Antonio Di Paolo is an assistant professor at the Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics, University of Barcelona and a researcher of the AQR research group of the same university. He obtained a PhD in Applied Economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2011. Prior to his appointment at the University of Barcelona he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Rovira i Virgili University. His research interests are focused on education economics, labour economics and applied microeconometrics.