Luca is an Economist within the Science, Technology and Industry Directorate (STI) of the OECD, where he is mainly involved in the analysis of the link between global value chains and economic performance (especially productivity), and in the improvement of the measurement agenda for intangible capital. Before joining the OECD, he consulted with the World Bank (Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD, Office of the Chief Economist), and interned at the Bureau of the Policy Advisers (BEPA) of the European Commission, and UNCTAD (Division of Investment and Enterprise), in research projects exploring issues related to international trade, productivity and innovation outcomes. He studied Economics at University of Bologna, the Paris School of Economics and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris. He received a PhD in Economics at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL, Belgium) focusing on wage and productivity dynamics.