Daniele Checchi was a Professor of Economics at the University of Milan. He obtained an MA from Bocconi University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a PhD from the University of Siena. His research interests include the economics of education, intergenerational mobility, labor market institutions, and union density. He has published in prominent academic journals such as Economic Policy, Journal of Public Economics, Socio-Economic Review, Economics of Education Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, and European Sociological Review.