Francesco Vona

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Francesco Vona is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Vona has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Francesco Vona's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (18 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (18 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (15 papers). Francesco Vona is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (18 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (18 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (15 papers). Francesco Vona collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Francesco Vona's co-authors include Francesco Nicolli, Giovanni Marin, Davide Consoli, Lionel Nesta, David Popp, Alberto Marzucchi, Fabrizio Patriarca, Michele Raitano, Elena Verdolini and Francesco Rentocchini and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Energy Policy and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Vona

53 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Do green jobs differ from non-green jobs in terms of skills and human capital?
    2016 243 citations Davide Consoli, Giovanni Marin et al. Research Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesco Vona Italy 18 1.3k 462 312 247 244 58 1.9k
Matthieu Glachant France 19 1.3k 1.0× 393 0.9× 120 0.4× 168 0.7× 313 1.3× 52 1.8k
Hongtao Yi United States 30 968 0.7× 312 0.7× 503 1.6× 138 0.6× 301 1.2× 90 2.4k
Grzegorz Mentel Poland 23 1.0k 0.8× 400 0.9× 120 0.4× 142 0.6× 196 0.8× 90 1.7k
Muhammad Saeed Meo Pakistan 31 2.1k 1.6× 962 2.1× 289 0.9× 295 1.2× 247 1.0× 92 2.8k
Dirk Brounen Netherlands 24 1.4k 1.0× 588 1.3× 192 0.6× 137 0.6× 415 1.7× 73 2.9k
Ivan Haščič France 15 1.3k 1.0× 410 0.9× 99 0.3× 198 0.8× 191 0.8× 26 1.6k
Uju Violet Alola Türkiye 23 1.1k 0.9× 573 1.2× 502 1.6× 456 1.8× 289 1.2× 58 2.1k
Yi‐Bin Chiu China 24 1.6k 1.2× 554 1.2× 212 0.7× 128 0.5× 156 0.6× 58 1.9k
Daniel C. Matisoff United States 18 472 0.4× 260 0.6× 201 0.6× 225 0.9× 267 1.1× 45 1.3k
Abdul Rauf China 24 1.5k 1.1× 795 1.7× 279 0.9× 192 0.8× 115 0.5× 49 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesco Vona

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesco Vona

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Francesco Vona. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Francesco Vona. The network helps show where Francesco Vona may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Vona

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesco Vona. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesco Vona based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Francesco Vona. Francesco Vona is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nicolli, Francesco, Marianna Gilli, & Francesco Vona. (2025). Inequality and climate change: Two problems, one solution?. Energy Economics. 145. 108390–108390. 1 indexed citations
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Vona, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Hot Wages: How Do Heat Waves Change the Earnings Distribution?. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Vona, Francesco, et al.. (2023). Anatomy of Green Specialisation: Evidence from EU Production Data, 1995–2015. Environmental and Resource Economics. 85(3-4). 707–740. 7 indexed citations
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Marin, Giovanni & Francesco Vona. (2023). Finance and the reallocation of scientific, engineering and mathematical talent. Research Policy. 52(5). 104757–104757. 6 indexed citations
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Consoli, Davide, Giovanni Marin, Francesco Rentocchini, & Francesco Vona. (2022). Routinization, within-occupation task changes and long-run employment dynamics. Research Policy. 52(1). 104658–104658. 16 indexed citations
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Raitano, Michele & Francesco Vona. (2021). Nepotism vs. Specific Skills: The effect of professional liberalization on returns to parental background of Italian lawyers. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 184. 489–505. 6 indexed citations
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Marin, Giovanni, et al.. (2020). Green Stimulus in a Post-pandemic Recovery: the Role of Skills for a Resilient Recovery. Environmental and Resource Economics. 76(4). 901–911. 44 indexed citations
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Verdolini, Elena, Francesco Vona, & David Popp. (2018). Bridging the gap: Do fast-reacting fossil technologies facilitate renewable energy diffusion?. Energy Policy. 116. 242–256. 69 indexed citations
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Raitano, Michele & Francesco Vona. (2017). Competition, firm size and returns to skills: Evidence from currency shocks and market liberalisations. World Economy. 40(12). 2676–2703. 3 indexed citations
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Verdolini, Elena, Francesco Vona, & David Popp. (2016). Bridging the Gap: Do Fast Reacting Fossil Technologies Facilitate Renewable Energy Diffusion?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
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Vona, Francesco & Giovanni Marin. (2016). Measures, Drivers and Effects of Green Employment: Evidence from US Local Labor Markets, 2006-2014. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Vona, Francesco, Giovanni Marin, Davide Consoli, & David Popp. (2015). Green Skills. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Consoli, Davide, Francesco Vona, & Francesco Rentocchini. (2014). That Was then, this is Now: Skills and Routinization in the 2000s.. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Vona, Francesco & Davide Consoli. (2014). Innovation and skill dynamics: a life-cycle approach. Industrial and Corporate Change. 24(6). 1393–1415. 64 indexed citations
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Raitano, Michele & Francesco Vona. (2014). Direct and Indirect Influences of Parental Background on Children's Earnings: a Comparison across Countries and Genders. Manchester School. 83(4). 423–450. 10 indexed citations
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Raitano, Michele, et al.. (2013). The Channels of Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: A Cross-Country Comparison. SSRN Electronic Journal. 201–226. 5 indexed citations
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Patriarca, Fabrizio & Francesco Vona. (2013). Structural change and income distribution: An inverted-U relationship. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 37(8). 1641–1658. 5 indexed citations
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Raitano, Michele & Francesco Vona. (2013). Peer heterogeneity, school tracking and students’ performances: evidence from PISA 2006. Applied Economics. 45(32). 4516–4532. 15 indexed citations
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Vona, Francesco. (2011). Does the Expansion of Higher Education Reduce Educational Inequality? Evidence from 12 European Countries. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Vona, Francesco & Davide Consoli. (2008). Innovation, Human Capital and Earning Distribution: towards a dynamic life-cycle approach. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 4 indexed citations

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