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Contact Information
| Name | Paolo Berta |
| Professional Title | Full Professor of Public Economics |
| paolo.berta@unimib.it | |
| Location | Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, Milan, Lombardy 20126 |
Professional Summary
Full Professor of Public Economics at the Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milano-Bicocca. My research focuses on health economics, statistical evaluation of healthcare systems, policy evaluation, and the application of modern econometric and machine learning methods to administrative data.
Experience
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2025 - Milan, Italy
Full Professor of Public Economics (sector 13/ECON-03)
University of Milano-Bicocca
Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods.
- Coordinator of the Bachelor Program in Statistics and Information Management (since October 2025)
- Deputy Coordinator of the PhD Program in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, and Economics (since November 2023)
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2022 - 2025 Milan, Italy
Associate Professor of Social Statistics (sector 13-D3)
University of Milano-Bicocca
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2019 - 2022 Milan, Italy
Tenure-track Researcher in Social Statistics (sector 13-D3)
University of Milano-Bicocca
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2014 - 2019 Milan, Italy
Type A Researcher in Statistics (sector 13-D1)
University of Milano-Bicocca
Education
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2018 - London, UK
PhD
Brunel University London
Statistics Evaluation of Quality in Healthcare
- Thesis: Statistics Evaluation of Quality in Healthcare
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2003 - Milan, Italy
Master's Degree
University of Milano-Bicocca
Healthcare Statistics
- Thesis: Using Data Mining for Pharmaceutical Expenditure Analysis
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1999 - Padua, Italy
Bachelor's Degree
University of Padua
Demographic and Social Statistical Sciences
- Thesis: From the Republic of Venice to the Kingdom of Italy: Quality of Demographic Statistics in Veneto
Awards
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2023 Qualification for Full Professor in sector 13/A3 Public Finance
Italian Ministry of University and Research
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2018 Qualification for Associate Professor in sector 13/A3 Public Finance
Italian Ministry of University and Research
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2018 Qualification for Associate Professor in sector 13/D3 Demography and Social Statistics
Italian Ministry of University and Research
Skills
Scopus ID 57190579633
Web of Science ID HGA-5830-2022
ORCID 0000-0003-0984-4288:
Projects
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Age-it: Ageing Well in an Ageing Society (PNRR 2023-2026)
Task leader for the task Impact evaluation of discharge planning on continuity of care, patient outcomes, and hospital quality. Coordinated by Prof. Aleksandra Torbica, Bocconi University.
- Task leader
- Focus on efficiency, effectiveness, and appropriateness of hospital discharge planning for patients over 65
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RETIN: Responses To Inequalities in Non-communicable Diseases (PRIN 2023-2025)
Scientific Coordinator of the Bicocca Unit. Develops a standardized model to identify chronic diseases across Tuscany, Lombardy, and Sicily.
- Scientific Coordinator for Bicocca unit
- Collaboration with Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa) and University of Palermo
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MIGHTY: MIGrants HealTh and healthcare access in ItalY (PRIN 2023-2025)
Provides updated knowledge on migrant health, unmet needs, and healthcare access in Italy.
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Collaboration Agreement with the European Commission Joint Research Center (2024-2026)
Scientific Coordinator for counterfactual impact evaluation of public policies.
Certificates
- AIES - Italian Association for Health Economics - Membership (2023)
- Laboratory for Management and Healthcare - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa - Membership (2019)
- HEDG - Health Econometrics and Data Group, University of York - Membership (2018)