Lidia Ceriani

Foto,  October 1, 2025
Position
Temporary Assistant Professor
Role
Ricercatore Tenure Track
Academic sector
STAT-02/A - Economic Statistics
Research sector (ERC-2024)
SH3_8 - Poverty and poverty alleviation

SH1_3 - Development economics political economics

SH3_7 - Social policies, welfare, work and employment

Office
Polo Santa Marta,  Floor 1,  Room 1.22
Telephone
045 8028098
E-mail
lidia|ceriani*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.

Office Hours

Lunedì, 11:30—12:30, Polo Santa Marta, I piano, ufficio 1.22

Curriculum

Lidia Ceriani is an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the University of Verona. Her research focuses on measuring poverty and inequality and examining how public policies influence household welfare. Before joining Verona, she taught at the University of Bologna and at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Europe. From 2017 to 2024, she served as Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Prior to transitioning to academia, she worked as an Economist at the World Bank in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, contributing to the 2017 World Development Report. Earlier in her career, she lectured at Bocconi University, where she taught Public Economics and Principles of Economics. Her research has been published in leading international journals, including World Development, the Review of Income and Wealth, the Journal of Economic Inequality, and the Journal of Development Studies. Lidia holds a Ph.D. in Public Economics from the University of Pavia and a B.A. in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University, Milan, where she graduated with highest honors.

 

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 2.
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Di seguito sono elencati gli eventi e gli insegnamenti di Terza Missione collegati al docente:

  • Eventi di Terza Missione: eventi di Public Engagement e Formazione Continua.
  • Insegnamenti di Terza Missione: insegnamenti che fanno parte di Corsi di Studio come Corsi di formazione continua, Corsi di perfezionamento e aggiornamento professionale, Corsi di perfezionamento, Master e Scuole di specializzazione.
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
JEL C43 - Index Numbers and Aggregation Covers the construction of index numbers and aggregation methods. It underpins the technical process of combining different dimensions—such as education, health, and living standards—into a single composite poverty measure. Quantitative Methods for Economics
Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics
JEL D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions The study of income distribution, taxation and inequality. Analysis of wage distribution, components of income, and wealth. Analysis of wage, income and wealth differentials between social and gender categories, with particular emphasis on gender wage discrimination. Welfare and Collective Choice
Distribution
JEL D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement Analysis and evaluation of welfare effect of public policies. Measurement of inequality, poverty and well-being. Also includes applications of criteria of distributive justice for the analysis of income distribution and both social and economic conditions of individuals and families. Study of polarization of income, segregation and discrimination. Analysis of innovative visions of social justice, particularly in urban areas. Welfare and Collective Choice
Welfare Economics
JEL I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty Analysis and measurement of poverty. Appraisal of deprivation in terms of income and in a multidimensional context. Qualitative assesment of poverty.  Measurement of child poverty with particular attention to the application to models of family collective choices. Measurement of family needs, use of equivalence scales and identification of child poverty and poverty at household level. Analysis of extreme poverty in urban areas with a blended-methods approach. Welfare and Collective Choice
Welfare and Poverty



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