Curriculum vitae et studiorum

Maria Laura Di Tommaso

Current positions

 

Associate Professor in Economics, Faculty of Political Science, University of Torino , Italy .

Lecture courses: Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences, Gender and Poverty,  Microeconomics.

 

 

Previous positions

 

·         Lecturer in Economics, Faculty of Political Science, University of Torino, Italy, from 2002 to 2010.

·         Research Associate in the Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge , from October 1999 until December 2001.

·         College Lecturer in Economics, Robinson College , University of Cambridge (from October 1999 until December 2001).

·         Director of Economic Studies at Robinson College , University of Cambridge (from October 1999 until December 2001)

·         From September 1997 until August 1999, Research Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge .

·         Researcher in the Research Unit of San Paolo Bank, Torino , Italy , from 1988 until 1997.

 

 

Education

·         Degree in Political Science, specialisation in Economics, 18-3-1987, University of Rome La Sapienza .

·         M.Sc. in Economics, Department of Economics and Related Studies of the University of York , 1992.

·         Doctorate in Economic Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza ”, January 1997.

·         Post Doctoral Degree in Economic and Statistical Sciences awarded by the Department of Economics “Cognetti De Martiis” of the University of Turin .

 

 

Teaching

·         Lecture course in Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Turin , academic year 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11.

·         Member of the Scuola di Dottorato Vilfredo Pareto, University of Torino, Italy.

·         Lecture course in Gender and Poverty, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Turin, academic year 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11.

·         Doctoral lecture course in Family and the Labour Market, Advanced Programme in Labour Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo , academic year 2007-08.

·         Lecture course in Economics of Gender, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Turin , academic year 2003-2004, 2004-2005.

·         Lecture course in Microeconomics, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Turin , academic year 2003-2004, 2004-2005.

·         Director of Studies, Robinson College, University of Cambridge, academic years 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002.

·         Lecture course in Economics of Inequality, academic year 2001-2002, Economic Tripos, Part I, Paper 1, University of Cambridge (shared course with Dr Paul Ryan).

·         Examiner for the Part II of the Economics Tripos,  Microeconomics, University of Cambridge , academic year 2000-2001.

·         Supervisor of Microeconomics, first year, for Robinson College , University of Cambridge , academic year 2000-2001, 2001-2002.

·         Supervisor of Microeconomics, for Preliminary examination (II year), for Robinson College , University of Cambridge , academic years 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002.

·         Supervisor of Microeconomics, for Preliminary examination (II year), for Trinity Hall and Corpus Christ College, University of Cambridge, academic years, 2000-2001, 2001-2002.

·         Supervisor of Microeconomics, year 1, for Robinson College, New Hall College and Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, academic year 1999-2000.

 

 

Other scientific activities

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Feminist Economics.

Scientific advisor for the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo , Norway .

 

 

 

Honors, Fellowships, Scholarships, Memberships

 

·         Founder Member of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) in Europe

·         Member of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE).

·         Member of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA)

·         Member of European Society for Population Economics (ESPE)

·         Member of the Italian Association of Labour Economists (AIEL)

·         Member of the Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD)

·         Fellow of  Robinson College

·         Senior Member of Wolfson College , University of Cambridge .

·         Foreign and Commonwealth Scholarship awarded by the British Council, Sept 1990.

·         Doctorate Scholarship awarded by the University of Rome “ La Sapienza ” ,  Doctorate in Economic Sciences for three academic years.

·         Post-Doctoral Scholarship in Economic and Statistical Sciences awarded by the Department of Economics “Cognetti De Martiis” of the University of Turin .

 

 

 

Visiting Positions

 

·         Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo , Norway , July 2007 and July 2008

·         Department of Economics, The George Washington University , Washington Dc, June 2003.

·         Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University , Tokyo , August 2003.

 

 

Selection of papers accepted at conferences in the last 3 years

 

·         Bodily Integrity of Italian Women: exploring freedom of choice, annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics, Buenos Aires , 22-24 July 2010.

