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1 Daniele Pacifico work: mobile: web: Ministry of the Economy and Finance Department of the Treasury Directorate I Economic and Financial Analysis 97 Via 20 Settembre Rome, Italy PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of birth: June 21 st, 1982 Nationality: Italian EDUCATION HISTORY Jan 07 May 10 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bologna Ph.D. thesis: Behavioural Microsimulation for the analysis of Public Policies. My job market paper focuses on the rule of unobserved preference heterogeneity in discrete choice models of labour supply and proposes a new EM algorithm for the nonparametric estimation of random utility models. Fields: microeconometrics, labour and public economics. Sep 07 Sep 08 M.Sc. in Economics, University College London, Distinction Final project: estimation of a labour supply model for the analysis of the efficiency effects of a negative tax schedule in the Italian tax-benefit system. M.Sc. modules: econometrics; microeconometrics; advanced microeconometrics; time series econometrics; labour economics and advanced micro and macroeconomics. Sep 04 Jul 06 Laurea Magistrale in Economics (Italian 2-year graduate programme), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 110/110 with honour Final project: distributive effects of the Italian public education and of the Nation Health Service. M.Sc. main modules: quantitative and statistical methods for economists; upper-intermediate micro and macroeconomics; econometrics; cost-benefit analysis; industrial organization; public economics; econometric methods for the analysis of public policies. Sep 01 Jul 04 B.Sc. in Economics and European Politics, University of Cagliari, 110/110 with honour Final project: macroeconomic analysis of different pension systems. B.Sc. main modules: micro and macroeconomics; econometrics; international and regional economics, European economic policy, international and European law. 1

2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Jan 11 present Official at the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, Department of the Treasury, Directorate for the Economic Analysis (Rome) Main duties: development of ITaxSIM and B-ITaxSIM, the Treasury s static and behavioural microsimulation models for the analysis of the distributive and efficiency effects of fiscal policies; development of T-Dymm, the Treasury s dynamic microsimulation model for the analysis of the long-run distributive effects of the Italian pension system; member of the scientific committee of the ISTAT-CNEL project on the measure of well-being; various contributions to the work of the Directorate (giving presentations, preparing notes, etc.). June 10 - Dec 10 Research assistant and lecturer in Microeconometrics, Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. (Modena) Main duties: developments of various methods for the nonparametric estimation of dynamic discrete choice models with mixing distributions; construction of two new Stata commands: one for the estimation via the EM algorithm of discrete choice models with latent classes, and the other for survey reweighting through external information; lecturer in Microeconometrics for post-graduate students. March 10 May 10 Economic consultant for the European Commission, Directorate-General for the Economic and Financial Affairs, Unit Forecasting and Economic Situation (Brussels) Main duties: estimation of export and import equations for the Euro Area using both time series and panel cointegration techniques. Analysis of the long run equilibrium of export and import for the European Countries and estimation of the speed of adjustment to the long run equilibrium. Sep 09 Feb 10 Blue-Book trainee at the European Commission, Directorate-General for the Economic and Financial Affairs, Unit Forecasting and Economic Situation (Brussels) Main duties: estimation of trade equations for the G30 economies using cointegration panel data models; construction and analysis of a new database for the world GDP components; collaboration in the modification of the Commission's strategy for the construction of the GDP fan charts that are regularly published in European Economic Forecasts; various contributions during the 2009 Autumn forecast. 2

