I am Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Naples "Parthenope" (Italy). I received my PhD from the University of Salerno (Italy) in 2005, MSc of Economics from the University of Roma "Tor Vergata" in 1999 and the Laurea from University of Salerno in 1998. From May 2011 I am an External Affiliate to The Health, Econometrics and Data Group. I am currently studying the determinants of social capital, volunteering and social behaviors and their effects on health, domain satisfactions, wages and recycling. My research interests are: social capital, volunteer work, health economics, happiness and domain satisfactions, labor economics, household recycling and applied microeconometrics.