Giuseppe Migali

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

1. The effect of test anxiety on academic performance: Evidence from an RCT using biomarkers (2024) - Education Economics

2. Measuring teachers’ readiness to use ICT before the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy (2022) - Quality and Quantity

3. The Transmission of Health across Seven Generations in China, 1789-1906 (2021) - Journal of Health Economics

4. Impacts of Great Recession on sport: Evidence from English football league attendance demand (2021) - Oxford Economic Papers

5. Widespread swabs testing and the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak (2021) - Regional Studies, Regional Science

6. Spatial Variations and Clustering in the Rates of Youth Unemployment and NEET: A Comparative Analysis of Italy, Spain, and the UK (2020) - Journal of Regional Science

7. Spatial Interaction in Spending Decisions among Italian Municipalities: An Empirical Analysis (2020) - Scienze Regionali

8. The Effects of the 2006 Tuition Fee Reform and the Great Recession on University Student Dropout Behaviour in the UK (2019) - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

9. Does Inter-municipal Cooperation Promote Efficiency Gains? Evidence from Italian Municipal Unions (2018) - Journal of Regional Science

10. Estimates of the Causal Effects of Education on Earnings Over the Lifecycle with Cohort Effects and Endogenous Education (2018) - CESifo Economic Studies

11. Spillover Effects in Local Public Spending (2018) - Regional Studies

12. Personality Traits, Forgone Health Care, and High School Dropout: Evidence from US Adolescents (2017) - Journal of Economic Psychology

13. An Analysis of Consumer Response to Corruption: Italy’s Calciopoli Scandal (2016) - Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

14. The Effects of the Specialist Schools Education Policy on School and Post-school Outcomes in England (2014) - Labour

15. Funding, School Specialisation, and Test Scores: An Evaluation of the Specialist Schools Policy Using Matching Models (2013) - Journal of Human Capital

16. Funding Higher Education and Wage Uncertainty: Income Contingent Loan versus Mortgage Loan (2012) - Economics of Education Review

17. The Joint Evaluation of Multiple Educational Policies: The Case of Specialist Schools and Excellence in Cities Policies in Britain (2012) - Education Economics

18. Did the Single Market Cause Competition in Excise Taxes? Evidence from EU Countries (2009) - The Economic Journal

Editorials

• Editorial (with C. Green): Education Economics (2011-2014)

Book Chapters

• The Tax System in the United Kingdom, in Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Europe (2003)

• The impact of education and prenatal smoking on infant health: an intergenerational approach with C. Costi (Lancaster Uni-
  versity) and E. Zucchelli (Universita' Automoma Madrid)
• High school dropout and the intergenerational transmission of crime (with D. Dragone and E. Zucchelli)
• Exploring the Relationship between Personal Income Inequality, Property Values, and Property Tax Revenue over
  Time: A Panel Data Analysis for Spain (2006-2016)
  with Angela Cerra (INPS, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro) and
  Jorge Onrubia (ICEI-UCM and FEDEA)
• The effect of extracurricular activities on students’ dropout. Evidence from vocational education in Italy (with R. Iraci Capuccinello).
  Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2018. (Economics Working Papers Series).
• Projects on: the effects of the UK higher education reform on postgraduate participation; the effects of EU structural funds on youth unemployment; the effects of video assistant referee (VAR) on players behaviour and team performance; effects of risky health behaviours on education and health.

Academic Service

• Rector’s Delegate for Internationalization: Magna Graecia University (2022-present)

• President: Postgraduate Programme in Public Administrations and Society (2021-present)

• Coordinator Economic Curriculun of PhD in Law and Economics 

• Founder and Organizer: International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (2010-present)

Conference organization

International Workshop on the Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE) founded at Lancaster in 2010 with  Colin Green who subsequently moved at NTNU.

Annual conference organized together with Magna Graecia University and in collaboration with NTNU. Average number of annual submissions: 150 from prestigious universities all over the world (180 submissions in 2023).

Papers selected: 60 papers, between contributed and poster sessions. Next edition: 14th, planned on June 2025.

Keynote speakers previous editions: among the others, Brian A. Jacob (Michigan), Susan Dynarski (Harvard Orazio Attanasio (Yale), Katrine Løken (NHH), Susanna Loeb (Stanford) Sandra McNally (Surrey), Christopher Taber (Wisconsin-Madison), David Figlio (Northwestern), Petra Todd (UPenn), Peter Arcidiacono (Duke), Diane Schanzenbach (Northwestern), Lance Lochner (Western Ontario), Jesse Rothstein (Berkeley), Kjell Salvanes (Norwegian School of Economics), Holger Sieg (UPenn), Philip Oreopoulos (Toronto) and Stephen Machin (LSE).

Relevance of the conference: IWAEE is widely considered the most important and established event in the European economics of education panorama (NBER Education equivalent for Europe).

