Chiara PERONI (Head of division)

Chiara PERONI is the head of STATEC’s Research Division. She joined ANEC/STATEC as senior researcher in April 2011. Chiara is an econometrician with a background in macroeconomic analysis and financial econometrics. She is interested in the application of  non-parametric methods to measure productivity and efficiency, and to study policy issues, such as environmental degradation and quality of life. Currently, she is engaged in analysing how welfare is linked to economic outcomes and entrepreneurship. She worked on the estimation of potential output and the output gap for Luxembourg. She is Luxembourg’s delegate at the EU Output Gap Working Group, and at the OECD CIIE.  Before joining STATEC, Chiara held lecturer positions at the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Manchester (UK). Chiara holds a PhD in Economics from the University of York (UK).

Professional experience

• Head of Research division, STATEC (current).
• Senior Researcher, ANEC/STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Lecturer in Economics, University of East Anglia, UK.
• Lecturer in Econometrics, University of Manchester, UK.

Education

• DPhil in Economics, University of York, UK.
• MSc in Econometrics, University Of York, UK.
• MA in Economics, CORIPE, Turin, Italy.
• Laurea in Scienze Politiche, Alma Mater Università di Bologna, Italy.

Publications

• Sarracino, F., Greyling, T., O'Connor, K.J., Peroni, C., and Rossouw, S. (2023), A year of pandemic: levels, changes and validity of well-being data from Twitter. Evidence from ten countries, PLoS ONE, 18(2): e0275028.
• Peroni, C., Pettinger, M., and F. Sarracino (2022), Productivity Gains from Workers' well-being in Europe, International Productivity Monitor, (43), 41-61.
• DiMaria, C.H., Peroni, C. and Sarracino, F. (2022), From economic productivity to productive well-being: the role of life satisfaction and adjusted net savings, International Productivity Monitor, (43), 62-80.
• O’Connor, K.J. and Peroni C., (2020) One in three Luxembourg residents report their mental health declined during the COVID-19 crisis. International Journal of Community Well-Being, online first.
• DiMaria, C.-H., Peroni, C., and Sarracino F. (2019), Happiness Matters: Productivity Gains from Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Happiness Studies, online first.
• Peroni, C., Riillo C., and Sarracino F. (2016), Entrepreneurship and immigration: evidence from GEM Luxembourg. Small Business Economics, Vol. 46, Issue 4, pp 639-656.
• Peroni, C., and Ferreira I. (2012), Market competition and innovation in Luxembourg. The Journal of Industry Competition and Trade, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Pages 93-117.
• Peroni, C. (2012), Testing linearity in the Term Structures. Applied Financial Economics, 22:8, 651-666.
• Gaudeul A., and Peroni, C. (2010), Reciprocal attention and norm of reciprocity in blogging networks. Economics Bulletin, Vol. 30: N.3.
• Peroni, C. (2009), A nonparametric investigation of risk premia. Studies on Non-linear Dynamics and Econometrics, Vol.13:  N.4.

Reports

• Peroni, C., Riillo, C.A.F., and Pettinger M. (2023), Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2022/2023, STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Chen, X, and C. Peroni (2022), Luxembourg’s Labour Productivity Slowdown in a Comparative Perspective, Rapport annuel 2021-2022: Polycrise, Conseil National de la Productivite, Luxembourg.
• Peroni, C., O’Connor, K.J., Riillo, C.A.F., Santoleri, P., Sarracino, F., and Sivec, V. (2021), Studies from STATEC Research: timely information on well-being and the economy, in Bilan Compétitivité et Résilience 2021: Très bonne résistance de l'économie luxembourgeoise. Ministère de l’Économie, Observatoire de la compétitivité, chapter 5.
• Peroni, C., Riillo, C.A.F., Santoleri P., and Steinsson S. (2021), Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2020/2021 (Pdf, 4.00 Mb). STATEC, Luxembourg.
• Sarracino, F., and O’Connor, K.J., Greyling, T., Peroni, C., and Rossouw S., (2021) From tweets to statistics: Sentiment analysis of tweets reveals how people’s feelings have changed during the pandemic in Luxembourg. STATEC Regards No. 2.
• Peroni, C., Riillo, C.A.F., Santoleri P., and S. Steinsson (2020), Entrepreneurial activities have slowed down in 2020, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg, Flash Report 2019/2020.
• O’Connor, K.J., Morgan, R., Peroni, C. and Riilllo, C.A.F. and Sarracino, F., (2020) Thematic Studies (2020) In Competitiveness Report 2020: Vulnerabilities and resilience, Ministère de l’Économie, Observatoire de la compétitivité, chapter 5.
• Amjadi, G., DiMaria, C.H., and Peroni, C. (2020), LuxKLEMS: total factor productivity developments in Luxembourg, Conseil National De La Productivite: Rapport Annuel 2019, Ministère de l'économie .
• Peroni, C. and Riilllo, C.A.F. (2019), Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2018/2019, STATEC.
• O’Connor, K.J., Peroni, C., Riilllo, C.A.F. and Sarracino F. (2019), Thematic Studies, In Bilan Compétitivité 2019: Focus sur l’entrepreneuriat, chapter 8.
• Peroni, C. and Riilllo, C.A.F. (2019), Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2017/2018, STATEC.
• Fumarco, L., Peroni, C, and F. Sarracino (2018), PIBien-etre: the Report, STATEC.
• F. Sarracino and C. Peroni (2015), Report on Social Enterprises in Luxembourg, STATEC.
• Peroni, C. (2012), Productivity and Competitiveness in Luxembourg: productivity and the crisis, Ministère de l'Economie et du Commerce extérieur: Perspectives de Politique Economique, n. 18.

