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Daniela Iorio

Part-time Professor

Florence School of Transnational Governance

Contact info

daniela.iorio@eui.eu

Administrative contact

Martha Rigott

Working languages

Italian, English

Daniela Iorio

Part-time Professor

Florence School of Transnational Governance

Biography

Daniela Iorio is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna and a faculty member of the Florence School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and has previously taught at the University of Southern California, Claremont McKenna College, the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the California Institute of Technology and the University of New South Wales.

Her research spans Political Economy, Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, and Health Economics. Her work has been published in leading international journals, including the Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, and the Journal of Health Economics.

She is the recipient of the Oliver E. Williamson Prize for Best Article in the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization and of the Rita Levi Montalcini Research Grant (MIUR). She currently serves as Associate Editor of the European Economic Review.

Recent research output

Additional information

  • Who Turns Out to Vote? A Fresh Look at an Old Question (2026), with G. Bellettini, C. Berti-Ceroni, C. Monfardini, and G. Prarolo. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
  • The Fiscal Effect of Political Tenure (2025), with A. Cintolesi and A. Mattozzi. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
  • Negative Advertising and Political Competition (2016), with A. Gandhi and C. Urban. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
  • Parental Investments and Engagement: New Measures from a Parental Time App (2025), with M. Bigoni, S. Bortolotti, M. Fort, A. Guarini, C. Monfardini, A. Sansavini, D. Sansone, and C. Suttora. Review of Economics of the Household.
  • Mindful Parenting Intervention MinUTo App for Parents of Preschool Children: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial (2022), with A. Guarini, A. Sansavini, C. Suttora, S. Bortolotti, M. Fort, C. Monfardini, and M. Bigoni. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  • Health Outcomes, Personality Traits, and Eating Disorders (2021), with J. Ham and M. Sovinski. Economic Policy.
  • Weight, Reference Points, and the Onset of Eating Disorders (2019), with T. Arduini and E. Patacchini. Journal of Health Economics.
  • Caught in the Bulimic Trap? Persistence and State Dependence of Bulimia Among Young Women (2013), with J. Ham and M. Sovinski. Journal of Human Resources.

  • A Quantitative Theory of the HIV Epidemic: Education, Risky Sex, and Asymmetric Learning (2024), with C. Alemán and R. Santaeulalia-Llopis. CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP18733.
  • The Unequal Battle Against Infertility: Theory and Evidence from IVF Success and Drop-Out Rates (2024), with F. Groes, A. Houstecka, and R. Santaeulalia-Llopis. CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP18766