He is also affiliated with NBER, CEPR, SIEPR and IZA. He holds a BA in International Trade and Currency Markets from Istituto Universitario Navale in Naples, and a PhD from University College, London. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association, Quantitative Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, and the Journal of Applied Econometrics. His research interests are in labour economics and applied econometrics.