Dimitri Paolini DEST, Università "G. D'Annunzio"   viale Pindaro, 42 Pescara, 65100 Italy   dpaolini@unich.it     Biographical Sketch: 2002- : Assistant professor, DEST, Università "G. D'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara (Italy) 2001-2002 : Research Fellow, CREPP, Université Libre de Liège, Liège, Belgium. 2001-2002 : Affiliation, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium. 2001- : Affiliation, DMQTE, Università "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy. 2001: Ph.D. in Economics, UCL (Université Catholique de Louvain), Louvain la Neuve, Belgium. 1998: Master in Economics, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), with distinction.   Primary Research Focus: Applied microeconomics, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, Public Economics.   JEL Areas: J0 : Labor and Demographic Economics: General L0 : Industrial Organization: General