Jan Mazza
Former Research assistant
Jan, an Italian and Polish citizen, is a research assistant at Bruegel. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science and a Master's degree in Economics, both from the University of Bologna, and a Master of Science in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics. During his studies, he also spent a semester at the University Paris-2 Panthéon-Assas and one at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich.
Before joining Bruegel he was a trainee at the European Commission (DG Budget) and at the Brussels office of Assonime, the association of Italian joint stock companies.
His research interests include European governance, international economics, monetary and fiscal policy.
Jan is fluent in Italian, English and French and has a good knowledge of Spanish.
Featured work
European Union cohesion project characteristics and regional economic growth
A new approach, which estimates 'unexplained economic growth', provides insights into the types of European Union cohesion projects that produce bette
Cross-border, but not national, EU interregional development projects are associated with higher growth
Cross-border EU cohesion projects boost growth, efficiency, synergies and knowledge transfers, unlike purely national interregional initiatives
How long is the head table?
An empirical assessment of concentration in global collective action
Libra: possible risks in Facebook's pursuit of a 'stablecoin'
Facebook’s new cryptocurrency has the potential to be both widely accessible and attractive to those countries that do not have strong sovereign curre
All work
Working paper
04 February 2021
European Union cohesion project characteristics and regional economic growth
A new approach, which estimates 'unexplained economic growth', provides insights into the types of European Union cohesion projects that produce bette
Blog post
14 October 2019
Cross-border, but not national, EU interregional development projects are associated with higher growth
Cross-border EU cohesion projects boost growth, efficiency, synergies and knowledge transfers, unlike purely national interregional initiatives
Blog post
28 August 2019
How long is the head table?
An empirical assessment of concentration in global collective action
Blog post
17 July 2019
Libra: possible risks in Facebook's pursuit of a 'stablecoin'
Facebook’s new cryptocurrency has the potential to be both widely accessible and attractive to those countries that do not have strong sovereign curre
Blog post
08 July 2019
‘Lo spread’: The collateral damage of Italy’s confrontation with the EU
The authors assess whether the European Commission's actions towards Italy since September 2018 have had a visible impact on the spread between Italia
External publication
11 June 2019
Effectiveness of cohesion policy: learning from the project characteristics that produce the best results
This study by Zsolt Darvas, Antoine Mathieu Collin, Jan Mazza, and Catarina Midões analyses the characteristics of cohesion policy projects that can c
Blog post
03 June 2019
A European atlas of economic success and failure
Economic growth was diverse across EU regions, yet it is crucial to control for region-specific factors in assessing growth performance. We find that
Policy Brief
23 May 2019
How to improve European Union cohesion policy for the next decade
This policy contribution investigates the performance of the design, implementation and effectiveness of cohesion policy, the most evaluated EU tool f
Blog post
28 March 2019
Considering intra-EU migration and countries’ net inflows
The authors here review the latest EU migration figures. Southern, eastern, and central Europe have broadly experienced net losses in cumulative intra
Article
27 March 2019
Effectiveness of cohesion policy: Learning from the project characteristics that produce the best results
Testimony at the Committee on Budgetary Control of the European Parliament.