Topic of thesis: Intra-EU Mobility and National Welfare States.

Abstract: My PhD research project aims to draw a comprehensive picture of the interactions between intra-European mobility and national welfare states. It consists in a broad and multidisciplinary literature review on the topic, bridging contributions from different academic fields (Sociology, Economics, Political Sciences and Law), combined with three working papers. The first paper explores the socio-economic characteristics of EU citizens who actually receive social benefits in five countries of destination, and the patterns of their welfare use in comparison to natives. The second paper tests the progressive assimilation hypothesis in respect to welfare accessibility of both EU and extra-EU migrants. Not only short and long-term migrants are compared, but also first and second generations across 12 European countries and two survey waves. The third paper assesses weather intra-EU mobility is beneficial for social mobility, by focusing on the case of Romanians who are the most mobile European citizens nowadays. Finally, a single narrative is built by comparing the different national regimes and taking into account the main characteristics of the populations of European citizens in each country. The emerging picture is framed according to the typologies of political economy literature (regimes of welfare, labour market features, skill formation systems, variety of capitalism, migration regimes, etc.).

Research interests: EU Free Movement; Welfare States; Labour Markets; Social Mobility; Industrial Relations; Human Resources.

Graduated from: University of Milan (Master and Bachelor); Warwick Business School (Erasmus exchange).

Degrees obtained: Labour Studies (Master, December 2013); Organization and Human Resources (Bachelor, July 2011).

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