherhood and Work Status: a survey” in Social Policies, Labor Markets and Motherhood Cambridge
University Press 2008
"Women’s Work and Wages: a comparative analysis on ECHP data ” (with S. Pasqua, C. Pronzato) in Social
Policies, Labour Markets and Motherhood Cambridge University Press 2008
“Labour Supply and Fertility” (with S. Pasqua) in: Women in the Labor Force: An Economic
Perspective (with T. Boeri and C. Pissarides) Oxford University Press 2005
''The Italian Migration'' (with A. Venturini) in The European Migration: What do we know? (Klaus
Zimmerman ed.), Oxford University Press 2004
'Public Policies, Participation and Fertility'' in Women Work and the Family in a Comparative Perspective
(Del Boca and Repetto eds) Peter Lang, New York 2003
''Husbands and Wives Employment Dynamics in Italy'' (with S.Pasqua and M. Locatelli) in Women, Work and
the Family in a Comparative Perspective (Del Boca and Repetto eds) Peter Lang, New York 2003.
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''Labor Policies and Women's Labor Force Participation,'' in Families, Labour Markets, and Gender
(E. Drew, et al, eds.). London: Routledge, 1998.
''Intra-household Distribution in Families with Children,'' in The Economics of the Family (I. Parsson
and C. Jonung, eds.). London: Routledge, 1997.
''The Determination of Welfare in Nonintact Households,'' (with C. Flinn) in The Intra-Family
Allocation of Income (Blundell, Preston, and Walker, eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1993.
PUBLISHED RESEARCH REPORTS:
“Famiglia e Lavoro” Atti della Conferenza sulla Famiglia, Ministero della Famiglia, Roma 2008
"Dual Careers: Public Policies and Companies Strategies" in “Women in Science and technology: the
business perspective" European Commission Publication, Brussels, June 2006
''Labor market participation and children” (with S. Pasqua, C. Pronzato, C. Wetzels) The Rationale of
Motherhood, European Commission Publication, II Brussels 2005
''Motherhood and Work Status” (with M. Locatelli) The Rationale of Motherhood European Commission
Publication, Brussels 2004
''Labour supply and Child Care'' OCDE Occasional Papers Paris 2002
SELECTED ARTICLES [in Italian ]
''Il Differenziale di genere e condizione lavorativa” in “IX Rapporto Alma Laurea'' (a cura di A. Cammelli)
Il Mulino Bologna 2007
''Il sistema Famiglia-Lavoro'' (with C. Saraceno) in Andare a tempo, Angeli 2007
''I servizi per l’infanzia e il lavoro delle madri'' in Le politiche di sostegno alle famiglie, Il Mulino Bologna
2007
“Le donne tra lavoro e famiglia in Italia” (with C. Saraceno) Economia del Lavoro 3, 2005.
“ L'effetto economico del divorzio sui figli'' in: Famiglie e mutamenti sociali (A. V.) Il Mulino 2003.
''L'offerta di lavoro” in Economia del Lavoro Il Mulino (Brucchi Luchino) 2001.
''Il Costo dei Figli,'' Assistenza Sociale. December 1999
''Offerta di Lavoro e Mercato Immobiliare,'' with Anna Lusardi, in Studi di Politica Economica (D.
Terlizzese et al.,eds.). Roma: Bank of Italy, 1998.
'Gli effetti economici del divorzio in Italia'' in Lo Studio del Divorzio in Italia ( A. De Rose ed.).
Roma: University of Rome, Statistics and Demography Institute, 1998.
''Rigidita' di Mercato e Costo dei Figli'' Polis 1, 1997
''I Trasferimenti nelle Famiglie Italiane'' in Lo Stato delle famiglie Italiane (M. Barbagli, C.
Saraceno, eds). Bologna: Il Mulino, 1997.
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''I Contributi di una Demografa all'Economia,'' with M. Di Tommaso.Rivista del Pensiero
Economico 1, 1997.
