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Personal Data
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Born in Lucca, august 2nd, 1975.
Marital status: single.
Military service: performed.
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Education
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1989–1994
I.T.G., C. e A. di Castellamonte
Turin (Italy) Secondary studies certificate.
Summa.
1995–2002
University of Pisa
(Italy) B.Sc. in Economics. Summa Cum Laude.
Dissertation:
“Intertemporal Consistency and Inconsistency of Consumer”. January 2004-December 2004
University of Wisconsin at Madison
(USA) Honorary Fellow (Supervisor: Prof. Steven Durlauf).
2003- 2007
Ph.D. School “Leonardo Fibonacci”
University of Pisa
Department of Economics Ph.D. in Economics
Dissertation:
“Essays on Human Capital and Economic Growth”. |
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Research interests
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Economic Growth, Human Capital, International Trade and Applied Econometrics (especially nonparametric and semi-parametric analyses).
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Awards and Grants
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- Scholarship, University of Pisa (1995-96).
- Ph.D. Scholarship, University of Pisa (2003-2006)
- Fellowship, University of Wisconsin (2004).
- Expert in Economics at University of Pisa (from 2006)
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Summer Schools
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- Barcelona Summer School in Macroeconomics, 2002: Advanced Methods for Applied Macroeconomics
- Nova Summer School 2009 on Finance Forecasting (Stochastic Volatility Analysis) - Brixen Summer School and Workshop 2009 on International Trade and Finance
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Positions
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§ September 2009: Teaching Fellow at the Bocconi University (Milan)
§ March 2009: Researcher in economics (University of Padova, Dept. of Economic Science, Faculty of Political Science)
§ Member of CICSE (Centro Universitario Crescita e Sviluppo Economico)
§ 2006-2008: Assistant professor (Prof. Carlo Casarosa) in Macroeconomics, at Faculty of Economics (University of Pisa).
§ 2005-2007: Professor at the Superior School for Linguistic Mediators (SSML) (Via Santa Maria 155, Pisa). Courses:
Decision Theory.
Elements of Economics.
Economics of European Union.
§ 2005-2007: Member of a National Interest Research Program, PRIN 2005, on Economic Growth: Institutional and Social Dynamics.
§ 2007-2009: Member of a National Interest Research Program, PRIN 2007, on Heterogeneous Sectors, Economic Growth and Technical Progress.
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Working Papers and Publications
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Bassetti T., (2008), “Human Capital and Economic Growth: A Selective Survey,” collection Economic Growth: Institutional and Social Dynamics, Working Paper 018, mimeo.
Bassetti T., (2009), “Education and Poverty in a Solow Growth Model,” in Long-run Growth and the Standard of Life, ed. Neri Salvadori and Arrigo Opocher. Edward Elgar Publishing. Bassetti T., (2009), “Human Capital, International Trade and Technology Diffusion,” collection Economic Growth: Institutional and Social Dynamics, Working Papers 019, (forthcoming in Economia Politica - Journal of analytical and institutional economics). Bassetti T., (2009), “Trading Knowledge,” Journal of Computational Optimization in Economics and Finance, JCOEF, vol. 1(2). Bassetti T., (2009), “Education As a Social Agreement” (IMAEF-2009, proceedings). Bassetti T., A.M. Lavezzi, (2009), “Skill Demand and Supply in the Italian Labour Market: A Multisectoral Approach,” (in progress) Bassetti T., D. Favaro, (2009), "A growth model with time allocation and social participation," MPRA Paper 15969, University Library of Munich, Germany.
Bassetti T., L. Corazzini, D. Cortes, (2009), “Crime and Labour Market,” (in progress)
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Conferences
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February 2005
Lunch Seminar
University of Pisa (Italy)
Paper: Multiple Equilibria in a Modified Solow-Swan Model
(Education and Poverty in a Solow Growth Model). June 2006
12th International Conference in Computational Economics and Finance (Cyprus)
Paper: Multiple Equilibria in a Modified Solow-Swan Model
(Education and Poverty in a Solow Growth Model). April 2007
Workshop on Economic Growth (Pisa-Italy)
Paper presented:
Education and Poverty in a Solow Growth Model.
May 2007
Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Hamburg-Germany)
Paper presented:
Human Capital, Trade and Nonlinear Growth.
December 2007
The Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution
(Lucca-Italy) Paper presented:
Education and Poverty in a Solow Growth Model.
May 2007
Seminar at the University of Padua
(Dept. of Economics) Paper presented:
Human Capital, International Trade and Technology Diffusion.
June 2008
Ioannina Meeting on Applied Economics and Finance
(IMAEF 2008, Ioannina-Greece) Paper presented:
Human Capital, International Trade and Technology Diffusion.
June 2009
Ioannina Meeting on Applied Economics and Finance
(IMAEF 2009, Ioannina-Greece) Paper presented:
Education as a social agreement.
July 2009
University of Pisa (seminar)
Paper presented:
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Foreign Languages
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English (fluent) (TOEFL internet-based test 115/120)
Spanish (advanced)
French (school level)
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Computer
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Operative Systems: Windows and Mac.
Software: Office, Lotus, Macromedia and many others.
Econometric software: Matlab, Maple, S-Plus.
Internet tools.
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Hobbies
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Reading (especially philosophical and psychological essays), soccer, swimming, ski and travels.
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