Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Andrea Albanese
1000 Bruxelles (Belgium)
andrea.albanese@ugent.be
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea_Albanese2
Skype a.albanese86
Sex Male | Date of birth 01/04/1986 | Nationality Italian
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
09/2011–Present
PhD candidate in Economics
ISCED 6
DEFAP - Graduate School (University of Milan-Bicocca and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Italy) JOINT WITH Ghent University (Social Economics department), Milan & Ghent.
Microeconometrics, Counterfactual Impact Evaluation, Labour Economics
04/2015
Working Papers
Albanese, A., & Cockx, B. (2015). Permanent Wage Cost Subsidies for Older Workers. An
Effective Tool for Increasing Working Time and Postponing Early Retirement?, No. IRES
Discussion Papers (2015-06), Université Catholique de Louvain. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/158108
10/2013–Present
Research in progress - PhD thesis
▪ Albanese Andrea, Cappellari Lorenzo,"Reforming The Apprenticeship Contract in Italy: OnThe-Job Training and Raising the Age Eligibility".
▪ Thuy Yannick, Albanese Andrea, Cockx Bart. "Part-Time Career Breaks at the End of the
Career. Do They Lengthen the Time Spent in Employment?", in the project "Age, women and
employment: an evaluation" (WOLDEMP - BELSPO).
10/2008–03/2011
M.Sc. Economic Sciences, 110/110 cum laude
ISCED 5
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy), Lund University (Sweden - Erasmus student from
09/2009 to 06/2010), University of Copenhagen (Denmark - Guest student from 10/2010 to 03/2011),
Milano (Italy)
Master's thesis: “The impact of European Structural Funds on SMEs - Conditional Difference-InDifferences”, A microeconometric evaluation by PS-Matching and DiD estimator. Supervisors: Prof.
Dr. Martin Dahl and Prof. Dr. Emilio Colombo.
Main subjects: Econometrics, International Trade and Finance, Public Finance, Development
Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Analysis.
09/2005–11/2008
B.Sc. Economics and Business, 110/110 cum laude
ISCED 5
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy)., Milan (Italy)
Bachelor's thesis: “The EU Budget Policy”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Luca Stanca (Università degli Studi
di Milano-Bicocca)
Main subjects: Economics, Quantitative analysis, International Economics, Social Sciences, Business.
WORK EXPERIENCE
04/2011–07/2011
Blue book Trainee at the European Commission
Secretariat of the Economic and Financial & Economic Policy Committees, European Commission,
Brussels (Belgium)
8/4/15
© European Union, 2002-2015 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
Page 1 / 2
Curriculum vitae
Andrea Albanese
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language(s)
English
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
C2
C2
C1
C1
C2
Toefl
Romanian
B1
B1
A2
A2
A1
French
A2
A2
A1
A1
A1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills
Computer skills
Transferable skills courses attended at Ghent University: Communication Skills (Advanced Academic
English Skills Conference) and Leadership & Personal efficiency (Communication Skills). International
propensity: Master studies in Sweden and Denmark, internship and joint PhD in Belgium.
Stata (programmer), R (Basic), Microsoft Office (excellent). Large panel dataset.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Merit-Based Scholarships
▪ Scholarship for Joint PhD (Flemish Government Research Funds - BOF): Top-up funding year
2013/2014; Full Scholarship: 2014/2015.
▪ Scholarship for doctoral studies (DEFAP: 2011-2014), Italian Ministry of Research, 2011.
▪ Scholarship MSc studies abroad 1st university ranked ("Progetto Extra" - Fondazione Cariplo).
Visiting Research Period
▪ University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research- Prof. Dr. M. Lechner.
▪ University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics - Master's thesis.
Conferences, Workshops &
Seminars
▪ 26th Annual Conference of European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) - Presentation
Session. Lubjiana, 09/2014.
▪ 30th Annual Conference of Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro (AIEL) - Presentation
Session. Pisa. 09/2014.
▪ Seminar at St. Gallen University (Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research). 11/2014.
▪ Doctoral Workshop in Economics 2015 at University of Namur. January 2015.
▪ Seminars at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan.10/2013 and 10/2014.
▪ DEFAP/LASER Summer school in Applied Microeconometrics at Catholic University of the Sacred
Heart of Milan: 06/2014.
Summer Schools
▪ Barcelona Graduate School (GSE) in Panel Data Linear Analysis and Dynamic and Non-linear
Panel Data Models: Prof. Dr. B. Baltagi, Prof. Dr. S. Jiménez-Martín. 07/2013.
▪ DEFAP/LASER Summer school in Applied Microeconometrics: Prof. Dr. P. E. Todd, Prof. Dr. M.
Lindeboom. 06/2014.
Test Results
GRE - 06/2011:Quantitative reasoning 800/800 (94th percentile); Verbal reasoning 600/800 (86th
percentile); Analitycal Writing 4/6 (45th percentile).
TOEFL - 06/2011:Total 107/120
8/4/15
© European Union, 2002-2015 | http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
Page 2 / 2