Michele di

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About Michele di

Michele Di Maio is Full Professor of Economics at the University Sapienza of Rome (Italy). He is an expert in the analysis of the relation between violence, conflict, and economic activity and in the measurement of violence and conflict in household surveys. His research focuses on the study of the impact of conflict on individual-level outcomes – including employment, migration, education, fertility, and health, and how the worsening in the economic conditions may lead to an increase in conflict intensity. In his most recent research he uses micro-economic data to analyze the impact of conflict on firm performance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Libya. His research has been published in leading academic journals such as Journal of the European Economic Association, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Demography, and World Bank Economic Review. He has worked as a consultant on issues related to conflict, trade policy, and industrial development for World Bank, UNIDO, UNCTAD, UNECA, ESCWA, ECLAC, IPD Initiative, and IGC. Michele Di Maio received his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Siena and his BA from Bocconi University. Before joining the University Sapienza, he was associate Professor at the University of Naples Parthenope in Italy.