Lorenzo Neri

Lorenzo Neri is an Assistant Professor at the University of St Andrews' School of Economics and Finance, with additional affiliations as a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and former visiting student at MIT's Department of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from Queen Mary University of London (2020).

His research spans applied microeconomics with focus areas in:

• Labor Economics: Analyzing labor market outcomes and policies
• Economics of Education: Studying school choice interventions and educational inequality
• Urban Economics: Examining spatial economic patterns
• Environmental Economics: Investigating pollution impacts on child development

Notable research includes the 'Should you Meet the Parents?' study demonstrating how information about school environments influences enrollment decisions, reducing stratification between state and private schools. Current work involves longitudinal analysis of environmental quality effects on children's academic and life outcomes in England.