Matteo Migheli

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Torino (2007)
M.A. in Economics (CORIPE Piemonte) (2003)
Degree in Economics, University of Torino (2002)

Current position: Professor of Economics, University of Torino

Previous positions

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Torino (Mar. 2018- Jun. 2024)
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Torino (Dec. 2012- Feb. 2018)
Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Piemonte Orientale (2007 – 2012)
Research fellow at the University of Granada (2013 – 2014)
Visting Ph.D. student at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2004 – 2005)

Research interests
Development economics, experimental economics, gender economics, electoral systems.

Selected publications

• Migheli, Matteo (2024). “Land-Use Rights and Informal Credit in Rural Vietnam” Italian Economic Journal, 10: 409-434.
• Migheli, Matteo and Donatella Saccone (2023). “Some New Evidence on Economic Freedom and Income Distribution” Applied Economics, 55(27): 3154-3169.
• Marson, Marta, Matteo Migheli and Donatella Saccone (2023). “Free to Die: Economic Freedom and Influenza Mortality” Economics & Human Biology, 49: 101238.
• Migheli, Matteo (2022). “Covid-19 and Restrictions in Sparse Order: Possible Consequences for EU Cities” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 15(3): 703-723.
• Migheli, Matteo and Donatella Saccone (2022). “Free to Escape? Economic Freedoms, Growth and Poverty Traps” Review of Development Economics, 26(3): 1518-1554.
• Marson, Marta, Matteo Migheli and Donatella Saccone (2021). “New Evidence on the Link between Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Freedom” Economics of Governance, 22: 257-292.
• Migheli, Matteo (2021). “Green Purchasing: the Effect of Parenthood and Gender” Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23: 10576-10600.
• Migheli, Matteo (2020). “Do Trained Farmers Protect Themselves when Using Pesticides? Evidence from Rural Vietnam” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192: 424.
• Migheli, Matteo (2019). “Religious Polarisation, Religious Conflicts, and Individual Financial Satisfaction: Evidence from India” Review of Development Economics, 23(2): 803 – 829.
• Migheli, Matteo (2017). “Ubuntu and Social Capital: a Strong Relationship and a Possible Instrument for Socio-Economic Development” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41(4): 1213 – 1235.
• Migheli, Matteo (2016). “Behind the Wall: What Remains of the ‘Communist Legacy’ in Contemporary Europe” Social Indicators Research, 127(2): 671 – 690.
• Di Novi, Cinzia and Matteo Migheli (2017). “Lights and Shadows of Affordable Care Act and Its Influence on World Civilization” International Journal of Social Economics, 44(1): 132 – 140.
• Di Novi, Cinzia; Rowena Jacobs and Matteo Migheli (2015). “The quality of life of female informal caregivers: from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea” European Journal of Population, 31(3): 309 – 333.
• Migheli, Matteo (2012). “Do the Vietnamese Support the Economic Doi Moi?” Journal of Development Studies, 48(7): 939 – 968.
• Migheli, Matteo (2010). “Supporting the Free and Competitive Market in China and India: Differences and Evolution Over Time” Economic Systems, 34(1): 73 – 90.

Selected invited seminars
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Collegio “Carlo Alberto”, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Humboldt Universität, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Bureau of Economic Research, Konstanz Universität, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Université de Namur, Università di Pavia.

Teaching
Development Economics, Public Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Introductory Mathematics.