Daniela Del Boca
Address
Department of Economics and Statistics
University of Turin,
Via Lungodora 100 Torino 10153
dani.delboca at unito.it
Collegio Carlo Alberto
Via Real Collegio 30 Moncalieri
10024 Torino
Education
Ph D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1988, Thesis Title: “Labor Market Adjustment under Tradeunionism'' Committee (Mark Gertler, Nobu Kyotaki, Craig Olson).
Essex Summer School Data Analysis and Econometrics
Laurea, Economics, Honours, University of Turin
Academic Positions
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Turin
Director CHILD (Centre for Household Income, Labour, and Demographics)
Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Director of Doctoral Program in Economics Vilfredo Pareto, University of Turin 2010Co-Editor Labour (Review of Labour Economics)
Associate Editor, Review of Economics of the Household
Fellowships and Honours
Member of the General Council, Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino 2012Scientific Committee, Confindustria Rome 2014Scientific Committee, D’Agliano Center Turin.2014Advisory Board, Transatlantic Forum for Inclusive Early Years, King Baudoin Foundation 2012Member of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Institute (HCEO), University of Chicago
2012Committee for the Prize in Honour of Etta Chiuri 2009Scientific Committee, Save the Children Italia “Educational Poverty” Program 2014Scientific Council, Centro Dondena, Bocconi University
Research Fellow, IZA (Bonn) 2000Research Scientist, IHDSC (Institute for Human Development and Social Change) NYU 2005Order of the Merit (Commander) of the Italian Republic (for Research on Family Policies) 2007
Past Positions
Board of Directors, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2011-2014
Advisory Board, Ministry of the Family 2007.
Committee for the Evaluation of Balancing Work and the Family Ministry of Labor 2014
Member of ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research) 2011-2013
Member of the Selection Committee: "B. Stringher"- Banca d’Italia Scholarships Program 2010
Council Member ESPE (European Society Population Economists) 2007-2011
Fellow, Italian Academy at Columbia University Fall 2003
Visiting Professor Economics Johns Hopkins Fall 2004
Fellow, Center for European Studies CES (NYU) Fall 2001-2003
President ESPE (European Society Population Economists) 2000
Grants and Awards
Leibnitz Association Award (Principal Investigator Helmut Rainer) "Economic uncertainty and the Family"
Munich 2015-2018
NSF, "Actors in Child development Process" Co-I (Principal Investigator Christopher Flinn) 2014-2016
FP7-SSH-2012“Families and Societies” Leader of Work-package “Child Care Arrangements and Child
outcomes (Principal Investigator Livia Olah, University of Stockholm). 2013-2017
Jacobs Foundation Award “Evaluating the Impact of the Infant Toddler Centers and Preschools on
Children: The Reggio Approach” (Principal Investigator James J. Heckman Chicago) 2012-2016
PRIN (Ministry of University) “Quality and Quantity of Children” Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator
Francesco Billari, Bocconi) 2011-2013
Expert Social Situation Monitor 2013-2017 DG EMPL European CWPR (Vienna) and ISER (Essex) 2013-2016
and FP7 Improve 2015.
Collegio Carlo Alberto Award “Parental Investments and Children Outcomes” (Principal Investigator) 20102013
IHDSC (New York University) Award “Behavioural and Cognitive Children Outcomes” (Co-Investigator)
(Principal Investigator Matt Wiswall) New York University) 2010-2011
EC Project "Child Poverty in Italy" DG Research Child Poverty in the European Union 2009-2010
PRIN “The scientific evaluation of income support policies” (Principal Investigator Tito Boeri (Bocconi))
2007-2009
EC Project 6th Frame Work Programme “Wages in Europe: The socio-economic determinants of
citizens' work life using data from the continuous web-based European Wage Indicator Survey”.
