Mattia Albertini

Mattia Albertini is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Economic Research (IRE) within the Faculty of Economics at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). He previously completed his Ph.D. at the Institute of Economics (IdEP), USI, and participated in the Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics. He holds a Master of Science in Economics with a minor in Data Science from USI and a Bachelor in Economics from the University of Pavia.

• Bachelor in Economics, University of Pavia
• Master of Science in Economics (minor in Data Science), Università della Svizzera italiana
• Ph.D. in Economics, Università della Svizzera italiana
• Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics, Swiss National Bank

His research focuses on applied microeconometrics with applications in health, labor, public, urban, and environmental economics. A recurring theme in his work is the spatial dimension of economic outcomes, including residential integration, real estate market dynamics, and geographic proximity to borders or hazards. He integrates data science techniques, particularly programming in Python and STATA, to develop tools for empirical analysis and reproducible research.

The collection of articles reflects a strong trend in applied econometrics, causal inference, and spatial analysis. His work spans health economics (e.g., benzodiazepine prescribing), labor and urban economics (e.g., migration, job accessibility), and environmental and insurance economics (e.g., natural hazard impacts). Methodologically, he engages with difference-in-differences, event study designs, spatial modeling, and text analysis, often building or applying computational tools to address research questions.

He has contributed to teaching at both the Bachelor's and Master's levels, particularly in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and data-intensive courses such as Textual Analysis and Spatial Data for Economists.

• Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics A (Bachelor)
• Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics B (Bachelor)
• Teaching Assistant, Textual Analysis and Spatial Data for Economists (Master)

Mattia Albertini is actively involved in open science, sharing code for econometric methods, data visualization, and application development (e.g., a gluten-checking app) on GitHub. His interdisciplinary approach combines economic theory, statistical modeling, and computational tools to investigate real-world policy-relevant questions.