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Eleonora Patacchini
Professor, Associate Department Chair
Overview
Eleonora Patacchini is an economist who specializes in applied economics and applied statistics. She holds a PhD in Economics from Southampton University (2004), a PhD in Methodogical Statistics from Sapienza University of Rome (2003) and a M.Sc. in Economics from Univesity Pompeu Fabra (2000). She is currently a Professor in the Department of Economics at Cornell University. She is also Research Fellow at Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor. Her recent research focuses on the empirical analysis of behavioral models of strategic interactions for decision making. Her work has been profiled in Bloomberg, PBS Newshour, The Independent, The Economist, and The New York Times.
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Departments/Programs
- Economics
Graduate Fields
- Economics
Research
Professor Patacchini's research interests include panel data econometrics, spatial statistics and graph theory with applications in regional and urban economics, new economic geography, labour economics, political economy, social networks and financial networks; economics of ethnic minorities, integration patterns in Europe, economics of culture and institutions, crime; policy evaluations, experimental and behavioral economics in the labour market.
Latest News
Social Networks in Policy Making, (2019), forthcoming Annual Review of Economics, with M. Battaglini
Effectiveness of Connected Legislators, (2018), R&R American Journal of Political Science, with M. Battaglini and V. Leone Sciabolazza
Mothers, Peers and Gender-Role Identity, forthcoming Journal of the European Economic Association, with C. Olivetti and Y. Zenou
Influencing Connected Legislators, forthcoming Journal of Political Economy, with M. Battaglini
econet: An R package for parameter-dependent network centrality measures, with M. Battaglini, V. Leone Sciabolazza and S. Peng
The Brother Earnings Penalty, R&R Labour Economics, with A. Cools, in the news: Women who have a brother are likely to earn less, US study shows, The Independent
In the media: A crime-fighting policy for Latin America and the Caribbean, with Carlos Diaz, The Brookings Institutions, Washington DC
CO-EDITOR: Regional Science and Urban Economics
Selected Publications
Influencing Connected Legislators, forthcoming Journal of Political Economy, with M. Battaglini
Mothers, Peers and Gender-Role Identity, forthcoming Journal of the European Economic Association, with C. Olivetti and Y. Zenou
Social Networks and Parental Behavior in the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion,”Quantitative Economics, 7, 969-995, 2016, with Y. Zenou
Endogenous Network Production Function with Selectivity, Journal of Econometrics, 190, 222-232, 2016, with W. Horrace and X. Liu
Trading Networks and Liquidity Provision, Journal of Financial Economics, 113, 2, 235-251, 2014, with E. Cohen-Cole and A. Kirilenko
Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism, with Y. Zenou, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, 1; 1-31, 2012 – Oliver E. Williamson Prize for Best Article
Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration? with A. Bisin, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (2-3), 445-456, 2008
Peer Effects and Social Networks in Education, with A. Calvò-Armengol and Y. Zenou, Review of Economic Studies, 76, 1239-1267, 2009
Entire List of Publications
Social Networks in Policy Making (2019), forthcoming Annual Review of Economics, with M. Battaglini
Influencing Connected Legislators, forthcoming Journal of Political Economy, with M. Battaglini, Online appendix
Mothers, Peers and Gender-Role Identity, forthcoming Journal of the European Economic Association, with C. Olivetti and Y. Zenou, profiled in Bloomberg: Like Mother Like Daughter, at Least in the Labor Market, and in PBS Newshour: Why Some Women Try to Have It All: New Research on Like Mother, Like Daughter
Peer Effects in Bedtime Decisions among Adolescents: A Social Network Model with Sampled Data, The Econometrics Journal, 30, 103-125, 2017, with X. Liu and E. Rainone, profiled in VOXEU.ORG
Social Ties and the Demand of Financial Services, Journal of Financial Services Research, 52, 35-88, 2017, with E. Rainone
Self-Control and Peer Groups: An Empirical Analysis, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 134, 240-254, 2017, with M. Battaglini and C. Diaz, profiled in VOXEU.ORG
Heterogeneous Peer Effects in Education, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 134, 190-227, 2017, with E. Rainone and Y. Zenou
Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration, European Economic Review, 90, 146-164, 2016, with A. Bisin, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou
Social Networks and Parental Behavior in the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion, Quantitative Economics, 7, 969-995, 2016, with Y. Zenou
Residential Choices of Young Americans, Journal of Housing Economics, 34, 69-81, 2016, with T. Arduini
Endogenous Network Production Function with Selectivity, Journal of Econometrics, 190, 222-232, 2016, with W. Horrace and X. Liu
