Profile

Ph.D University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA and Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Verona where he teaches Economic Policy and Development Economics. Current President of the Italian Society of Development Economics (SITES). He is a member of the scientific committee of the Centre for Household, Income, Labor and Demographics (CHILD), the International Centre for Economic Development (ICID) and the ‘Centre for Studies and Research on the Family’ at the Catholic University of Milan. His main research interests concern the economics of welfare and sustainable economic development, the estimation of the cost of living, children and disabilities, poverty and inequality, family policies, the analysis of micro and macro models of economic policy, environmental economics and health. He is the author of numerous international publications and books in the field of welfare economics, family and economic and sustainable development. Founder and scientific head of the university spinoff _Economic Living Lab_ of the University of Verona specialising in the impact assessment of social programmes and sustainable economic development projects.

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

• Dalla Chiara, E., M. Menon, and F. Perali (2018): “An Integrated Database to Measure Living Standards,” forthcoming on the Journal of Official Statistics.

• Chavas, J. P., M. Menon, E. Pagani, and F. Perali (2017): “The Sharing Rule and Intra-Household Inequality,” Theoretical Economics.

• Mangiavacchi, L., F. Perali, and L. Piccoli (2017): “Intra-household Distribution in Migrant-Sending Families” Journal of Demographic Economics.

• Menon, M., F. Perali, and L. Piccoli (2017): “The Passive Drinking Effect using a Complete Collective Demand System,” Review of Economics of the Household.

• Menon, M., F. Perali, and M. Veronesi (2017): “Social Inclusion and Altruism: Preferences for Juvenile Rehabilitation Programs,” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.

• Menon, M., F. Perali, N. Tommasi (2017): “The Estimation of Unit Values,” Stata Journal, 17(1): 222-239.

• Menon, M., F. Perali, V. Polin (2017): “Il Nuovo Indicatore della Situazione Economica Equivalente: È Una Vera Riforma?” Rivista di Politica Economica.

• Matteazzi, E., Menon, M., F. Perali (2017): “The Collective Farm-household Model: Policy and Welfare Simulations,” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy,39(1): 111-153.

Book chapters

• F. Perali e P.L. Scandizzo (2018): “General Equilibrium Modelling: The Integration of Policy and Project Analysis,” in Perali, F., Scandizzo P.L. Eds. The New Generation of Computable General Equilibrium Models, Springer.

• Lovo S., Magnani, R. e F. Perali (2018): “A Regional Dynamic General Equilibrium Model with Historical Calibration: a Counterfactual Exercise,” in Perali, F., Scandizzo P.L. Eds. The New Generation of Computable General Equilibrium Models, Springer.

• Finizia, A., R. Magnani e F. Perali (2018): “The Political Economy of the CAP Reform in Italy,” in Perali, F., Scandizzo P.L. Eds. The New Generation of Computable General Equilibrium Models, Springer.

• Gonçalves, M. and F. Perali (2017): “Intergenerational Responsibility in the 21st Century: An Independent Agency as Intergenerational Lens,” in “Intergenerational Responsibility in the 21st Century,” Vernon Press, Delaware, USA.

• Menon, M. and F. Perali (2010): “I Figli nelle Famiglie Italiane: Valore o Costo?” in Il Costo dei Figli. Quale Welfare per le Famiglie? in P. Donati, Ed., FrancoAngeli: 83-119.