Facoltà di Giurisprudenza

Since July 2001, Francesco Pastore has been Assistant Professor of Economics at Seconda Università di Napoli, where he is also holding the second chair of Political Economy and that of Economics of Financial Intermediaries.

Previously, he was research fellow at ISAE and at the University of Naples "Federico II".
He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Sussex, the Dottorato di Ricerca in Development Economics and Policy at the University of Naples "Federico II" and the Master in Economics at Coripe (Piemonte), University of Turin.
He received various scientific awards by, among others, GDN, CEPR and Ente Einaudi.
He acted as an advisor for ILO and UNDP and was awarded grants within the EU-TSER, the CERGE-EI, the EERC and the CNR frameworks.

His main research interests are in the field of labour market dynamics, especially long-term (youth) unemployment, returns to education and ALMP. His scientific production regards not only Italy, but also various transition countries, such as Belarus, Bulgaria, Mongolia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.

His papers have been published or are forthcoming in international (such as Acta Oeconomica; Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics; Comparative Economic Studies; Eastern European Economics; Economic and Business Review; Economic Systems; Economics of Education Review; EMERGO. The Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies; Journal of Economic Surveys; Transition Studies Review) in national journals (such as Economia e Lavoro; Economia Politica; Osservatorio ISFOL; Nonprofit; Studi Economici) and in edited books.

In February 2004, Francesco joined IZA  (http://www.iza.org/) as a research fellow.

In addition to the Journals' web sites, some current (and future) publications are (and will be) downloadable at the following web pages:

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