Francesca Cornaglia
School of Economics and Finance
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
Email: [email protected]
Current Position
2013 - now Reader, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of
London, UK
Previous positions
2007 - 2013 Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of
London, UK
Education/Qualifications
2005 - 08
British Academy Post-Doctorate, hosting institution: University College
London.
2000 - 05
PhD Economics, University of Torino, Italy.
1999 - 00
Laurea in Political Science – specialization in Economics, University of
Torino, Italy.
1997 - 98 Master Degree in Economics, CORIPE.
1989 - 93 BSc (Hons) European Business with Technology, University of
Brighton, UK. Degree in Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Torino,
Italy.
Research Interests
Labour Economics; Health Economics; Applied Micro-Econometrics.
Publications
Refereed Articles
- “Locus of control and its intergenerational implications for early childhood skill
formation", with Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Nele Warrinnier, and Nattavudh Powdthavee,
Economic Journal, forthcoming.
- “Mental Health and Education Decisions”, with Elena Crivellaro and Sandra McNally,
Labour Economics, Volume 33, April 2015, Pages 1–12.
- “What predicts a successful life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being”, with Richard
Layard, Nick Powdthavee, Andrew Clark and James Vernoit, Economic Journal,
2014, 124 (November), F720-F738.
- “Crime and Mental Wellbeing”, with Andrew Leigh and Naomi Feldman, Journal of
Human Resources, Winter 2014, vol. 49, no. 1, 110-140.
- “Taxes, Cigarette Consumption and Smoking Intensity: Reply”, with Jérôme Adda,
American Economic Review, 103(7), 2013, 3102-14.
- “The Effect of Taxes and Bans on Passive Smoking”, with Jérôme Adda, American
Economic Journal – Applied Economics, vol. 2, No.1, January 2010, pp.1-32
- “Prices, Cigarette Consumption and Smoking Intensity”, with Jérôme Adda, American
Economic Review, Vol. 96, No. 4, September 2006, 1013-1028.
Chapters in Books/Conference Volumes
- “The Innovative Activities of Multinational Firms in Italy”, chapter 10 in Multinational
Firms and impact on employment, trade and technology, with G. Balcet, edited by R.
Lipsey and J-L Mucchielli, Harwood Press, 2001.
- “Job Creation and Job Destruction”, in Labour Mobility and Wage Dynamics in Italy,
with C.Malpede, LABORatorio R.Revelli, Rosenber & Sellier, 2002.
- “The Impact of the Italian CFL Program on Job Opportunities for Young People”, with
B.Contini, C.Malpede and E.Rettore in Pension Policy in an Integrating Europe, edited
by E. Fornero and O. Castellino, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003.
- “The Effect of Taxes and bans on Passive Smoking”, British Academy Review, issue
11, 2008.
- “Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity”, in The Economics Of Health
Behaviours, Edited by John Cawley and Donald S. Kenkel, Vol.III, part 2, 2008.
Grants
2009
2007
Principal Applicant for project on “The Marriage Premium Revisited: the
Case of Baseball” funded by the ESRC. Co-investigators: N. Feldman.
Principal Applicant for project on “Crime and Mental Wellbeing” funded
by the ESRC. Co-investigators: C. Dustmann, A. Leigh.
Affiliations
Research Fellow: Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn.
Referee for Journals
Journal Health Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Population Economics,
Journal of the European Economic Association, Economica, European Economic
Review, Journal of Economic Biology, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,
Health Economics, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial
Relations, Australian Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics,
German Economic Review, Labour Economics, Empirical Economics, National Tax
Journal, Canadian Journal of Economics, Public Health, International Tax and
Public Finance, International Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics,
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Conference Committees
Royal Economic Society Conference, paper selection committee, 2008-now
Other
Member of the ESRC’s Peer Review College.
Referee for Futuro in Ricerca: Italian Ministry website dedicated to the evaluation
of research programs.
Teaching
2007- 2017
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance,
“Economics of Social Issues” (2007-15 and 2016-now), and “Health
Economics” (2013-14 and 2016-now).
2004 - 2007 University College London, Department of Economics, “Basic
Microeconomic Concepts”, “Economic Policy Analysis”, “Applied
Economics” and “Quantitative Economics and Econometrics”, and
“Economics”.
2000 - 2001 University of Torino, Political Science “Political economy”, “Economics”.
1999
ILO, International Labour Organisation, Torino “International economics
and political economy for trade unions”.
PhD Examiner:
2011-2015 George MacKerron (LSE), Wenjie Wu (LSE), Tanya Wilson (Royal
Holloway).
Administrative Experience
2012-2017 First Year Academic Tutor; Member of the Undergraduate Studies
Committee; Member of the Undergraduate Student Liaison Committee;
3rd year projects organizer; Chair of Teaching Review Group (TRG) in
Microeconomics.
2009-2012 Seminar Organizer for Microeconomics; First Year Academic Tutor;
Member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee; Member of the
Undergraduate Student Liaison Committee; 3rd year projects organizer;
Chair of Teaching Review Group (TRG) in Microeconomics.
2007-2009 Seminar Organizer for Microeconomics; 3rd year projects organizer; First
Year Academic Tutor; Member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee;
Member of the Undergraduate Student Liaison Committee.
Professional History
1991 - 1997 Consultant to Euro Info Centre (Main Fields: European Union’s projects
in favour of SME, Evaluation of the Environmental Impact), Confindustria,
Torino, Italy.
1992
Industrial Engineer, Total Quality Dept., Optimisation of Communication
Flows, Pirelli Ltd, Carlisle, U.K.
Media:
BBC Radio 4, Times Higher Educ.Supplement; The Observer, BBC News, The Times,
The Sunday Times, Irish Examiner, Mirror, Daily Post, Manchester Evening News,
China Daily, The Mercury, Handelsblatt, Die Welt, Morning Advertiser, The Publican,
Scotland on Sunday, SBS Radio Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald, Tehran Times,
News Medical, The West Australian, The Age Australia, Sydney Morning Herald,
Herald Sun Australia, Northland Independent new Zealand, Advertiser Adelaide
Australia, Perth Now Australia, Melbourne Herald Sun Australia, Daily Telegraph
Australia, NEWS Australia, Courier Mail Australia, Adelaide Now, Pine Rivers Press
Australia, Business Insider, The Public Purpose, FORBES, Wall Street Journal, The
Economist.