(Italian Coordinator) 2004-2007
EC Project “Women in Science and Technology” European Commission Research 2005-2006
MURST (Ministry of University) “Models of Family Economics and Social Policy” 2003-2005
EC Project, Award “The Rationale of Motherhood Choices“ (Italian Coordinator), (Principal
Investigator Daniele Meulders ULB) 2001-2005
MURST (Ministry of Italian University) “Income Inequality Between and Within Families. An Analysis
of the Historical Archive of the Bank of Italy” 2001-2002
Compagnia San Paolo Grant “Households Income Distribution and Income Inequality”(Project
Director), 2000-2002
CNR “Household Taxation: Analysis and Policies” (Project Director), 2000-2001
Compagnia San Paolo Grant “Trends in Male and Female Employment” (Project Director), 1998-2001
IRP (Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin) (with C. Flinn) “The Effect of
Percentage and Fixed Income Awards on Child Support Compliance “1994-1995
NIH (National Institute of Health Award) (C. Flinn PI), “Child Support models and Interaction between
divorced parents,”1993-1996
Workshops and Lectures 2011-2016
"Invited Lecture, International Conference “Opportunities to Improve and Expand High-Quality Early
Childhood Services “TFIEY Transatlantic Forum for Investing in Young Children February 4, 2016 Turin
''Economic Crisis and the family'' Cesifo Sept 17-18, 2015, Munich.
''Child care arrangements and social inequalities'' Edulife Workshop, May 22, 2015 EUI, Florence.
''The impact of child care on child non cognitive outcomes'' in Actors in Child development process.
Collegio Carlo Alberto, May 9, 2015 Turin
''Combating children’s Poverty'' European Science Foundation May 20, 2015 Milan
''Child care quality and non-cognitive outcomes'' International Workshop “Evaluating the Reggio Children
Approach” Jacobs Foundation, May 8, 2015 Reggio Emilia
''Conditional Cash Transfers and Child Outcomes'' February 5, 2015 IHDSC-NYU, New York
"Investing in Young Children'' Invited Lecture, Transatlantic Forum for Investing in
December 3, 2014 Naples
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Young Children
''Breaking the Glass Ceiling'' Plenary Speaker Festival of Economics May 39, 2014 Trento.\
''Investire nell’ Infanzia'' Plenary Speaker, Conference of the Ministery of Labour, March 2014 Bari
Workshop Dondena Center (Bocconi University) 20-21 February 2014, Milan
Invited Lecture ''Child Care, Family Characteristics and Child Outcomes'', EC Workshop, Dec 4,
2013,Brussels
Invited Lecture ''Economic Approach to Child Development'', British Academy IFS May 8, 2013,
London
''Diritto di Asilo'' Collegio Carlo Alberto and Compagnia San Paolo 23 April, 2013 Turin
Invited Lecture, ''Womenomics'', Rome, December 4, 2012 Rome
Invited Lecture Segnavie, Cariparo Foundation, September 27, 2012, Padova
Conference ''Family Inequality, Bank of Italy Workshop, June 26, 2012, Rome
Conference Unexplored Dimensions of discrimination, Fondazione De Benedetti, June 8, 2012,
Trani.
Dondena CHILD Bank of Italy, Quantity and Quality of Children, Bocconi University, April 1-2, 2012,
Milan
Invited Lecture Conference ''Gender Economics'', Bank of Italy, March 7, 2012, Rome
Workshop CHILD-RECENT Family, education and Social Capital University of Modena March 5,
2012, Modena.
