School of Economics

Dr Arianna Gatta

Research Fellow
School of Economics
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Researcher biography

Dr Arianna Gatta is a Research Fellow at the School of Economics and the Centre for Policy Futures at the University of Queensland. Arianna's research explores labor market discrimination and the effects of policy design on marginalized groups, including those experiencing unemployment and homelessness. Arianna specialises in quantitative and experimental methods applied to real-world challenges. Arianna has a strong track record of external collaborations, including with Workways Australia, Anglicare Southern Queensland, the Italian Bureau of Statistics, and the Italian Federation of Organizations for the Homeless (fio.PSD). Through her expertise she offers research insights and practical recommendations to enhance the wellbeing of workers, and vulnerable populations, and to support employers facing labour market shortages, both in Australia and globally.

Publications

Book Chapters (2)
Journal Articles (2)
Conference Papers (2)
Newspaper Article (1)
Thesis (1)
Research Reports (4)
Working Papers (5)

Book Chapters

Gatta, Arianna, Chiocchio, Francesco and Bonvecchio, Pietro (2020). Questi Giovani che non mettono su famiglia. Ci pensiamo noi. Dieci proposte per far spazio ai giovani in Italia.. (pp. 22-43) Milan, Italy: Egea.
Gatta, Arianna, Bidut, Elia and Conte, Maddalena (2020). Partenza in salita. Ci pensiamo noi. Dieci proposte per far spazio ai giovani in Italia. (pp. 127-151) edited by Egea. Milan, Italy: Egea.

Journal Articles

Gatta, Arianna (2023). Dal Reddito di Cittadinanza all’Assegno di Inclusione: continua il percorso ad ostacoli per le persone senza dimora [From Citizenship Income to Inclusion Allowance: the obstacle course for homeless people continues]. Menabo (199).
Gatta, Arianna, Mattioli, Francesco, Mencarini, Letizia and Vignoli, Daniele (2022). Employment uncertainty and fertility intentions: stability or resilience?. Population Studies, 76 (3), 387-406. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2021.1939406

Conference Papers

Baldini, Massimo, Gallo, Giovanni and Gatta, Arianna (2023). Understanding the non-take up of the Italian Minimum Income Scheme. Workshop ‘Poverty and Inequality: Empirical Evidence, Policies, and Measurement Issues’, Piacenza, Italy, 6-7 October 2023.
Gatta, Arianna and Stambe, Rose-Marie (2023). "If it doesn't work, why do we keep doing it?": explaining the persistence and diffusion of the conditionality paradigm.. Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 11-13 September 2023.

Newspaper Article

Gatta, Arianna (2023, 09 19). Verso un welfare più inclusivo: comprendere le barriere di accesso al welfare per le persone senza dimora. [Towards a more inclusive welfare: understanding the barriers to accessing welfare for homeless people] Fondazione Roberto Franceschi Onlus

Thesis

Gatta, Arianna (2023). A target on the head? Welfare targeting, conditionality and the persistence of disadvantage. PhD Thesis, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute. doi: 10.2870/498578

Research Reports

Baldini, Massimo, Gallo, Giovanni and Gatta, Arianna (2023). Il take-up di Reddito e Pensione di Cittadinanza [The take up of the Citizenship Income]. Rome, Italy: Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS).
Arcà, Lorenzo, Sottoriva, Claudio Buongiorno, Cuttica, Giovanni, Fontana, Adele and Gatta, Arianna (2023). Ri...Torno subito. Valutazione di una policy della Regione Lazio sulla fuga dei cervelli e lo sviluppo di competenze. Totuga Policy Reports Milan, Italy: Tortuga.
Gatta, Arianna (2022). Non avere dimora a Roma. Accesso alla residenza, alle misure di sostegno al reddito e alle cure mediche per le persone senza dimora della Capitale. Rome, Italy: fio.PSD.
Gatta, Arianna, Paladino, Emma, Annichiarico, Benedetta and Sottoriva, Claudio Buongiorno (2021). La costruzione di una vita autonoma. Strumenti e politiche per il supporto ai Care leavers in Italia. Tortuga Policy Reports. Milan, Italy: Tortuga Policy Reports.

Working Papers

Arianna Gatta (2023). Do employers discriminate participants in active labour market policies? A field experiment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gatta, Arianna (2022). Making the invisible visible: challenges in estimating the homeless population. 16th European Research Conference on Homelessness, Bergamo.
Gatta, Arianna (2022). A welfare for the truly needy? Targeting, conditionality and non-take up of welfare among the homeless in Italy. ISA XX World Congress of Sociology.
Gatta, Arianna (2022). Social networks and diffusion of welfare among the homeless.
Aassve, Arnstein, Mencarini, Letizia, Chiocchio, Francesco, Gandolfi, Francesco, Gatta, Arianna and Mattioli, Francesco (2018). Trustlab Italy: a new dataset for the study of trust, family demography and personality. 115. "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Bocconi University.