Four young Bocconi scholars have been awarded as many ERC Starting Grants, prestigious European funding designed to support the best emerging research talent. With these latest awards, the total number of ERC Grants to Bocconi professors tops 71, 35 of which are active, confirming the University as one of Europe’s leading hubs for research in social sciences and, increasingly, in STEM disciplines.

LIFT-UP: Lifting up the working poor - predistribution and redistribution at the low end of the wage spectrum (Giulia Giupponi)

The project explores how to effectively combine minimum wages and fiscal policies to support low-income workers. In a context where these instruments are often analyzed separately, LIFT-UP proposes an integrated approach that also considers citizens’ political preferences and the social acceptability of reforms. A theoretical and empirical model will help identify optimal policy configurations to combat labor market inequalities.

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