Invited lecture IHDSC (NYU) The Impacts of Child care on Mothers and Children in Italy January 30,
2012
Conference in honour of Gary Becker Paris School INED October 2011, Paris
ICREA-MOVE Conference on Family Economics March 2011, Barcelona
ASSA2011 Household choices and children outcomes, January 7, 2011, Denver
Washington University Living arrangement in Europe October 11, 2011, St Louis
Workshop Jacobs Foundation-Reggio Children, June 14, 2011, Reggio Emilia
Conference organization 2010-2016
Program Committee EALE Ghent 2016
Workshop Actors in Child Development Process Carlo Alberto May 25, 2015
Workshop Childcare determinants and consequences Carlo Alberto June 2014
Workshop Children Outcomes across Different Environments Collegio Carlo Alberto, June 10, 2013
Workshop Child care and Mothers’ Employment Collegio Carlo Alberto October 1, 2012
Conference Parental Investments and Child Outcomes Collegio Carlo Alberto May 28-29, 2012
Conference on The Economics of the Family, Paris October 2011
Program Committee, Conference in memoria of Etta Chiuri University of Bari July, 2010
Program Committee, Conference Population Policies in Europe and North America University of Louvain,
November 18, 2019
Program Committee, Conference Global Perspectives on Public and Private Investments in Children joint
with NYU Collegio Carlo Alberto, October 16-17, 2010
Publications
Books
Valorizzare le donne conviene ( with L. Mencarini and S. Pasqua) Il Mulino 2012
Economia del Lavoro (G. Borjas) edizione italiana (co-editor with A.Del Boca., L.Cappellari., A.Venturin)
Brioschi Editore 2010.
Famiglie Sole (with A Rosina) Mulino Bologna 2009
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
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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
Editor, Special Issue of Structural Change and Economic Dynamics “The Economics of the Family”
North Holland 1998
Articles
''Parental and child time and cognitive development of adolescents” (with C. Monfardini and C. Nicoletti)
forthcoming Journal of Labor Economics
''Transfers to families with children and child outcomes" (with C. Flinn and M.Wiswall) forthcoming
Economic Journal
"When rationing plays a role" (with C. Pronzato and G. Sorrenti) forthcoming CESIFO Economic Studies
2016
''Childcare, family characteristics and child outcomes: An analysis of Italian data” (with S. Pasqua e S.
Suardi) forthcoming European Journal of Population, 2016
"Does the availability of child care impact child outcomes?" (with Ylenia Brilli and Chiara Pronzato) Review
of the Economics of the Household March , 2016
''Child care Choices and Child Outcomes" IZA World of Labor March 2015
"Household Behavior and Marriage Market" (with C. Flinn) Journal of Economic Theory 150: 137-155,
2014
''Household Choices and Child Development'' (with C. Flinn and M. Wiswall) Review of Economic Studies
81:137-185, 2014
''Endogenous Household Interactions'', (with C. Flinn), Journal of Econometrics 166:49-65, 2012
''Why women’s employment growth in Italy has been so slow? (with A. Giraldo) Journal of Modern Italian
Studies Vol.19, October, 2013
''Parental Time and Child Outcomes: Does Gender Matters?" (with A. Mancini) Temi di discussione n.187,
Bank of Italy June 2012
"Household Membership Decisions of Adult Children:", (with M.C. Chiuri). Labour, 24:3-24 ,2011
''Home Leaving Decisions of Daughters and Sons'' (with M.C. Chiuri) The Review of the Economics of
the Household, 8:393-408, 2010
''Life Cycle Employment and Fertility across Institutional Environments'' (with R. Sauer) European
Economic Review 53:274-292, 2009
"Motherhood and Employment in Institutional Contexts: an European Perspective”(with C.
Pronzato, S. Pasqua) Oxford Economic Papers 61:147-171, 2009
''The Mismatch between Labour Supply and Child care'' (with D. Vuri) Journal of Population
Economics, 20:805-832, 2007
''Employment and Fertility '' (with S. Pasqua and C. Pronzato) Labour, 19:51-77, 2005
''Child care Choices of Working Mothers" (with M.Locatelli e D. Vuri) The Review of the Economics of the
Household 3:453-477, 2005
''Labour Market Participation of Italian Mothers'' (with S. Pasqua), 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. 49:221-245, 2003
'Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: the Role of Institutions'' Journal of Population Economics vol.
16:399- 424, 2003.
"Credit Market Constraints and Labor Market Decision" (with A. Lusardi) Labour Economics, 10:681-703,
2003
"Visitations and Transfers after divorce" (with R. Ribero) The Review of the Economics of the
Household 1:187-204, 2003
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''The Effect of Child Care and Part-time Employment on Labor Supply and Fertility" Journal of
Population Economics 15:549-573, 2002.