''Instabilita' Familiare e Distribuzione del Reddito''.Economia e Lavoro,1, 1993
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW:
“Household time Allocation: the theory of Sorts'' (with C. Flinn) 2007 IZA revised and resubmitted
“Endogenous Household Interactions and Labor Supply Decisions” (with C. Flinn) 2007 revised and
resubmitted
"Living Arrangements across institutional arrangements” (with M.Chiuri) 2007 CHILD WP 2407 under
review
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Children Outcomes and Parental Investments” (with C. Flinn and M. Wiswall) Collegio Carlo Alberto
2007
“Household membership in Europe” with Mc Chiuri 2008 Carlo Alberto Notebook 75, IZA 3546
“Time Use Patterns among Italian Households” (with A. Mancini and S.Pasqua)
BOOK IN PROGRESS
“Famiglie Sole” (with A. Rosina) il Mulino 2009
“Labour Economics” by G. Borjas (Italian Version) (co-editors A. Del Boca, L.Cappellari, A. Venturini
LECTURES AND SEMINARS 2005Dondena Center Bocconi May 2009
Harvard, Center for International Affairs, December 11, 2008
Center of Income and Wealth, Columbia University November 2008
Center for Advance Social Science NYU, December 2, 2008
IFS-UCL London “Modelling Household Behavior” June 17, 2008
ESPE Conference UCL London 2008
Conference on Time Use, Cergy-CNRS-CHILD Nice June 2008
American Economic Association ASSA2008 “Marriage Markets”.New Orleans January 4,2008.
IZA Bonn “Balancing Work and the Family” November 23-24 2007.
Conference on “Children Outcomes” Institute Human Development and Cultural Change, NYU, October 8,
2007
Invited Plenary lecture LOWER Volos (Greece) September 9, 2007
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SITE-Stanford, "Family Behaviour and the Aggregate Economy" Stanford, August 6-8, 2007
Relazione “Famiglia e Lavoro” Conferenza sulla Famiglia Ministero della Famiglia, Firenze May 2007
Max Planck Institute “Changes in living arrangements” Rostock 15-17 April 2007
INED "Travail et Parentalité font-il bon ménage? "Paris, March 6, 2007
CUNY Graduate Center New York February 2007
Conference “Marriage Markets” NYU-Columbia September 2006
SITE - Stanford “The Nexus between Family and Macroeconomics” August 6-8, 2005
Conference “The Rationale of Motherhood Choices” Universite de Pau, March 3, 2005
Center for Income Inequality, Columbia University February 10, 2005
Center for European Studies, New York University February 18, 2005
COURSES
Comparative Labour Markets (Ma, PhD) NYU.
Labour Economics (UG,), (MA) and (PhD) University of Turin and NYU ;
Microeconomics (UG) University of Turin
The Political Economy of the EU, (Ph.D., M.A.); NYU
Labour Markets and Industrial Relations in the EU,(Ph.D., M.A.), NYU,
Research Methods, (UG), NYU; Applied Economics, University of Turin;
CONFERENCES ORGANIZATION
Program Committee 20th ESPE European Association of Population Economics, Seville, June 2009
Program Committee European Association of Population Barcelona July 2008
Program Committee 20th ESPE European Association of Population Economics, London June 2008
Program Committee 20th ESPE European Association of Population Economics, Chicago June 2007
Program Organizer Workshop “Families in search of Welfare” Collegio Carlo Alberto November 2006
Program Co-organizer Workshop: “Social Economics” Italian Academy at Columbia University, New York
April 2006
Program Co-Organizer ESPRU-CHILD Conference “Discrete Choice Labour Supply Models”; National
University of Ireland, Galway; December 8-9 2005
Scientific Committee Conference “The Rationale of Parenthood”, Universite’ de Pau, March, 2005;
Program Co-Organizer IZA-ZEW-NYU “Interactions within the Family”, Turin 2005
Program Co-Organizer 17th ESPE, (with C. Flinn and W. Van der Klaauw) New York University 2005
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POLICY PAPERS
AREL Europa Proposte per l’Economia October 2008
Il Rischio oltre il marciapiede 22709/08 www.lavoce.info
Ma il dato non va estorto 14/01/08 www.lavoce.info
L’effimero Boom delle Nascite 17/10/07 www.lavoce.info
Chi lavora in famiglia? 10/05/07 www.lavoce.info
Pari opportunità di restare al lavoro 26/02/2007 www.lavoce.info
Perche’ il figlio resta unico 25/01/07 www.lavoce.info
Ma fa paura l’asilo nido? 3/01/07 www.lavoce.info
Il Sole 24 ore Gennaio 2007 Lavoratrici ma anche madri 6/02/07
Il Festival di Trento 2007 Intervista a Prodi Un anno di Governo
In USA va bene anche la Demografia 16/10/07 www.lavoce.info
Politiche Per famiglia a costo zero 17/’7/06 www.lavoce.info
La Famiglia nei Programmi elettorali 6/03/06 www.lavoce.info
Italiani Europei Bimestrale del Riformismo Giugno-Luglio 2007
AREL Europa economia e lavoro Luglio 2007
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