Regular biography
Francesco Agostinelli is the Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD from Arizona State University in 2018. His research focuses on child development, with an emphasis on developing new methods and analyzing the determinants of children’s skill formation. Agostinelli's work is based at the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, located at 133 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. His personal page can be accessed at https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/people/francesco-agostinelli.
Scholar-generated biography
Francesco Agostinelli is an Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Public Economics. His research explores the interplay between family, education, and child development, with a focus on how parental behavior, neighborhood effects, and public policies shape economic outcomes. He investigates topics such as the impact of school closures on children, the role of parental labor supply in child development, and the economics of parenting. His work also examines the spatial determinants of educational access and the genetic and environmental factors influencing child development. Agostinelli's research often employs advanced econometric methods to analyze complex social and economic phenomena.