Giacomo Anastasia

I am a third-year PhD student in Economics at Columbia University (BusEc track).

My research interests are in public economics, labor economics, and industrial organization.

Research

Published Paper

A Wartime Labor Market: The Case of Ukraine
Giacomo Anastasia, Tito Boeri, Oleksandr Zholud Economic Policy, 41(125), 7–60, 2026 [WP version] Media: VoxEU, RFBerlin, The Conversation, Financial Times [here & here], Il Foglio, Spiegel, Handelsblatt, VoxTalks Economics [podcast]

Book Chapter

The Labour Market in Ukraine: Rebuild Better
Giacomo Anastasia, Tito Boeri, Marianna Kudlyak, Oleksandr Zholud Chapter in Rebuilding Ukraine: Principles and Policies, CEPR Press, 2022 Media: VoxEU, Project Syndicate, laVoce

Work in Progress

Public Procurement and Buyer Qualification
The Effects of Technology Adoption Mandates
with Dorothy W.S. Ting

Miscellanea

Since 2022, I have contributed to organizing the International Festival of Economics in Turin. The next edition will be held on 22–25 October 2026. View the 2026 programme in English or Italian.
Programmes of past editions.