Ugo Colombino

Curriculum Vitae

Address: Department of Economics Cognetti De Martiis, University of Torino,

Via Po 53, 10124 Torino, Italy

Phone: +39 0116703860

Fax: +39 0116703895

Email: ugo.colombino@unito.it

Homepage: http://www.personalweb.unito.it/ugo.colombino

Citizenship: Italian

Education:

1985: Ph.D. (Economics), London School of Economics, University of London, U.K. 

1971: Laurea (Political Sciences), University of Torino, Italy

Positions:

1994 – present: Professor of Economics, University of Torino, Italy.

1991 – 1993: Professor of Economics, Polytechnic of Milano, Italy. 

1988 – 1990: Professor of Economic Policy, (University of Salerno, Italy. 

1985 – 1987: Associate Professor of Microeconomics, University of Torino, Italy. 

1975 – 1984: Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Torino, Italy. 

1973 – 1974: Researcher, Econometric team, Economic Research Department, FIAT s.p.a., Torino, Italy.

1972: Junior Fellow, Fondazione Einaudi, Torino, Italy.

Teaching:

Undergraduate: Economics (Laurea (B.A.) in Statistics, School of Political Sciences, University of Torino).

Postgraduate: Economic Analysis (Laurea Magistrale (Master) in Statistics, Economics and Management Sciences, School of Political Sciences, University of Torino).

Research interests:

Empirical public economics, Empirical optimal taxation, Design of income support mechanisms, Microeconometrics, Microsimulation. 

Administrative assignments:

2008 – present: Director of the Laurea Magistrale (Master) in Statistics, Economics and Management Sciences, University of Torino.

2002 – 2007: Director of the Laurea Specialistica (Master) in Analysis and evaluation of complex systems, University of Torino.

1994 – 1999: Head of the Department of Economics Cognetti De Martiis, University of Torino.

Other affiliations:

2009 – present: Fellow of IZA.

2005 – present: Member of the Scientific Committee of the ISFOL project Costruzione di Modello di Microsimulazione a beneficio dei Ministeri dell’Economia e delle Finanze e del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali.

2004 – present: Research Professor, Research Department, Statistics Norway, Oslo.

2000 – present: Member (Vice-President) of CHILD - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics.

1991 (May – June): Lecturer, Summer Course of Urban Economics, NYU.

1980 – 1982: Visiting Scholar, CLE, LSE.

Honors and Awards:

Tarantelli Prize 1989 for the best paper in labour economics (Orari di lavoro come strumento di selezione in un modello con informazione asimmetrica, Economia e Lavoro, XX, 1986, 77-86.)

Selected Research grants:

2010 – 2012: Member of the research team of the NFR (Research Council of Norway) project n. 196319, “Biopharmaceuticals in European hospitals: A comparative study of demand and reimbursement of innovative drugs”, Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi Handelshøyskolen BI (Bergen) and Frisch Centre (Oslo).

2010 – 2012: Responsible for the work package “Micro-Macro Simulation of Policy Scenarios and Long-Run Trends”, Project “From Work to Health and Back: The Right to a Healthy Working Life in a Changing Society”, financed by the Regione Piemonte.

2006 – 2009: Director of the project “Guaranteed Minimum Income”, financed by the Compagnia di San Paolo.

2006 – 2007: Local Coordinator of MIUR project n. 2006138400_002 “Econometric Models for the Evaluation of Minimum Guaranteed Income Policies”.

2005 – 2008: Member of the research team of the NFR (Research Council of Norway) project “A research program for the study of welfare policies”, Research Department of Statistics Norway, Oslo.

2005 – 2006: Director of the project “Implementazione di una metodologia per la valutazione economica delle esternalita’ ambientali correlate a infrastutture campione, quale strumento di supporto a decisioni pubbliche”, financed by the Regione Piemonte.

2002 - 2003: National Coordinator of MURST project n. 2002134859 “Theoretical and Empirical Models of the Household for the Design and the Evaluation of Fiscal and Social Reforms”.

2000 – 2003: Member of the research team of the NFR (Research Council of Norway) project “Equal opportunities as a goal for public policies”, Research Department of Statistics Norway, Oslo.

2000 – 2001: National Coordinator of MIUR project n. MM13317213 “Economic Models of the Household for the Evaluation of Social Policies”.

1998 – 1999 National Coordinator of MURST project n. 9813313620 “Economic Models of the Household for the Evaluation of Social Policies”.

