Full Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Department of Economics

ERC Consolidator Grantee, Uncovering the Roots of Harsh Parenting (HARSH), September 2025-August 2030

IZA Research Fellow / LSE Visiting Fellow / ESPE Council Member (2026-2028)

Research Interests

  • Health economics
  • Family economics
  • Development economics
  • Applied Microeconometrics

Contact Details

Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche

Piazza Scaravilli 2, Bologna

E-mail: elisabetta.decao@unibo.it (or e.de-cao@lse.ac.uk)