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Mimosa Distefano.

Mimosa Distefano

Research Economist

Expertise: Labor, Gender and Urban Economics

Email:
m.distefano@lse.ac.uk
Room:
SAL 2.01 E
Connect:
Twitter
Website
Links:
CEP Labour
CEP Urban
LSE

Biography

Dr Mimosa Distefano is a research economist at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics (LSE). She is also affiliated with the Rockwool Foundation Berlin. She obtained her PhD in Economics at University College London (UCL).

Current areas of research include:

  • Labour Economics: Determinants of workers' career profiles; Gender inequality in the labour market; CEO's characteristics and firm productivity
  • Urban Economics: Agglomeration economies and workers' careers profiles (awarded an ADR UK fellowship); Agglomeration economies and spatial wage inequality

Publications

CEP discussion papers
Female-targeted hiring subsidies, firm learning, and women's employment

Women often struggle to re-enter employment after career breaks, possibly because employers are uncertain about their productivity. We study whether hiring subsidies help firms overcome this uncertainty and hire from thi... Read more...

Mimosa Distefano, Lorenzo Incoronato and Anna Raute

12 August 2026

CEP discussion papers
Spatial productivity disparities in Great Britain

We study productivity disparities across metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in Great Britain. Spatial disparities in productivity are large and persistent. Using a development accounting framework, we show that diff... Read more...

Mimosa Distefano, Helene Donnat, Henry G. Overman and Krishan Shah

28 May 2026

CEP discussion papers
Gender, careers and peers' gender mix

We use Italian Social Security data to study how the gender composition of a worker's professional network influences their career development. By exploiting variation within firms, occupations, and labor market entry co... Read more...

Elena Ashtari Tafti, Mimosa Distefano and Tetyana Surovtseva

14 June 2024

Blog
Britain can promote private investment and economic growth. Here's how

The UK investment ecosystem needs rewiring across the board to increase firms' desire to invest in productive and sustainable assets, and to enhance their ability to do so. Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Krishan Shah, ... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Krishan Shah, Gregory Thwaites and Anna Valero

24 October 2023

CentrePiece - The magazine of the Centre for Economic Performance
Low investment Britain: policies to promote foundations for growth

The UK investment ecosystem needs rewiring across the board to increase firms' desire to invest in productive and sustainable assets, and to enhance their ability to do so. Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Krishan Shah, ... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Krishan Shah, Gregory Thwaites and Anna Valero

20 October 2023

External reports
Beyond boosterism

The UK is a low investment nation. Low business investment is a big driver of this. Low investment is one reason behind the UK's weak productivity growth, which in turn is the main reason behind the stagnation in UK livi... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Krishan Shah, Gregory Thwaites and Anna Valero

22 June 2023

Blog
Bridging the productivity gap between different areas in the UK

An economic strategy that helps the UK respond to change and tackle stagnant living standards and weak productivity will need to address stubborn spatial disparities in economic performance across the UK. Addressing thes... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Helene Donnat, Immanuel Feld, Henry G. Overman and Krishan Shah

05 July 2022

External reports
Bridging the gap

An economic strategy that helps the UK respond to change and tackle stagnant living standards and productivity will need to address the stubborn spatial disparities in economic performance across the UK. Addressing these... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Helene Donnat, Henry G. Overman and Krishan Shah

30 June 2022

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