Lorenzo Cappellari

Lorenzo Cappellari is a Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, and a Senior Research Scientist at the Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research (LISER). His research focuses on empirical labor economics, intergenerational mobility, education economics, and applied microeconometrics.

• Key Affiliations: Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance (Catholic University); LISER; ZEW; IZA; CESifo; AIEL (President, 2022-25).

Research Interests:

• Employment and income dynamics
• Intergenerational transmission of human capital
• Labor market institutions and productivity
• Economics of education and bilingualism

Recent Projects: ORIGINS (social origins and socioeconomic outcomes), Fight Against Poverty (empirical policy support), REFLEX 2020 (Italian labor market flexibility), and Intergenerational Mobility (Danish Council-funded).

Scientific Honors:

• Research Fellow, IZA
• Research Fellow, CESifo
• Research Fellow, ZEW
• President, Italian Association of Labor Economics (AIEL)