Research Projects and Grants

Income and Grants Applications

1. Nuffield Foundation (2023): Effect of Brexit and Covid-19 pandemic on education and wage gender gap: Individual and school-level analysis across TTWA in England. Grant amount: £315,000. Status: Submitted.

2. Italian Ministry of Education (2023-2027): Department of Excellence Initiative. Special grant of €7.5M. Key project includes the creation of a new PhD programme in Law and Economics. Role: Director of the Economics curriculum. Planned collaboration: Double PhD degree with Lancaster University starting September 2024.

3. PRIN Research Project of National Interest (2023-2026): The Economic Returns and Distributional Effects of Hospital Public Spending for Technological Progress in Health Care. Collaboration with the University of Palermo and the University of Calabria. Grant amount: €500,000. Status: Funded.

4. Grant: Prevention, Intervention, and Evaluation (2023-2026): Actions needed for well-functioning labour markets (PIE-WLM). Collaboration with E. Zucchelli & M. Blazquez (Autonoma Madrid). Grant amount: €78,000.

5. PRIN Research Project (2021): Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors in COVID Times. Joint project between Magna Graecia, Bologna, Venezia, and Cagliari universities. Grant amount: €1.1M. Status: Not funded.

6. NWSSDTP CASE Submission (2020-2021): Lancaster. Status: Not funded.

7. Nuffield Foundation (2019): The Long Run Effects of Competition and Educational Policy on Educational Outcomes: A Comparison of Primary and Secondary Schools. Collaboration with S. Bradley and F. Foliano (NIESR). Grant amount: Approx. £190,000. Status: Final round, not funded.

8. International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (2010-2023): Annual grant of €10,000-€15,000 from Magna Graecia University to support the workshop organization.

9. Lancaster University Employment & Recruitment Service (2016): Grant for hiring temporary staff. Project: Contribution of top-level managers to organisational performance. Grant amount: £4,000.

10. ESRC Grant (2009-2011): A Theoretical and Econometric Evaluation of Secondary and Higher Education in the UK: Funding, Financing, and Educational Outcomes. Funder reference: PTA-026-7-2256. Grant amount: £172,995. Role: Principal Investigator.

11. Calabria Region - Department of Education (2011-2013): Project: School Resources and Dropout Behaviour in Post-compulsory Education in Italy. Grant amount: €101,000. Role: Principal Investigator.

External Examiner

• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): ADR UK Research Fellowship Funding Panel Member (from 2024).

• National Science Foundation, US: External reviewer for evaluating a research proposal (from Berkeley University) for a grant of around USD 900,000.

• NRO Programme Council for Fundamental Education Research, Netherlands: International reviewer for a grant proposal of around EUR 500,000.

• Viva Panels: Examiner for PhD Dissertations at universities including Ferrara, Messina, Salerno, and Lancaster.

• Academic Recruiting Committees: Extensive experience as a member for different Italian universities.

Recent Presentations

2024

• European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, Ispra, (10 December)

• Italian Society of Labor Economics (AIEL), University of Naples, 3-5 October

• Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP),  XXX Conference, University of Cagliari, 12-13 September.

2023

• Second Annual Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Microeconomics, Crieff (2-3 May 2023)

• 13th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education, Catanzaro (18-20 June 2023)

2022

• The European Association of Labour Economists Annual Conference, Padova (8-10 September 2022)

• Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP), XXX Conference, University of Aquila (15-16 September 2022)

2020

• The Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Queen’s University Belfast (6-8 April 2020) (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

2018

• Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP), XXX Conference, University of Padova (20-21 September 2018)

• Italian Health Economics Association (AIES), XXIII Conference, University of Napoli (27-28 September 2018)

2017

• XXIX Annual Conference of The Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP), University of Catania (21-22 September 2017)

• 32nd Annual Congress of The European Economic Association, University of Lisbon (21-25 August 2017)

• Research Seminars at National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), London (25 May 2017)

• Economics Departmental Seminar, University of Ferrara (5 May 2017)

• The Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, University of Bristol (10-12 April 2017)

Reviewer Roles

International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Royal Statistics Society, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Regional Science, Health Economics, Labour Economics, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Sport Economics, International Journal of Manpower, Education Economics, Empirical Economics, Economics Bulletin, China Economic Review, International Journal of Sport Finance, European Journal of Comparative Economics.

Engagement Activities

• Open Innovation Team Education Projects: Involvement in 2023.

• Advisory Board Member: City of Catanzaro NRRP (National Recovery and Resilience Plan), from 2023.

• Collaboration with the Work Foundation: Engaged in 2023.

• Student Project with HMRC: Analyzed the effects of variation in interest rates on city council borrowing (2023).

• Social Mobility Commission: Collaboration for NWSSDTP cases (2021–2022).

• HM Government’s Open Innovation Team: Availability for education projects (2021–2022).

• Work Foundation: Involvement in an LPC tender in 2015.