''The Effect of Child Support Policies on Visitations and Transfers'' (with Rocio Ribero) American
Economic Review 91:130-134 (May 2001)
''Labor Market Decisions of Husbands and Wives,'' (with M. Locatelli and S. Pasqua) Labour 14:3552, 2000.
''Transfers in Non-Intact Households,'' (with Rocio Ribero) Structural Change and Economic
Dynamics.9:469-478,1998.
''An Evaluation of Child Support Reforms'' Labour 4, 1996
''Rationalizing Child Support Decisions'' (with C. Flinn). American Economic Review 85:1241-1263
1995.
''Expenditure Decisions of Divorced Mothers and Income Composition'' (with C. Flinn) Journal of
Human Resources 29:742-76, 1994.
''Post-Divorce Transfers and the Labor Supply of Mother”s. Labour, 1994.
''The Effect of Taxation on Labour Supply in Italy'' with U. Colombino. Journal of Human Resources
25:390-414, 1990.
Chapter in Books
''Migration is greasing the wheels of Italian welfare State” (with A. Venturini) in “Labor Migration,
the EU enlargement and the Great Recession'' (Kahanec M and K. Zimmerman editors) Springer
2016
“Child care arrangements and social Inequalities in the UK” in Child Care and inequalities (editor
H. Blossfeld) Elgar 2016
"Child poverty and Child well being:a comparative framework'' (with A. Mancini) in Family WellBeing: European Perspectives (editor A. Moreno Miguez ) Social Indicators Research Series Springer
2012.
''An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Social Policies on Fertility and Labour Market Participation
and Earnings of European Women'', with S. Pasqua, C. Pronzato and C. Wetzels) Social Policies
Labour Markets and Motherhood, Cambridge University Press 2008
''Motherhood and Work Status: a survey'' in Social Policies, Labor 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.
''Labor Policies and Women's Labor Force Participation,'' in Families, Labour Markets, and Gender
(E. Drew, et al, editors.). 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,
1994.
''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.
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Articles (in Italian)
"Investire nella prima infanzia" Cittadini in crescita Istituto degli Innocenti March 2015
“Rassegna della letteratura su investimenti nella prima infanzia” Biblioteca Innocenti Library March 2015
''L'occupazione femminile e le politiche di conciliazione: disparità tra generazioni negli ultimi quarant'anni''
(with A. Giraldo) in Generazioni Diseguali (U. Trivellato and Schizzerotto) Mulino 2011
''Introduzione Womenomics Edizione Il Sole24ore Milano 2010
''Crediti, Congedi e nidi'' in Le Riforme che mancano (A. Dell Aringa e T. Treu) Il Mulino 2009
"Vincoli e Strategie delle donne in Italia” Rivista di Politiche Sociali, June 2009
''Il Differenziale di genere e condizione lavorativa” in Dall’ Università al Lavoro (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 ( M. Barbagli and C.
Saraceno eds.) 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.
''Rigidita' di Mercato e Costo dei Figli'' Polis 1, 1997
''I Contributi di una Demografa all'Economia,'' (with M. Di Tommaso).Rivista del Pensiero Economico
1, 1997.
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.
Working Papers
"Early care and Child outcomes: the role of grandparents" (with D. Piazzalunga and C. Pronzato) WP CHILD
under review
"Evaluating the Impact of the Infant Toddler Centers and Preschools on Children: The Reggio Approach"
(with P. Biroli, G. Conti, C. Giudici. L. Heckman, M. Nicolosi, C. Pronzato) mimeo University of Chicago 2015
"The impact of Child care costs and availability on mothers’ labor supply" Improve DP 15/04 2015
"Child care arrangements and labor supply" IDB Working paper 88074 Inter-American Development Bank
May 2015
Work in Progress
"Children as actors in human capital investments" (with C. Flinn and M. Wiswall) mimeo NSF 2015
“Child care arrangements and social Inequalities in the UK” Edulife Project EUI Florence (paper under
preparation for the volume Elgar ) 2016
“Evaluation of a Conditional Cash Transfer for families with young children” Compagnia San Paolo Ufficio
Pio, Torino.
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