I am an Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). I hold a PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics at NTNU.

My latest research is at the intersection between Public Economics, Labor Economics and Political Economy, with a focus on (i) economic inequality and (ii) policy-relevant questions related to the «Nordic model» of economic development and welfare.

I teach Economics and Social Policy at the highly interdisciplinary department of Social Work at NTNU, giving lectures on Economics of the Welfare State, Social and Welfare Policy, Quantitative Methods.

Managing Editor of the Journal of Income Distribution (JID). Member of the Scientific Committee of the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice (JPFPC). Country Lead for Norway of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).

You can find my updated CV here: short_version  long_version

More details on my papers can be found here: IDEAS/RePEc  Google Scholar

Journal publications:

[7] Iacono R. (2019), "The Norwegian Oil Bonanza and the Scandinavian Model in Comparative Perspective", Comparative Economic Studies, 61(1): 63-82. Preprint.

[6] Iacono R. (2018), "The Nordic Model of Economic Development and Welfare: Recent Developments and Future Prospects", Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 53(4): 185-190.

[5] Iacono R. (2018), “The Dutch Disease revisited: absorption constraint and learning by doing”, Portuguese Economic Journal, 17(1): 61-85. Preprint.

[4] Iacono R. (2017), “Minimum Income Schemes in Europe: is there a trade-off with activation policies?”, IZA Journal of European Labor Studies; 6:1.

[3] Iacono R. (2017), "A comparison of fiscal rules for resource-rich economies", Economic Analysis and Policy, 55: 179-193. Preprint.

[2] Iacono R. (2016), “No blessing, no curse? On the benefits of being a resource-rich southern region of Italy”, Research in Economics, 70 (2): 346-359. Preprint.

[1] Iacono R. (2014), “On the interplay between intergenerational transfers and natural resources”, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 12(2): 167-199.

Working papers: 

[5] Iacono R. and M. Ranaldi (2020), "Perceptions of Inequality and Redistribution: A Note", Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 19002, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1). R&R Journal of Economic Inequality.

[4] Iacono R. and M. Ranaldi (2020), "Poor laborers and rich capitalists? On the evolution of income composition inequality in Italy 1989-2016", Stone Center Working Paper Series. no. 13. Submitted.

[3] Iacono R. and E. Palagi (2020), "Still the lands of equality? On the heterogeneity of individual factor income shares in the Nordics".

[2] Iacono R., McNamara C., and Oka Y. (2020), "Import shocks and health in US labor markets: the mediating role of social protection policies".

[1] Iacono R. and M. Viccaro (2020), "The Basilicata Wealth Fund: resource policy and long-run economic development in Southern Italy", MPRA Paper 72858, University Library of Munich, Germany. Latest version available here.

Book reviews:

[3] Iacono R. (2019), Review of "Capitalism, Alone" by Branko Milanovic. LSE Review of Books.

[2] Iacono R. (2019), Review of "Measuring Poverty around the World" by Tony Atkinson. LSE Review of Books.

[1] Iacono R. (2018), Review of "The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century" by Walter Scheidel. LSE Review of Books.

Blog posts, interviews, op-eds:

2020-4-5. Op-ed, Forskning.no: "I Italia er ikke økonomi en del av korona-debatten" (in Norwegian).

2020-4-2. Interview, Gemini: "Til og med Prada og Gucci produserer helseutstyr nå" (in Norwegian).

2019-8-20. Interview, Dagens Næringsliv: "Italias statsminister trekker seg" (in Norwegian).

2018-11-27. Interview, Norwegian Public Radio NRK Alltid Nyheter (in Norwegian).

2018-9-21. Blog article, INET: “The Rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia”.