Monica Paiella

An applied economist, she focuses on pensions and social security, aging and longevity, inequality, and family economics, with a particular focus on the use of administrative data for the analysis and evaluation of public policies.

Role

Full Professor of Political Economy at the University of Naples Parthenope.

Bio

A graduate in Economics from the University of Pavia and a Ph.D. in Economics from University College London, she worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Bank of Italy. Since 2017, she has been a full professor of Political Economy at the University of Naples Parthenope.

Her research focuses on applied economics, with a particular focus on the economics of pensions and social security, inequality, and household economic and financial choices. She has also studied consumption and saving, portfolio choices and real estate investment, financial markets, and financial literacy.

From 2021 to 2026, he carried out research at the INPS Central Studies and Research Directorate, focusing on pension systems, the labor market, and public policy evaluation through administrative data analysis.

She has been a visiting professor at several international universities and has provided scientific consultancy for the European Central Bank.