Fabio Clementi

Fabio Clementi is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Macerata, affiliated with the Department of Political Sciences, Communication and International Relations. His research focuses on income/wealth distribution, business cycles, and agent-based modeling. He has contributed to over 100 publications, including books like The κ-Statistics Approach to Income Distribution Analysis (2025) and articles in journals such as Economies and Journal of Income Distribution. His work examines global issues like pandemic impacts on income inequality, polarization in Africa, and gender labor equality.

Key research themes include: (1) Distributional economics (income, wealth, firm size), (2) Agent-based modeling validation, (3) Poverty estimation methodologies, and (4) Historical economic cycles. Recent studies analyze polarization trends, policy implications of inequality, and structural economic inequities.

Teaching responsibilities include Development Economics modules (inclusivity, inequality analysis), Quantitative Methods for Economics, and political economy courses at undergraduate/graduate levels. He advises international organizations like the World Bank on poverty measurement frameworks.

Notable contributions include proposing new statistical models for income distribution (κ-generalized family) and exposing underestimation of inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa due to measurement biases. Current research explores post-pandemic economic disparities and structural crises in capitalist systems.