Publications

Contributions to books (in English):

Direct Taxation and Behavioural Microsimulation: A Review of Applications in Italy and Norway (with R. Aaberge), in A. Spadaro (Ed.), Microsimuation as a Tool for the Evaluation of Public Policies: Methods and Applications, Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, 2007.

Eliciting Public Preferences For Managing Cultural Heritage Sites: Evidence From A Case Study On The Temples Of Paestum (with A. Nese and P. Riganti), in: M. Giaoutzi and P. Nijkamp (Eds.), Tourism and Regional Development, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, 2006.

Population Ageing and Fiscal Sustainability: An Integrated Micro-Macro Analysis of Required Tax Changes (with R. Aaberge, E. Holmøy, B. Strøm and T. Wennemo), in: Harding A. et al. (Eds.), Population Ageing, Social Security and Taxation: Modelling our Future (vol. 1), North Holland, 2006. 

Taxes, transfers, labour supply and household welfare (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), in: Boeri T., Del Boca D. and C. Pissarides (Eds.): Women in the Labor Market: An Economic Perspective, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Household choices of dwelling and local public services: a model for assessing the behavioural effects of fiscal decentralization (with M. Locatelli), in: D. Franco and A. Zanardi (Eds.), I sistemi di welfare tra decentramento regionale e integrazione europea, FrancoAngeli, 2003.

Joint Labour Supply of Married Couples: Efficiency and Distribuitional Effects of Tax Reforms (with R. Aaberge, S. Strøm and T. Wennemo) in: Sutherland, Mitton, Sutherland and Weeks (Eds.) Microsimulation Modelling for Policy Analysis: Challenges and Innovations, Cambridge University, 2000.

Journal articles (in English):

Alternative Basic Income Mechanisms: An Evaluation Exercise with a Microeconometric Model (with M. Locatelli, E. Narazani and C. O’Donoghue), Basic Income Studies, 2010 (forthcoming).

Pension reforms, liquidity constraints and labour supply responses (with H. Hernaes, M. Locatelli and S. Strøm), Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2009 (in press).

Optimal Income Taxation: Recent Empirical Applications, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, XIV, 2009, 47-70.

Evaluating Alternative Representations of the Choice Sets in Models of Labour Supply (with R. Aaberge and T. Wennemo), Journal of Economic Surveys, 23, 2009, 586-612.

Preference heterogeneity in relation to museum services (with A. M. Nese), Tourism Economics, 15, 2009, 381-395.

Do More Equal Slices Shrink the Cake? An Empirical Investigation of Tax-Transfer Reform Proposals in Italy (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), Journal of Population Economics, 17, 2004, 767-785.

To what extent do fiscal regimes equalize opportunities for income acquisition among citizens? (with J. Roemer et al.), Journal of Public Economics, 87, 2003, 539-565.

A Simple Intertemporal Model of Retirement Estimated On Italian Cross-Section Data, Labour, 17, 2003, 115-137.

Labour supply responses and welfare effects from replacing current tax rules by a flat tax: empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), Journal of Population Economics, 13, 2000, 595-621.

The cost of children when children are a choice, Labour, 14, 2000, 79-95.

Identifying demand and supply of part-time jobs using personnel data. An application to Italy, (with M.L. Di Tommaso), Labour, 14, 2000, 1-14.

Labour Supply in Italy: An Empirical Analysis of Joint Household Decisions, with Taxes and Quantity Constraints (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), Journal of Applied Econometrics. 14, 1999, 403-422.

Evaluating the effects of new telephone tariffs on residential users' demand and welfare. A model for Italy, Information Economics and Policy, 10, 1998, 283-303.

Evaluating Alternative Tax Reforms in Italy with a Model of Joint Labour Supply of Married Couples (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 9, 1998, 415-433.

Estimating the Demand for Urban "green areas" and the Related Social Benefit with the Use of Hedonic Prices (with M. Locatelli), Rivista di Economia dell' Ambiente e delle Fonti di Energia, XV, 1997, 79-96.

Is the preference for children so low, or is the price of time so high? A simultaneous model of fertility and participation in Italy with cohort effects (with M.L. Di Tommaso), Labour, 10, 1996, 475-493.

The effect of taxes on labor supply in Italy (with D. Del Boca), Journal of Human Resources, 25, 1990, 390-414.

A model of married women labour supply with systematic and random disequilibrium components, Ricerche Economiche, XXXIX, 1985, 165-179.

