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Sara Signorelli is a tenure track Assistant Professor at CREST - École polytechnique, part of Institut Polytechnique de Paris. She specializes in Labor Economics, Public Economics, Technological Change, and Migration. Prior to joining École polytechnique, she served as an assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam for two years after completing her PhD at the Paris School of Economics in 2021.
Her research takes a distinctive firm-centered approach to labor market analysis, examining how businesses respond to economic shocks such as technological changes and migration flows. She investigates how firms adjust their recruitment strategies and investment decisions, and how these adjustments affect workers, neighborhoods, and broader economic outcomes. Her work often employs quantitative methods including gravity models to analyze complex labor market dynamics.
Professor Signorelli holds multiple prestigious affiliations including IZA, RF Berlin, PSE Labor Chair, and PSE International Migration Chair. She actively participates in the international academic community with scheduled presentations at seminar series at Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin (November 2025) and IFAU in Uppsala (April 2026).
Her recent publications demonstrate expertise across several critical areas of labor economics:
- Analysis of place-based policies and their long-term impacts on neighborhood development and social mobility
- Investigation of how digitalization affects skill requirements and worker mobility between occupations
- Examination of wage determination mechanisms in temporary agency work
- Study of the relationship between technological change and domestic outsourcing practices
Professor Signorelli's research has been published in top economics venues including the Journal of Labor Economics (2025), and her work frequently appears as IZA Discussion Papers, indicating recognition within the international labor economics community. Her research addresses timely and policy-relevant questions about labor market dynamics in the face of technological change and demographic shifts.
