She is also a Coordinator of the Poverty and Development Program at Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, Research Fellow at IZA and Co-Editor of the B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy. Her main research interests are in the fields of Development Economics, Household and Population Economics, Applied Microeconomics. Her recent research works cover topics such as international migration and labor markets in developing countries; the economics of migration networks; the determinants of human capital investment (health, education); land issues and farm household wellbeing. Professor Mariapia Mendola teaches Development Economics (graduate) and International Economics (undergraduate) at the Università di Milano Bicocca.