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Alessandro Cigno

Alessandro Cigno

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
38
Citations
5411
World Ranking
2566
National Ranking
58

Alessandro Cigno publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandro Cigno sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 105 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Alessandro Cigno D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessandro Cigno sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alessandro Cigno is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy specializing in social sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields, including gender studies, demography, economics and econometrics, safety research, and general health professions.

The primary focus of Cigno's research lies in topics related to gender, labor, and family dynamics, as well as culture, economy, and development studies. Additional research interests include historical economic and social studies, poverty, education, and child welfare, homelessness and social issues, child nutrition and water access, and evolutionary game theory and cooperation.

Cigno has contributed to multiple academic publications, notably featuring in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication outlets include the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Review of Economics of the Household, and the Journal of Population Economics.

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Economics of the Household
  • Journal of Population Economics

Recent notable papers by Alessandro Cigno include the following:

  • A strictly economic explanation of gender roles: the lasting legacy of the plough (2021) - Review of Economics of the Household
  • Can a Ban on Child Labour Be Self-Enforcing, and Would it Be Efficient? (2024) - SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Can a ban on child labour be self-enforcing, and would it be efficient? (2024) - Journal of Population Economics
  • Evolution of individual preferences and persistence of family rules (2020) - Review of Economics of the Household
  • Evolution of Individual Preferences and Persistence of Family Rules (2020) - SSRN Electronic Journal

Cigno often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Alessandro Gioffré and Annalisa Luporini, each appearing in at least two joint publications.

  • Alessandro Gioffré
  • Annalisa Luporini

Alessandro Cigno's research spans various disciplines within social sciences, focusing on multifaceted economic and social issues. Their scholarly contributions engage with topics that intersect family dynamics, historical socio-economic patterns, and the mechanisms underlying labor and child welfare policies.

Best Publications

  • Intergenerational transfers without altruism: family, market and state.

    Alessandro Cigno

  • Jointly determined saving and fertility behaviour: theory, and estimates for Germany, Italy, UK and USA.

    Alessandro Cigno;Furio C Rosati

  • A microeconomic analysis of the timing of births

    Alessandro Cigno;John Ermisch

  • A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF WELL-BEING BASED ON SEN'S FUNCTIONING APPROACH

    Angela S. Bergantino;Ernesto Longobardi;Alessandro Balestrino;Alessandro Cigno

  • The Economics of Child Labour

    Alessandro Cigno;Furio Camillo Rosati

  • Does Globalization Increase Child Labor

    Alessandro Cigno;Furio C Rosati;Lorenzo Guarcello

  • The effects of financial markets and social security on saving and fertility behaviour in Italy.

    Alessandro Cigno;Furio C. Rosati

  • Fertility decisions when infant survival is endogenous.

    Alessandro Cigno

  • Fertility and the tax-benefit system: a reconsideration of the theory of family taxation.

    Alessandro Cigno

  • Agency in family policy : a survey

    Alessandro Cigno

  • The Impact of Social Security on Saving and Fertility in Germany

    Alessandro Cigno;Luca Casolaro;Furio C. Rosati

  • Transfers to families with children as a principal-agent problem

    Alessandro Cigno;Annalisa Luporini;Anna Pettini

  • Children and Pensions

    Alessandro Cigno

  • The Political Economy of Intergenerational Cooperation

    Alessandro Cigno

  • Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?

    Alessandro Cigno;Furio C. Rosati

  • How to Deal with Covert Child Labour, and Give Children an Effective Education, in a Poor Developing Country: An Optimal Taxation Problem with Moral Hazard

    Alessandro Cigno

  • A constitutional theory of the family

    Alessandro Cigno

  • Children and Pensions

    Alessandro Cigno;Martin Werding

  • Child Labour Education and Nutrition in Rural India

    Alessandro Cigno;Furio C. Rosati

  • Rise and fall of the Japanese saving rate: The role of social security and intra-family transfers

    Alessandro Cigno;Furio Camillio Rosati

  • Is There a Social Security Tax Wedge

    Alessandro Cigno

Frequent Co-Authors

John Ermisch
John Ermisch University of Oxford
Pierre Pestieau
Pierre Pestieau University of Liège

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