Vitorocco Peragine

Vitorocco Peragine is a Full Professor of Political Economy at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, serving as Director of the Department of Economics and Finance and a member of the Academic Senate. He specializes in inequality analysis, equality of opportunity, and public economics.

His research focuses on multidimensional inequality measurement, poverty dynamics, and the interplay between economic development and opportunity distribution. Recent work explores Lorenz and Gini metrics, intertemporal inequality, and policy implications for European and Sub-Saharan contexts.

His 15 most recent publications emphasize inequality decomposition methods, labor market equity in Europe, multidimensional poverty frameworks, and poverty measurement challenges in Italy. Key interdisciplinary themes include social welfare, distributional ethics, and policy evaluation.