Maria De Paola

Research Fellow

University of Calabria

m.depaola@unical.it

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Research Interests

Maria De Paola is currently full professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance, University of Calabria (Italy). She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Her current research interests are: economics of education and training, labour economics, policy evaluation and economic politics.

Among others, Maria De Paola has published in the Economic Journal, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, Economic Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. She has also published a textbook on Personnel Economics.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2013.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9854

The Adverse Consequences of Tournaments: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 151, 1-18

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9836

Education as a Tool for the Economic Integration of Migrants

Maria De Paola, Giorgio Brunello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9658

Are Men Given Priority for Top Jobs? Investigating the Glass Ceiling in the Italian Academia

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 3: 475-503.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9315

Gender Differences in Reaction to Psychological Pressure: Evidence from Tennis Players

Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2017, 26 (3), 444-456

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8859

Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards Competition: Evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published as 'Gender differences in the propensity to apply for promotion: evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69 (5), 986 - 1009.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8808

Long Lasting Differences in Civic Capital: Evidence from a Unique Immigration Event in Italy

Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola, Colin P. Green

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 120, 160-173

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8708

Who Performs Better under Time Pressure? Results from a Field Experiment

Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2016, 53, 37-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8102

Candidates' Quality and Electoral Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections

Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola

published as 'Candidates' Education and Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections' in: German Economic Review, 2017, 18 (1), 22 - 50