Working papers

• Riillo, C. A. F.,  Peroni C. (2022) From an Official Survey to a Probability-based Online Panel: the Drivers to Opt-in an Online Panel, CIPHER 2022.
• Sarracino, F., Greyling, T., O'Connor, K.J., Peroni, C., and Rossouw S. (2022). Trust predicts compliance with Covid-19 containment policies: evidence from ten countries using big data. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15171
  
• Riillo C.A.F. and Peroni, C., (2021), Acceptability of COVID-19 Contact-tracing apps in Luxembourg: a Panel Analysis, ECOSTAT, 12/11/2021, STATEC.
• Sarracino, F., Greyling, T., O'Connor, K.J., Peroni, C., and Rossouw S. (2021). A year of pandemic: levels, changes and validity of well-being data from Twitter. Evidence from ten countries., GLO (Global Labor Organization) Working Paper Series No. 831.
• Riillo C.A.F, Peroni, C., and Sarracino F. (2020). Determinants of Acceptability of Contact Tracing Apps for COVID-19: Initial Results from Luxembourg, Économie et statistiques No 117.
• Peroni, C., Riillo C., and Sarracino F. (2015) Entrepreneurship and immigration: evidence from GEM Luxembourg, Statec Working Paper Series, n 81/ 2015.
• DiMaria, C.-H., Peroni, C., and Sarracino F. (2014), Happiness matters: the role of well-being in productivity, Department of Economics University of Siena 699, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
• Peroni, C. (2014), The EU production function approach to estimate output gap: the case of Luxembourg, STATEC Working Paper Series, n 72/ 2014.
• Peroni, C. (2012), Environmental efficiency indices: towards a new approach to green-growth accounting, STATEC Working Paper Series, n 61/ 2012.
• Dimaria, C.H., and Peroni, C. (2012), Unit labour cost and productivity recovery under non neutral technical change, with Document de Recherche, Laboratoire d’Economie d’Orléans , 2012-06.
• Dimaria, C.H., and Peroni, C. (2012), A new unit labour cost changes decomposition four pillars of cost competitiveness recovery, Document de Recherche, Laboratoire d’Economie d’Orléans , 2012-04.
• Peroni, C., and Ferreira I. (2011), Competition and innovation in Luxembourg, STATEC Working Paper Series, n 52/2011.
• Gaudeul A., and Peroni, C. (2010), Reciprocal Attention and Norm of Reciprocity in Blogging Networks, Economic Research Papers 2010-020, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics.

Book chapters

• Blogs & the economics of reciprocal attention, with A. Gaudeul and L. Mathieu, in “Internet Use & impact'', Applied Econometrics Association series, 2012, Palgrave.

Recent conferences & talks

• Productivity gains from job satisfaction, Symposium on Well-being and Productivity, organized by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards (Canada) and The Productivity Institute (United Kingdom), 17/11/2021.
• Challenges in socio-economic research for Luxembourg: the role of the European Values Study, 1ere Journée d'étude du consortium STUDIALUX, University of Luxembourg, 07/06/2019.
• Are happy people successful entrepreneurs?, 16th International Society for Quality of Life Studies Annual Conference, Hong Kong, 16-18/06/2018.
• Productivity in Luxembourg: a DEA application, DEA40 - International conference on Data Envelopment Analysis, Aston University (UK), 16-18/04/2018.
• Productivity gains from job satisfaction in Europe, International conference on Policies for happiness and health, Siena, Italy, 19-21/03/2018.
• The relation between job quality and productivity in Europe, 15th International Society for Quality of Life Studies Annual Conference, Innsbruck, 28-30/09/2017.
• The role of well-being for productivity in Europe: sectoral level analysis using survey and official statistics, Seventh conference of the European Survey Research Association, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-21/07/2017.
• “Does quality of life matters to economic outcomes?”, Invited lecture at the Contemporary economic issues lecture series University of East Anglia, UK, 22 April 2016.
• Workshop on the measurement of output gap, (discussant), EU Commission, Brussels, 28 September 2015.

Contact:

• Email: chiara.peroni@statec.etat.lu
• Phone: (+352) 247-84357
• Address:
  STATEC Research
  House of Entrepreneurship
  14, rue Erasme
  L-1468 Luxembourg-Kirchberg