Luca Tiberti

Luca Tiberti has a Ph.D. in development economics from the University of Florence (2008). His main research interests are applied microeconomics, poverty and socio-economic impact of climate shocks. He worked between 2008 and 2010 as a researcher at UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. After three years as a researcher at UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, he joined PEP and Laval University in January 2011. During his time at Laval, he has moved from post-doctorate researcher, to research fellow, assistant professor and, in 2021, associate professor. From November 2020, he is assistant professor at the University of Florence. He is the scientific director of PEP's micro policy analysis team (PMMA), resource person and member of PEP's program committee. He is the director of the graduate PEP-Laval University microprogram on Applied Development Economics. He has published in journals such as Economic Journal, Economic Development and Cultural Change, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, World Development, Food Policy, Review of Income and Wealth, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Nutrition, Economics of Transition and Journal of African Economies. Download the CV

Projects

Title	Country	Themes
Electrification rurale, autonomisation de la femme et bien-être du ménage en milieu rural en Côte d’Ivoire	Cote D'Ivoire	Gender & women’s empowerment
The role of non-farming activities on rural farming households in Lesotho: a gender perspective	Lesotho	Gender & women’s empowerment , Labour markets and employment
Fertility Response to Climate Shocks	Canada	Agriculture and food security , Climate change
Validating the collective model of household consumption using direct evidence on sharing	Canada	Poverty and Inequality
School or work? The role of weather shocks in Madagascar	Canada	Education and training , Labour markets and employment , Youth and children , Climate change
RFP - Examining the Impact of Early Childbearing on Labor Market Outcomes	Brazil	Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
A top-down behaviour (TDB) microsimulation toolkit for distributive analysis	Canada	Poverty and Inequality
Access to child care and mothers’ employment quality: lessons from Chile	Chile	Gender & women’s empowerment , Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Can Urbanization Improve Household Welfare and Provide Inclusive Opportunities? The Case of Urban Expansion in Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Poverty and Inequality
Youth unemployment and transition from School to work in Benin	Benin	Education and training , Labour markets and employment
Cognitive Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth in Indonesia	Indonesia	Education and training , Entrepreneurship
Poverty, Inequality and Oil Exploitation in Chad	Chad	Poverty and Inequality
Reduction of child poverty in Serbia: balancing between improved cash-transfers and policies that pro	Serbia	Poverty and Inequality , Youth and children , Social protection
The Dynamics of Microcredit Borrowings in Cambodia	Cambodia	Financial inclusion
The Impact of Child and Youth Labor on his/her Performance in School	Brazil	Education and training , Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Policy alternatives to enhance equity for children in Jordan: context of consumption subsidies reform	Jordan	Poverty and Inequality , Youth and children
Impact of Increased Public Education Spending on Growth and Poverty in Uganda	Uganda	Poverty and Inequality , Fiscal policy , Youth and children
Estimating the Impact on Poverty of Ghana’s Fuel Subsidy Reform and a Mitigating Response	Ghana	Poverty and Inequality , Fiscal policy
The Effect of input-trade liberalization on Nonfarm and Farm Labor Participation in Rural Vietnam	Viet Nam	Labour markets and employment , Globalization and trade , Agriculture and food security
Bayesian Spatial-Propensity Score Matching Evaluation of the Regional Effects of Microfinance in Bolivia	Bolivia	Financial inclusion
Access to Credit and Women Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Gender & women’s empowerment , Entrepreneurship
Is there discrimination against women entrepreneurs in formal credit markets in Nigeria?	Nigeria	Gender & women’s empowerment , Entrepreneurship , Financial inclusion
Estimating economic effects of emigration and remittances on the left-behind in Cambodia	Cambodia	Globalization and trade
UNICEF-Uganda	N/A
Simulating the Distributive Impacts of Different Growth Strategies in Pakistan	Pakistan	Fiscal policy
Simulating the distributive impacts of different growth strategies in China	China	Poverty and Inequality
Simulating the Distributive Impacts of Different Growth Strategies in the Philippines	Philippines	Fiscal policy
Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in Ghana	Ghana	Globalization and trade , Youth and children
Incidences de la crise économique mondiale de 2008/09 et des options de politiques de réponse sur la	Cameroon	Fiscal policy , Globalization and trade
Simulation des effets de la crise économique et des politiques de réponse sur les enfants en Afrique	Burkina Faso	Poverty and Inequality , Youth and children
Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in West and Cent	Africa - subregion	Globalization and trade , Youth and children

Details

Professeur Luca Tiberti
Professor
University of Florence
Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)

Contact information:

Via delle Pandette 9
Florence
Italy
50127
T: +39 055 275 9669
F: 1-418-656-2707
luca.tiberti@unifi.it
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