A model of female labour supply in Italy using cohort data (with B. De Stavola), Journal of Labour Economics, 3, 1985, S275-S293.

An Econometric investigation of the condition of children in Italy, World Development, 12, 1984, 365-380.

Contributions to books (in Italian):

Disponibilità a pagare per i servizi museali: i risultati dell'analisi econometrica (with A. Nese), in: Amendola A. and A. Nese (eds.) Modelli per la Gestione e la Valorizzazione del Patrimonio Culturale, ESI, 2003.

Un modello di offerta di lavoro familiare. Effetti distributivi e di efficienza di riforme fiscali, in: Banca d'Italia (Ed.) Ricerche quantitative e basi statistiche per la politica economica, 1999.

Politiche per l' occupazione e l' efficienza allocativa in un modello con salari di efficienza, in: F. Padoa Schioppa (Ed.), Squilibri e rigidita' nel mercato del lavoro italiano: rilevanza quantitativa e proposte correttive, Franco Angeli, 1993.

La valutazione di politiche del lavoro con un modello microeconometrico di offerta di lavoro femminile, in: Banca d'Italia (Ed.) Ricerche quantitative e basi statistiche per la politica economica, 1987.

Modelli di comportamento non continuo, in: Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (Ed.), L' informazione statistica su scuola e mercato del lavoro e sulle politiche per l'occupazione giovanile, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1982, 299-317.

Il tempo di lavoro: troppo o troppo poco, in: G. Martinotti (Ed.) La citta' difficile. Equilibri e disuguaglianze nel mercato urbano, Franco Angeli, 1982, 261-297.

Immagine e realta' del servizio pubblico di collocamento, in: S. Scamuzzi (Ed.), La riforma del collocamento, Franco Angeli 1981, 97-106.

Il potenziale aggiuntivo di lavoro in Italia. Una esplorazione econometrica”, in: Laboratorio di Economia Politica Cognetti De Martiis (Ed.), Ricerche e Contributi, Giappichelli, Torino, 1978.

Squilibri strutturali sul mercato del lavoro, in: A.Graziani (Ed.) Crisi e ristrutturazione dell' economia italiana, Einaudi, 1975.

Journal articles (in Italian):

Scenari di politiche fiscali ed effetti sulle famiglie, L'assistenza Sociale, 3-4, 1999, 75-88.

Valutazione contingente della disponibilita' a pagare per una riduzione del rumore, (with M. Locatelli), Genio Rurale, LIX, 1996, 11-17.

Ipotesi di riforma fiscale ed effetti sull' offerta di lavoro, Rivista di diritto finanziario e scienza delle finanze, LIV, 1995, 527-537.

L' analisi microeconomica dell' offerta di lavoro: risultati e prospettive in Italia, Economia & Lavoro, XXVI, 1992, 157-173.

Orari di lavoro come strumento di selezione in un modello con informazione asimmetrica, Economia e Lavoro, XX, 1986, 77-86.

Efficienza ed uguaglianza nei programmi di redistribuzione del lavoro, Micros, 1984, 7-13.

Variabili dipendenti limitate e selezione non casuale delle osservazioni. Una applicazione alla stima delle funzioni di salario e di offerta di lavoro delle donne sposate in Italia, Il Giornale degli Economisti, XLII, 1983, 369-385.

Un modello per la stima delle preferenze e delle tecnologie familiari, Ricerche Economiche, XXXVII, 1983, 427-442.

Costi di squilibrio sul mercato del lavoro e programmi di riequilibrio. Un esercizio di microsimulazione, Economia e Lavoro, XVII, 1983, 79-96.

Alla ricerca di giochi a somma positiva. La redistribuzione del tempo, Micros, 5, 1982, 29-34.

L' economia del bambino 'disturbato', Micros, 2, 1981, 3-10.

Indagine sulla mobilita' del lavoro in Piemonte (with B. Contini), Rivista di economia, istruzione e formazione professionale, 6, 1979, 98-109.

Discussion Papers:

Accounting for Family Background when Designing Optimal Income Taxes: A Microeconometric Simulation Analysis (with R. Aaberge), IZA Discussion Paper No. 4598, 2009.

Towards an actuarially fair pension system in Norway, (with E. Hernæs, M. Locatelli and S. Strøm), WP CHILD n.14/2009.

