Alfonso Arpaia

Senior economist and Head of Sector in the Structural Reforms and Competitiveness Directorate of the DG Economic and Financial Affairs at European Commission

Alfonso Arpaia is a Senior Economist and Head of Sector in the Structural Reforms and Competitiveness Directorate of the DG Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission. Prior to joining the European Commission, he was a statistician in Eurostat and then Senior Economist at the Italian Prime Minister's office. He holds an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton and a PhD in Economics from the University “La Sapienza” of Rome. His main research interests focus on labour economics and policies, macroeconomics, applied econometrics and business cycle analysis. He is also IZA Policy Fellow.