3 Jan 07 May 10 Researcher in Economics, University of Bologna, Department of Economics (Bologna) Main duties: creation of databases from different surveys of microdata; derivation and estimation of various microeconometric models; preparation and presentation of technical reports; writing scientific papers, alone or with other co-authors; collaborations with other members of the department in the analysis of different economic issues; teaching assistant in the course "Econometric theory and practice" for M.Sc. Students; participation in evaluation juries during the M.Sc. exams. Jan 07 Apr 07 Economic analyst for the Italian Democratic Party, National Economic Department (Rome), part-time Main duties: microeconomic analysis of the long-run distributive effects of two different reform proposals of the Italian national pension system; analysis of the European labour market from a regional point of view. ACHIEVEMENTS Selected publications and working paper: - Pacifico D. (2012): Estimating nonparametric mixed logit models via EM algorithm, forthcoming in the «Stata Journal». - Pacifico D. (2011): On the rule of unobserved heterogeneity in discrete choice models of labour supply. Cappaper No. 71/10, Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, forthcoming in «Labour Economics». - Pacifico D. (2009): Estimation of a latent class discrete choice panel data model via Maximum Likelihood, EM algorithm and GLLAMM in Stata, MPRA Paper No Baldini M. and Pacifico D. (2009): The recent reforms of the Italian personal income tax: distributive and efficiency effects. In «Rivista Italiana degli economisti», No.1/09 pag Pacifico, D. (2009): A behavioural microsimulation model with discrete labour supply for Italian couples.. Cappaper No. 65/09, Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. - Pacifico, D. (2009): Inequality and higher education in Italy. The distributive impact of fees and subsidies to academics. Cappaper No. 69/09, Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. - Baldini M., Bosi P. and Pacifico D. (2007) "Gli effetti distributivi dei trasferimenti in-kind: il caso dei servizi educativi e sanitari". In «Povertà e Benessere», pag , Il Mulino, Bologna. 3

4 - Pacifico D. (2007) "Income distribution and In Kind Benefits", Cappaper No.23/07, Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. - Pacifico D. (2006) "Propensity Score Matching between the SHIW database (Banca d'italia) and the Survey on health status and health care services database (Istat, Multiscopo series). Cappaper No.43/06, Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Affiliations/Memberships - Research fellow of CAPP (Centre for Public Policies Analysis), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (since 2007). - Research affiliate of CRENoS (Centre for North-South Economic Research), University of Cagliari (since 2008). SKILLS GAINED DURING MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Communication and presentation skills - Presented data clearly and confidently to both small and large groups, at home or abroad, in Italian as well as in English, adapting style and content to the level of knowledge and understanding of others. - Wrote scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as the highly technical replies to the questions raised by the reviewers. Produced regular progression reports. Interpersonal skills - Coached and collaborated with professors and colleagues, outlining objectives, methodology, and conclusions, actively listening to people and stimulating interest and discussion. - Exchanged constructive feedback and support and learned delegating responsibility. Adaptability - Collaborated and communicated at all professional levels, and with people from diverse origins and cultures. Can work both independently and in team settings. - Adapted to living abroad, increased my command of English, learned perseverance and selfmotivation. Management and organisation - Managed to several projects and collaborations in parallel, planned work to achieve goals and targets on time, set realistic objectives, developed creative solutions to problems. - Used to seek and critically assess large amounts of information, to define the cause of problems, determine available options and to use my own experience and that of others to move forward. 4

5 ADDITIONAL SKILLS Language skills - Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent, IELTS available upon request), Spanish (fluent). Computer skills - OSs: extensive knowledge of both Windows (NT, ME, XP, Vista) and Macintosh (Leopard). - IT software: extensive and deep knowledge of Microsoft Office and Apple iwork; - Econometric software: STATA 11 (advanced level for cross sectional and panel data analysis, programming level using both ado and do files); EVIEWS (advanced level in time series analysis); SPSS (good in data analysis); MatLab (basic but in progress). - Scientific typesetting software: Latex and Lyx. MAIN REFERENCES - Massimo Baldini, Professor of Microeconometrics (Ph.D. supervisor) Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 51 Viale Berengario, Modena 41100, Italy. massimo.baldini@unimore.it Web: Phone: +39 (0) Monica Costa Dias, Professor of Microeconometrics (MSc supervisor) The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE. monica_d@ifs.org.uk Web: - Walter Beckert, Professor of Advanced Econometrics School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX. w.beckert@bbk.ac.uk Web: Phone: +44 (0) Rome, February