Marco Vivarelli (born 11 February 1963) is an Italian economist, full professor and director of the Department of Economic Policy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. Biography Marco Vivarelli received his Laurea in 1987 from the Bocconi University, Milan and his Ph.D. in 1992 from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at Sussex University. Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht. Research Fellow at IZA, Bonn. Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). Member of the Scientific Executive Board of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES, Istanbul). Member of the International Board of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO, Vienna). He has been scientific consultant for the International Labour Office, World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the European Commission. Editor-in-Chief of the Eurasian Business Review. Editor of Small Business Economics. Associate editor of Industrial and Corporate Change Associate editor of Economics E-Journal. Member of the editorial board of Sustainability. Member of the editorial review board of the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal He has served as referee for more than 100 international journals. Since October 2010 to September 2013 he has been honorary professor at the SPRU-University of Sussex. Since April 2005 to December 2012 he has been external associate at the CSGR-University of Warwick. Since February 2004 to December 2009 he has been external senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena. Since July 2007 to December 2007 and since July 2008 to February 2009 he has served as senior scientist at the European Commission-Joint Research Centre-Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in Seville. Since June 2002 to May 2005 he has served as senior research economist at the International Labour Office – Geneva. Scientific research impact According to GOOGLE SCHOLAR, his works collected more than 11,000 citations (h-index=59). According to SCOPUS, his works collected more than 3,500 citations (h-index=38). According to REPEC-IDEAS, he is among the global top 2% authors and he is in the top ten Italian economists (publications in the last 10 years). According to VIA-Academy, he is ranked among the top Italian scientists worldwide (16th among economists). Research Focuses In 1995 Vivarelli published The Economics of Technology and Employment: Theory and Empirical Evidence, Elgar, Cheltenham, reprinted 1997. He is author of more than 70 scientific publications in refereed international journals. His current research interests include the relationship between innovation, employment and skills; the