Rate My Professor Matteo Richiardi

Matteo Richiardi is a Professor of Economics in the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, where he has been appointed since 2018. Since 2020, he has directed the Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA). He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Torino in 2004, M.Sc. in Economics (with distinction) from University College London in 2000, and B.Sc. in Economics (with distinction) from the University of Torino in 1998. His previous appointments include EUROMOD Director at the University of Essex (2018–2020), Senior Research Officer at the University of Oxford’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention (2016–2018), Marie Curie Fellow at Oxford’s Mathematical Institute (2014–2016), Assistant Professor (qualified to Full Professor) at the University of Torino (2010–2014), and Assistant Professor at Università Politecnica delle Marche (2006–2009). Richiardi serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Microsimulation (since 2015) and is a Board Member of the International Microsimulation Association (since 2015). He holds honorary positions as Adjunct Professor at the National University of Ireland Galway and Affiliate at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford.

Richiardi is recognised as a labour economist specialising in microsimulation and agent-based modelling techniques. His academic interests encompass labour economics, computational economics, social policy, health economics, income inequality, and worker insecurity. Key publications include co-edited books such as Agent-Based Computational Economics: A Toolkit (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and The Political Economy of Work Security and Flexibility: Italy in Comparative Perspective (Policy Press, 2012). Selected journal articles feature "Firm Heterogeneity and the Aggregate Labour Share" (Labour, 2024), "The Drivers of Income Inequality in Rich Countries" (Journal of Economic Surveys, 2019), "JAS-mine: A New Platform for Microsimulation and Agent-Based Modelling" (International Journal of Microsimulation, 2017), and "UKMOD – A New Tax-Benefit Model for the Four Nations of the UK" (International Journal of Microsimulation, 2021). Among his honors is the Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (2014–2016, budget €309,000). Through developments like UKMOD and contributions to EUROMOD, his work has advanced policy analysis on fiscal interventions, employment dynamics, and their health and inequality implications.