🔍New research highlight! A new paper by USI Lugano - Department of Economics graduates Giuseppe Di Giacomo (ifo Institut ) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on ILR Review ! They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US. #EconTwitter

Congrats to Elias Papaioannou on being elected by EEA members Vice President 2026. Congrats also to Florin Bilbiie 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 Julia Cage Pierre Dubois Patricia Funk Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦 Libertad González Dorothea Kübler Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert on being elected to Council.

Today Gabriela Deschamps (UCL) presented “Motherhood and Violence”. Using Mexican survey data, she showed that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.

👏Congratulations to Patricia Funk on being elected to the EEA Council (2026–2031)! We are proud as USI Lugano - Department of Economics to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics. Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk. #USIecon #EconTwitter

📢Launching today the official LinkedIn page of the Department of Economics (USI Lugano - Department of Economics) at Università della Svizzera italiana! 🎉 A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH) Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs! 👉 linkedin.com/company/usi-id…

📢Meet the 2025–26 USI Lugano - Department of Economics Job Market Candidates! We are proud to introduce our #JMC: Tai Lo Yeung and floramarchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research. Explore all candidates and their #JMPs here: idep.usi.ch/job-market #EconJobMarket

You want to do a PhD in Economics? Come join us here USI Lugano - Department of Economics in beautiful Lugano to do economic research on real-world problems We are a group of young applied economists who are research active & want to learn from & with you! Apply here 👇 inomics.com/job/fully-fund…

Matthias Rodemeier (Università Bocconi) presented “Positive vs. Normative Disagreement in Optimal Income Taxation”. With Gregory Sun (WashU), he tests views on helping low-income people: most are generous on private transfers, but oppose tax-based redistribution due to gov. aversion.