Lilia Costabile

Current Status

Full Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Naples Federico II

Address

Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, via Cinzia 45, Monte S. Angelo, 80126 - Napoli.

E-mail

costabil@unina.it

Education

1976 First degree with honours, University of Florence;

1977 Diploma in Economics, Portici;

1980 M. Phil in Economics, Cambridge, U.K.

1986 Ph.D. in Economics, Cambridge, U.K.

Academic career

1980-1983 Lecturer in economics, Università della Calabria, Cosenza

1984-1987 Researcher, Università della Calabria, Cosenza

1987-1990 Associate Professor, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

1990 Chair, Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”

Other Appointments

1990 Visiting Professor, Cambridge

1994 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Massachusets at Amherst.

1994-1995 National co-ordinator of the research Markets and Institutions in Southern Italy’s economic development (funded by the C.N.R., National Research Council)

1996 Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge, she then became a Life Member of this College.

1997 Visiting Fellow, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of Berkeley.

1998–2001 Member of the President's Advisory Council of the S.I.E.

1999–2001 Member of the Scientific Committee and co-Director of the Rivista Italiana degli Economisti.

2000 National Co-ordinator of the Commission for the Historical Archives (A.S.E.), Italian Economists’ Society.

2000 Director of the Series Teoria e politica economica nel pensiero degli economisti campani, Napoli, Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici

2001–2003 National co-ordinator of the research Italian economists’ papers (financed by Ministry of University and Scientific Research).

2004 Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal Economia Politica.

2004 Vice-President of the Italian Economists’ Society.

2004 National Co-ordinator of the research Economic Theory and Policy in Italian Economists’ Papers. The A.S.E. project (financed by Ministry of University and Scientific Research).

Research interests

The theory of unemployment and the analysis of the labour market

Institutional economics

History of economic analysis

Experience

She has written extensively on Economic Theory and the History of Economic Analysis, and published her works both in books (for some of which she has also been the editor), and in some Italian and international journals (including The Economic Journal, The Cambridge Journal of Economics, Australian Economic Papers, Economia Politica, Economic Notes, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti etc.). For some of these (such as the E.J., the Cambridge Journal, etc.) she has also repeatedly acted as a referee. She presented her work in conferences and seminars held both in Italy and abroad. She has been Visiting Professor at several Universities, both in the USA and in England.