Racial Identity and Education in Social Networks, Social Networks, 44, 85-94, 2016, with Y. Zenou
Immigration, Housing Discrimination and Employment, The Economic Journal, 15, F82-F114, 2015, with T. Boeri, M. De Philippis, M. Pellizzari
Static and Dynamic Networks in Interbank Markets, Network Science, 3, 98-123, 2015, with E. Cohen-Cole and Y. Zenou
Migration, Friendship Ties, and Cultural Assimilation, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117, 619-649, 2015, with G. Facchini and M.F. Steinhardt
Unexplored Dimensions of Discrimination in Europe: Homosexuality and Physical Appearance, Journal of Population Economics, 7, 12-49, 2014, with G. Ragusa and Y. Zenou
Trading Networks and Liquidity Provision, Journal of Financial Economics, 113, 2, 235-251, 2014, with E. Cohen-Cole and A. Kirilenko
Female Labor Market Participation in Europe: Novel Evidence on Trends and Shaping Factors, with A. Cipollone and G. Vallanti, IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 3, 18, 1-40, 2014
Peer Effects in the Demand for Housing Quality with G. Venanzoni, Journal of Urban Economics, 83, 6-17, 2014
Endogenous Peer Effects: Local Aggregate or Local Average? with X. Liu and Y. Zenou, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 103, 39-59, 2014
Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes, with Y. Zenou, Regional Science & Urban Economics, 42, 938-949, 2012
Urban Crime and Ethnicity, with Y. Zenou, Review of Network Economics, 11, 3, art.11, 2012
Organized Crime Networks: An Application of Network Analysis Techniques to the American Mafia, with G. Mastrobuoni, Review of Network Economics, 11,3 art.10, 2012
Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighborhood Quality and/or Parents’ Involvement?, with Y. Zenou, Journal of Regional Science, 51, 5,. 987-1013, 2012
Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism, with Y. Zenou, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, 1; 1-31, 2012 – Oliver E. Williamson Prize for Best Article
Formation and Persistence of Oppositional Identities,” with A. Bisin, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, European Economic Review, 55, 1046-1071, 2011
Ethnic Identity and Labor-Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Europe, with A. Bisin, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, Economic Policy, 65, 1, 57-92, 2011
Urban Sprawl in Europe, with Y. Zenou, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 10, 125-149, 2009
Peer Effects and Social Networks in Education, with A. Calvò-Armengol and Y. Zenou, Review of Economic Studies, 76, 1239-1267, 2009
On the Sources of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Europe, with Y. Zenou, Economics Letters, 102, 49-52, 2009
Wages and the City. Evidence from Italy, with S. Di Addario, Labour Economics, 15, 1040-1061, 2008
Local Analysis of Economic Disparities in Italy: a Spatial Statistics Approach, Statistical Methods & Applications, 17, 85-112, 2008
Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration? with A. Bisin, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (2-3), 445-456, 2008
The Strength of Weak Ties in Crime, with Y. Zenou, European Economic Review, 52, 209-236, 2008
Unobserved Heterogeneity or Measurement Errors? Testing for Correlated Effects with Measurement Errors, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 69, 867-880, 2007
Spatial Dependence in Local Unemployment Rates, with Y. Zenou, Journal of Economic Geography, 7, 169-191, 2007
Geography and Economic Performance: Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis for Great Britain, with P. Rice, Regional Studies, vol 41.4, 489-508, 2007
Spatial Determinants of Productivity: Analysis for the Regions of Great Britain, with P. Rice and A.J. Venables, Regional Science & Urban Economics, 36, 727-752, 2006
Search Intensity, Cost of Living and Local Labour Markets, with Y. Zenou,Regional Science & Urban Economics, 36, 227-248, 2006
Spatial Mismatch, Transport Mode and Search Decisions in England, with Y. Zenou, Journal of Urban Economics, 58, 62-90, 2005
Working Papers
Effectiveness of Connected Legislators, (2018), with M. Battaglini and V. Leone Sciabolazza (R&R American Journal of Political Science)
Treatment Effects with Heterogeneous Externalities, (2017) with T. Arduini and E. Rainone (R&R Journal of Business & Economic Statistics)
Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?, (2017) with Y. Hahn, A. Islam and Y. Zenou (R&R The Economic Journal)
The Brother Earnings Penalty, (2017) with A. Cools, as profiled in The Independent: Women who have a brother are likely to earn less, US study shows (R&R Labour Economics)
Weight, Reference Points and the Onset of Eating Disorders, (2017), with T. Arduini and D. Iorio, (R&R, Journal of Health Economics)
Who is the Key Player? A Network Analysis of Juvenile Delinquency, (2018) with L. F. Lee, X. Liu and Y. Zenou, as profiled in The Economist: Social Networks: Centrality Planning
Urban interactions, (2017) with J. S. Kim, P. M. Picard and Y. Zenou
Work, Retirement, and Social Networks at Older Ages, (2016) with G. Engelhardt, as profiled in The New York Times: Working Longer May Benefit Your Health, and in Squared Away Blog: Can Work Enhance Seniors’ Social Lives?
