Davide Rigo

I am an Assistant Professor at Birmingham Business School (Department of Management), a Visiting Fellow at the LSE (Department of Geography and Environment) and a CESifo Research Network Affiliate.

I am an applied economist, interested in technological change, innovation and international economics with a focus on the role of firms.

Research. I examine how digital technologies and remote/hybrid work arrangements are transforming labour markets, firms and the wider economy. My work also investigates how innovation and digitalisation affect inequalities across firms and places. I also study how international trade agreements shape firms’ internationalisation strategies and contribute to economic welfare. My research combines large-scale administrative data and unstructured big data sources, such as LinkedIn and job postings, with quantitative methods for causal inference.

Impact. I have secured over £235,000 in research funding as principal investigator from UK institutions, including the Leverhulme Trust, British Academy, STICERD and LSE. I have presented my research to leading UK policy institutions, including the House of Lords and the Department for Business and Trade. I also collaborated with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Contact. To get in touch, please email me at d.rigo@bham.ac.uk