Emilia Del Bono | University of Essex

Email
edelbono@essex.ac.uk
Location

2N2.6.12, Colchester Campus

Profile

Biography

Emilia Del Bono is a Professor of Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex. Her research agenda is focused on the nature, causes, and consequences of disparities in children’s human capital that lead to inequalities later on in life. As of March 2020 she is the Director of the ESRC-funded Centre for Micro Social Change (MiSoC). MiSoC is a multidisciplinary centre, promoting collaboration between economists, sociologists and other social scientists, and using quantitative social science to provide evidence with which to address key societal challenges. MiSoC has been based at ISER at the University of Essex since 1989. MiSoC's programme of work for the 2019-2024 cycle investigates how individuals and families are responding to the challenge of the world’s need for a creative, adaptable labour force - with higher levels of education and a greater reliance on social skills. It will also explore demographic changes: including new family structures, changing gender roles, an ageing population and growing diversity from migration. Emilia is also continuing to work on the ESRC-funded project Inequality in Higher Education Outcomes in the UK, which features a large longitudinal study of higher university students started in 2015.

Qualifications

PhD in Economics University of Oxford, (2004)
MPhil in Economics University of Oxford, (1999)
B.A. in Economics and Banking University of Siena, (1997)

Appointments

University of Essex

Professor of Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex (1/10/2014 - present)
Reader, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex (10/2012 - 9/2014)
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex (10/2011 - 9/2012)
Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex (10/2008 - 9/2011)
Senior Research Officer, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex (11/2005 - 9/2008)

Other academic

Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley (8/2004 - 10/2005)
Junior Research Fellow, Queen's College, University of Oxford (9/2002 - 7/2004)

Teaching and supervision

Current supervision

Hester Maisie Clare Southerden Burn

Thesis title: Essays on the Economics of Education
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy

Previous supervision

Tommaso Sartori

Thesis title: Empirical Studies in the Economics of Education
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 27/6/2025

Sonkurt Kemal Sen

Thesis title: Essays in Economics of Education
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/6/2022

Liza Catherine Benny

Thesis title: Essays in Applied Labour Economics
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 29/11/2021

Joshua John Fullard

Thesis title: Money Matters? Essays on Human Capital Accumulation, Occupational Choice and Worker Productivity.
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 4/8/2021

Rocco Enrico Rubolino

Thesis title: Essays on Public Economics
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/11/2020

Franco Bonomi Bezzo

Thesis title: Essays in the Economic Sociology of Inequalities
Degree subject: Applied Social and Economic Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 31/7/2020

Maria Elena Komodromou

Thesis title: Women Employment and Health
Degree subject: Applied Social and Economic Research
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 26/10/2017

Greta Morando

Thesis title: 'Essays on the Economics of Education and Labour'
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 5/7/2017

Angus James Holford

Thesis title: Peers, Parents and Productivity: Interactions and Investments in Children
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 11/2/2015

Tina Rampino

Thesis title: Opportunities, Attitudes and Aspirations of Young People
Degree subject: Economics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 22/8/2014

Publications

Journal articles (25)

Delavande, A., Del Bono, E. and Holford, A., (2025). Imprecise health beliefs and health behavior. Journal of Health Economics. 102 (August), 103003-103003

Del Bono, E. and Pronzato, CD., (2024). Does breastfeeding support at work help mothers, children, and employers at the same time?. Journal of Demographic Economics. 90 (1), 88-115

Blanden, J., Del Bono, E., Hansen, K. and Rabe, B., (2022). Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes. Journal of Population Economics. 35 (2), 785-828

Del Bono, E. and Morando, G., (2022). For some, luck matters more: the impact of the great recession on the early careers of graduates from different socio-economic backgrounds. Oxford Economic Papers. 74 (3), 869-893

Del Bono, E., Kinsler, J. and Pavan, R., (2022). Identification of dynamic latent factor models of skill formation with translog production. Journal of Applied Econometrics. 37 (6), 1256-1265

Delavande, A., Del Bono, E. and Holford, A., (2022). Academic and non-Academic Investments at University: the Role of Expectations, Preferences and Constraints. Journal of Econometrics. 231 (1), 74-97

Del Bono, E. and Vuri, D., (2018). Smoking behaviour and individual well-being: a fresh look at the effects of the 2005 public smoking ban in Italy. Oxford Economic Papers. 70 (3), 741-762

Clark, D. and Del Bono, E., (2016). The Long-Run Effects of Attending an Elite School: Evidence from the United Kingdom. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 8 (1), 150-176

Del Bono, E., Francesconi, M., Kelly, Y. and Sacker, A., (2016). Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes. The Economic Journal. 126 (596), F96-F135

Blanden, J., Del Bono, E., McNally, S. and Rabe, B., (2016). Universal Pre-school Education: The Case of Public Funding with Private Provision. Economic Journal. 126 (592), 682-723

Bono, ED., Weber, A. and Winter-Ebmer, R., (2015). Fertility and economic instability: the role of unemployment and job displacement. Journal of Population Economics. 28 (2), 463-478

del Bono, E., Francesconi, M., Kelly, Y. and Sacker, A., (2015). Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

Bono, ED., Grünberger, K. and Vuri, D., (2014). Seasonality in Smoking Behaviour: Re-Evaluating the Effects of the 2005 Public Smoking Ban in Italy. CESifo Working Paper Series (5083)

Del Bono, E., Grünberger, K. and Vuri, D., (2013). Seasonality in Smoking Behaviour: Re-evaluating the Effects of the 2005 Public Smoking Ban in Italy. CEIS Working Paper (295)