Neighborhood Effects, Peer Classification, and the Decision of Women to Work, (2016) with S. Rosenthal and N. Mota
Key Leaders in Crime, with T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, revised version coming soon
Dynamic Peer Effects in Risky Behavior, with A. Bisin and O. Ozgur, revised version coming soon
Parametric and Semiparametric IV Estimation of Network Models with Selectivity, with T. Arduini, X. Liu and E. Rainone, revised version coming soon
Bribes, Friendship and Support for Noncitizens, with R.B. Morton, P. Pin and J. Rogers, revised version coming soon
Network Structure and Education Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladesh, with Y. Hahn, A. Islam, and Y. Zenou, revised version coming soon
Neighborhood Effects in Education: Geographical versus Social Distance, with C. Del Bello and Y.Zenou, revised version coming soon
New Projects
Hurricanes, Climate Change and Electoral Accountabilty, (2017), with S. Gagliarducci and D. Paserman slides
Information, Mobile Communication Patterns and Social Referrals, (2017), with P. Jia Barwick, Y. Liu and Q. Wu
Tax Accontants, Spillovers and Tax Evasion, (2017), with M. Battaglini, L. Guiso and C. Lacava
Intentional Investments Through Informal Gift Networks in Ghana, (2017), with C. Barrett, V. Nourani and T. Walker
Consumption Smoothing Through Networks and Responses to Negative Shocks in Ghana, (2017), with C. Barrett, V. Nourani and T. Walker
Social Contagion and Selection in Large Online Systems, (2017), with D. Easley and C. Rojas
Inferring Networks from outcomes, (2017), with
Books & Book Chapters
Spatial Methods, with H. Overman and S. Gibbons in the Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, volume 5 2015, G. Duranton, V. Henderson and W. Strange (eds)
Unobserved Dimensions of Discrimination, with T. Boeri and G. Peri, Oxford University Press, 2015
Strategic Interactions on Financial Networks for the Analysis of Systemic Risk, with E. Cohen-Cole and A. Kirilenko, in the Handbook on Systemic Risk, J.-P. Fouque, J.A., Langsam (eds), Cambridge University Press, 2013
Cultural Integration in Italy, with A. Bisin, Cultural Integration in Europe, Y. Algan, A. Bisin, A. Manning, T. Verdier (eds), Oxford University Press, 2012
Intuizione e previsione dell’espansione urbana. Considerazione economiche e statistiche, in Gemmiti R., Salvati L. (eds), C’era una volta la città. Una lettura multidisciplinare del mutamento urbano. Fattori e rischi, Bonanno, Roma, 2011
Latent Variables in Panel Data Models: Theoretical Contributions and Empirical Applications, VDM Verlag, Germany, 2009
Wages and the City, with S. Di Addario, in Agglomeration Effects on the Labour Market: The Italian Case, S. Di Addario, VDM Verlag, Germany, 2009
Active Labor Market Policies in Europe. Performance and Perspective”, with D. Card, M. Fertig, M. Góra, R. Leetmaa, J. Kluve, C. Schmidt, P. Jensen, B. Van der Klaauw, A. Weber, Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2007
Lavorare in una grande città italiana paga, ma poco, p. 135-146, with S. Di Addario, in G. Brunello, D. Checchi, C. Lucifera, A. Ichino (eds), Per un’analisi critica del mercato del lavoro, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2005
Book Review
Urban Labor Economics, by Y. Zenou, Cambridge University Press, New York. 2009. Xii+509 pp. $34.95, Economica, 79, 315, 606-607, 2012
Honours & Awards
2014 Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Award for distinguished contributions to Regional Science research, North American Regional Science Council
2011 Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
2011 Oliver E. Williamson Prize for the Best Article published in the Journal of Economics, Law & Organization in the last two years
2010 Research Excellence Award in Economics (researchers under 40), La Sapienza University of Rome
Fellowships
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Research Department, 2014
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship, European University Institute, Florence, 2011 – 2012
Editorial Activity
Co-Editor
Associate Editor
Referee for:
Econometrica, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Econometrics, Labour Economics, Review of Networks Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Empirical Economics, Papers in Regional Science, Journal of Public Economics, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Population Economics, The Economic Journal, Regional Science & Urban Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Urban Economics, The Manchester School, Journal of Labor Research, Journal of Development Economics, Spatial Economic Analysis, The B.E. Journal of Econmic Analysis, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Theory & Policy, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, Physical Review E, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of Health Economics, International Economic Review, Economic Policy, Research Policy, The Annals of Regional Science, Urban Studies, Review of Economics of the Household, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Archive for the Psychology of Religion, Journal of Ethnic Studies and Migration, Journal of Comparative Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Quantitative Criminalogy, Journal of Economic Survey, Journal of Human Capital
Editorials
Visiting Fellowship at Collegio Carlo Alberto, 2010
Grant Review Activity
National Science Foundation (NSF)
European Research Council (ERC)
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Resources
econet: An R package for parameter-dependent network centrality measures, (2018) with M. Battaglini, V. Leone Sciabolazza and S. Peng
ABSTRACT
The R package econet provides methods for estimating parameter-dependent network centrality measures with linear-in-means models. Both nonlinear least squares and maximum likelihood estimators are implemented. The methods allow for both link and node heterogeneity in network effects, endogenous network formation and the presence of unconnected nodes. The routines also compare the explanatory power of parameter-dependent network centrality measures with those of standard measures of network centrality. Benefits and features of the econet package are illustrated using data from Battaglini and Patacchini (2018), which examine the determinants of US campaign contributions when legislators care about the behavior of other legislators to whom they are socially connected.
https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=econet