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Andrea Fracasso is an economist whose research sits at the intersection of technological change, labor markets, and political economy, with a particular focus on the Italian context. His work examines how forces such as globalization and robotization reshape local economies and, in turn, influence broader social and political outcomes. His most cited study, "Globalization, Robotization, and Electoral Outcomes" (2020, 64 citations), demonstrates how uneven exposure to economic and technological disruption across Italian regions has driven significant variation in voting behavior — offering crucial insight into the rise of populist and anti-globalization sentiment. Fracasso has also made important contributions to understanding automation's labor market consequences, developing an innovative activity-based framework to disentangle which types of occupational tasks are most vulnerable to robot adoption, as explored in his 2021 and 2024 studies. His work on robots and COVID-19 workplace contagion risk (43 citations) further illustrates his ability to connect technological trends with pressing public health questions. Collectively, his research provides policymakers and scholars with nuanced, empirically grounded tools for understanding how automation reshapes work, communities, and democracy.