Graziella Bertocchi

Graziella Bertocchi is an Italian economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Modena, Italy. She is known for her work on economic growth viewed from a historical perspective.

Education and career Bertocchi's undergraduate degree is from the University of Modena (1980). She earned an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983, and went on to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. She held an assistant professor position at Brown University, and then returned to the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 1993.

Academic work Bertocchi has written on race, women in the economy and politics, as well as labor issues and the logic of enfranchisement. Her primary fields of study are macroeconomics, political economy, and family economic. Bertocchi's work on race has examined the link between slavery in the 1860s and present-day economic inequalities; this was covered by Pacific Standard. Bertocchi has also spoken on women and mathematics and the perceptions of mathematical ability in women. Her work on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on black women has been discussed in the media. She has also addressed the economic impact of the pandemic on Europe.

Bertocchi ranks highly in citations according to Research Papers in Economics; as of 2021, she is ranked in the top 5% of economics overall and has an h-index at Google Scholar of 24.

Selected publications

Honors and awards Bertocchi was named a fellow of the Global Labor Organization in 2017.