Clemente Pignatti

Post-doctoral researcher, Bocconi University

Clemente Pignatti is a post-doctoral researcher at the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy at Bocconi University. Previously, he worked as economist in the Research Department of the International Labour Organization (2013-2021) and served in the Italian Prime Minister's Office (2022). He obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Geneva in 2021. He is an applied microeconomist with an interest in labour, public and development economics.

Recent work by Clemente Pignatti

Unemployment benefits are very effective in highly informal labour markets

Evidence from Mauritius shows the consequences of losing a formal job in a labour market characterised by high rates of informal employment are significant. Unemployment benefits help mitigate these effects, while generating only small disincentive effects on labour supply.

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Clemente Pignatti

Recent work by Clemente Pignatti

Unemployment benefits are very effective in highly informal labour markets