Del Bono, E., Ermisch, J. and Francesconi, M., (2012). Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Structural Model of Birth Weight. Journal of Labor Economics. 30 (3), 657-706

Del Bono, E., Weber, A. and Winter-Ebmer, R., (2012). CLASH OF CAREER AND FAMILY: FERTILITY DECISIONS AFTER JOB DISPLACEMENT. Journal of the European Economic Association. 10 (4), 659-683

Kelly, Y., Sacker, A., Del Bono, E., Francesconi, M. and Marmot, M., (2011). What role for the home learning environment and parenting in reducing the socioeconomic gradient in child development? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 96 (9), 832-837

Del Bono, E. and Vuri, D., (2011). Job mobility and the gender wage gap in Italy. Labour Economics. 18 (1), 130-142

Del Bono, E., Sala, E. and Hancock, R., (2009). Older carers in the UK: are there really gender differences? New analysis of the Individual Sample of Anonymised Records from the 2001 UK Census. Health & Social Care in the Community. 17 (3), 267-273

Del Bono, E. and Weber, A., (2008). Do Wages Compensate for Anticipated Working Time Restrictions? Evidence from Seasonal Employment in Austria. Journal of Labor Economics. 26 (1), 181-221

Del Bono, E., Weber, A. and Winter-Ebmer, R., (2008). Clash of Career and Family. Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement. CESifo Working Paper Series (2180)

Del Bono, E. and Vuri, D., (2006). Is It the Way She Moves? New Evidence on the Gender Wage Growth Gap in the Early Careers of Men and Women in Italy. IZA Discussion Paper (2523)

Bratti, M., Bono, ED. and Vuri, D., (2005). New Mothers’ Labour Force Participation in Italy: The Role of Job Characteristics. LABOUR. 19 (s1), 79-121

Del Bono, E., (2004). Pre-Marital Fertility and Labour Market Opportunities: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study

Del Bono, E. and Galindo-Rueda, F., (2004). Do a Few Months of Compulsory Schooling Matter? The Education and Labour Market Impact of School Leaving Rules

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Book chapters (2)

Ermisch, J. and Del Bono, E., (2012). Inequality in achievements during adolescence. In: From parents to children: the intergenerational transmission of advantage. Editors: Ermisch, J., J�ntti, M. and Smeeding, TM., . Russell Sage Foundation. 978-0-87154-045-4

Bono, ED., (2008). Early labour market experience and the timing of family formation. In: Changing Relationships. 180- 201

Reports and Papers (5)

Del Bono, E., Grunberger, K. and Vuri, D., Seasonality in smoking behaviour: re-evaluating the effects of the 2005 public smoking ban in Italy

Del Bono, E., Ermisch, J. and Francesconi, M., Intrafamily resource allocations: a dynamic model of birth weight

Del Bono, E. and Ermisch, J., Birth weight and the dynamics of early cognitive and behavioural development

Del Bono, E., Francesconi, M., Kelly, Y. and Sacker, A., (2014). Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

Bratti, M., Bono, ED. and Vuri, D., (2004). New Mothers' Labour Force Participation in Italy: The Role of Job Characteristics

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Scholarly Editions (20)

Bryan, ML., Del Bono, E. and Pudney, S., Drug-related crime

Del Bono, E., Francesconi, M. and Best, NG., Health information and health outcomes: an application of the regression discontinuity design to the 1995 UK contraceptive pill scare case

Del Bono, E. and Galindo-Rueda, F., The long term impacts of compulsory schooling: evidence from a natural experiment in school leaving dates

Clark, D. and Del Bono, E., The long-run effects of attending an elite school: evidence from the UK

Del Bono, E. and Rabe, B., Breastfeeding and child cognitive outcomes: evidence from a hospital-based breastfeeding support policy

Del Bono, E. and Vuri, D., Is it the way she moves? New evidence on the gender wage growth gap in the early careers

Del Bono, E. and Galindo-Rueda, F., The long term impacts of compulsory schooling: evidence from a natural experiment in school leaving dates

Del Bono, E. and Weber, A., Do wages compensate for anticipated working time restrictions? Evidence from seasonal employment in Austria

Del Bono, E., Sala, E., Hancock, R., Gunnell, C. and Parisi, L., Gender, older people and social exclusion: a gendered review and secondary analysis of the data

Del Bono, E., Weber, A. and Winter-Ebmer, R., Clash of Career and Family: Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

Del Bono, E., Weber, A. and Winter-Ebmer, R., Clash of Career and Family - Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

del Bono, E., Ermisch, JF. and Francesconi, M., Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Model of Birth Weight

del Bono, E., Weber, A. and Winter-Ebmer, R., Clash of Career and Family: Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

Del Bono, E. and Ermisch, J., Birth Weight and the Dynamics of Early Cognitive and Behavioural Development

del Bono, E. and Francesconi, M., Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

Blanden, J., Del Bono, E., Hansen, K. and Rabe, B., The Impact of Free Early Childhood Education and Care on Educational Achievement: a Discontinuity Approach Investigating Both Quantity and Quality of Provision

Del Bono, E., Francesconi, M., Kelly, Y. and Sacker, A., (2013). Understanding the SES Gradient in Early Child Development: Maternal Work, Home Learning, and Child Care Decisions

Del Bono, E., Francesconi, M. and Best, N., (2011). Health Information and Health Outcomes: An Application of the Regression Discontinuity Design to the 1995 UK Contraceptive Pill Scare Case

Del Bono, E. and Vuri, D., (2008). Job mobility and the gender wage gap

Del Bono, E., Weber, AM. and Winter-Ebmer, R., (2008). Clash of Career and Family - Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

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