Evaluating Alternative Basic Income Mechanisms: A Simulation for European Countries, Discussion Papers 578, Research Department, Statistics Norway, 2009.

Parameters Heterogeneity in a Model of Labour Supply: Exploring the Performance of Mixed Logit (with M. Locatelli), WP CHILD 21/2008.

Designing Optimal Taxes with a Microeconometric Model of Household Labour Supply (with R. Aaberge), WP CHILD 06/2008.

Behavioural and Welfare Effects of Basic Income Policies. A Simulation for European Countries, (with M. Locatelli, E. Narazani, C. O’Donoghue and I. Shima), WP CHILD 03/2008.

Una valutazione economica degli impatti delle infrastrutture per lo smaltimento dei rifiuti urbani e delle politiche per la qualita’ dell’aria attraverso Esperimenti di Scelta (with S. Dalmazzone, V. Frontuto and S. Giaccaria), Rapporto di Ricerca, Dipartimento di Economia Cognetti De Martiis, 2007.

Designing Optimal Taxes with a Microeconometric Model of Labour Supply (with R. Aaberge), IZA Discussion Paper n. 2468, 2006.

Evaluating Alternative Representations of the Choice Sets in Models of Labour Supply (with R. Aaberge and T. Wennemo), IZA Discussion Paper no. 1986, 2006.

Population ageing and fiscal sustainability: An integrated micro- macro analysis of required tax changes (with R. Aaberge, E. Holmøy, B. Strøm and T. Wennemo), WP CHILD #6/2004

Retirement in Italy and Norway (with E. Hernæs, Z. Jia and S. Strøm, WP CHILD #22/2002

Heterogeneity in the elasticity of labor supply in Italy and some policy implications (with R. Aaberge and T. Wennemo), WP CHILD #21/2002

Do More Equal Slices Shrink the Cake? An Empirical Evaluation of Tax-Transfer Reform Proposals in Italy (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), WP CHILD #19/2001.

Intertemporal Interpretation of a 'Static' Model of Retirement. An Exercise with Italian Data, WP CHILD #18/2001.

Modelling Household Choices of Dwelling and Local Public Services (with M. Locatelli), WP CHILD #16/2001.

Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Outcome in Analysing Optimal Income Taxation (with R. Aaberge and J. Roemer), WP CHILD #11/2001.

Equality of Opportunity versus Equality of Outcome as a Basis for Evaluating Tax Regimes: Empirical Evidence Based on Italian Data (with R. Aaberge), Statistics Norway, Research Department, February 2001

Un modello per la valutazione degli effetti degli incentivi individuali sulle decisioni di pensionamento, Ministero del Tesoro, Commissione Tecnica per la Spesa Pubblica, September 2000.

Social Evaluation of Alternative Basic Income Schemes in Italy, (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), WP CHILD #12/2000.

To What Extent Do Fiscal Regimes Equalize Opportunities for Income Acquisition among Citizens? (with J. Roemer et al.), Working Paper Series, 2000-10, EPRU-Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2000.

Identifying demand and supply of part-time jobs using personnel data. An application to Italy, (with M.L. Di Tommaso), Quaderno di Ricerca, Dipartimento di Economia, QR 99 n. 08, 1999.

The cost of children when children are a choice, Quaderno di Ricerca, Dipartimento di Economia, QR 99 n. 07, 1999.

Social Evaluation of Individual Welfare Effects from Income Taxation, (with R. Aaberge and S. Strøm), Statistics Norway, Discussion Paper no. 230, 1998.

Joint Labor Supply Decisions of Married Females and Males: An Empirical Analysis Based on Italian Household Data (with R. Aaberge and S. Strom), Memorandum No 18-July 1997, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 1997.

Welfare Effects of Proportional Taxation: Empirical Evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden (with R. Aaberge e S. Strom), Discussion Paper n. 171, Research Department, Centre for Microeconometric Research, Statistics Norway, 1996.

Evaluating the effects of new tariffs upon the demand for telephone services and upon consumers' welfare. A model for Italy. Quaderno di Ricerca n. 9-95, Dipartimento di Economia, Torino, 1995.

Labor Supply in Italy, (with R. Aaberge and S. Strom), Discussion Paper n. 92, Research Department, Centre for Microeconometric Research, Statistics Norway, 1993.

 
Labour Supply and Quantity Constraints. Results on Female Participation and Hours in Italy (with A. Zabalza), Discussion Paper n. 125, Centre for Labour Economics, London School of Economics, 1982.