·         Gender Differences in Italian Children Capabilities, 2010 Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association, Amman, University of Jordan, 21-23 September 2010.

·         Gender quotas in Italy. A Random Utility Model of Voting Behaviour, 50° Riunione scientifica annuale, Societa’ Italiana degli Economisti,  Roma 22-24 October 2009.

·         Gender quotas in Italy . A Random Utility Model of Voting Behaviour, 18th Workshop in Political Economy,  Silvaplana, Switzerland, 25-29 July 2009.

·         Children Capabilities and Family Characteristics in Italy, 30th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Portoroz, Slovenia, August 24–30, 2008

·         Children capabilities and family characteristics in Italy, Annual Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association, New School, New York, Sept. 2007

·         Measurement Issues and the Capability Approach, Pre-conference Introductory Lecture, Annual Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association, New School, New York , Sept. 2007

·         Children Well being and Family Characteristics. Towards a measure of educational and play characteristics, International Conference Policies for Happiness, Siena June 2007.

·         As bad as it gets. Well being  deprivation of sexually exploited trafficked women, 16° Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics, Bangkok , Thailand , June 29-July 1, 2007

 

 

 

Organisation of workshops.

·         Women’s work and education in the global economy. 17° Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), Palazzo del Rettorato, Torino , 19-21 June 2008.

·         Analysis of migration flows at risk: prostitution and trafficking. Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Torino , 17-18 March 2006.

·         Family, Gender, Work: equilibria and disequilibria. The Interdepartmental Centre for Women's Studies of Turin University ,  28-29 Maggio 2003.

·         Labour Supply /Microsimulation Workshop. Department of Applied Economics and Robinson College , University of Cambridge , 20-21 Febbraio 2001.  

 

 

 

Research Project: Participation and Organisation

·          “ Measuring interaction between quality of life, children well-being, work and public policies” project funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena e Reggio Emilia in co-operation with  Centro Analisi Politiche Pubbliche, Universita’ di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 2008-2010.

·         “ Labour supply of medical doctors and nurses in the Norwegian Health Sector”, project funded by the Norwegian Research Council in co-operation with the  Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, 2007-2010.

·          “Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and Prostitution”, project funded by the Italian University and Scientific Research Ministry and by the Department of Economics “Cognetti de Martiis”, in co-operation with the IOM (International Organisation for Migration) and UNDC (United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime), 2005-2006.

·          “A Random Utility Approach to part time and shift work in the Norwegian Health Sector” ,  project funded by the Frisch Centre for Economic Research, years 2005-2006.

·         “Voting and Gender. Affirmative politics in Italy”, project funded by the Italian University and Scientific Research Ministry and by the Department of Economics “Cognetti de Martiis”, academic years 2004-2005.

·         “The harmonisation of tax policies; individual and family choices in the labour market” project funded by Compagnia di San Paolo, Sep. 2000 - Sept 2001.

·         “Fiscal Policy, Parenting and Business Organisation”, funded by ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge , Sept 1997 – Aug. 1999. 

·         “The Impact of Economic Reform on Transition Economies: Initial Conditions, Institutional Reforms and Structural Change”, funded by European Bank for Recostruction and Development, London , 1999-2000.

·         ”Models of Family Economics Useful for Social Policy Evaluation”, national research project funded by the Italian University and Scientific Research Ministry, and directed by Prof. Ugo Colombino, 1998 – 2002.

·         “Unemployment and low activity level in Italy: specific causes and solutions”, national research project funded by the Italian University and Scientific Research Ministry, directed by Prof. Michele Salvati, 1996-97.

·         “Fertility and participation: dynamic simultaneous models ”, national research project funded by the Italian University and Scientific Research Ministry directed by Prof. Alessandro Cigno, 1993-95.

 

 

 

Refereeing

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Journal of Population Economics

Labour

Feminist Economics

Journal of Socio-economics

Review of Economics of the Household

European Journal of Political Economy

Social Science and Medicine