Posts tagged with 'Italy'
February 1, 2021
Targeted COVID-19 relief programs improve compliance with confinement measures
Study from Italy analyzes the impact of a food stamp program on social distancing
November 27, 2019
How earthquakes affect social preferences
When people are exposed to a disaster, their demand for redistribution increases
January 18, 2019
Revealing stereotypes to teachers can improve student outcomes
Immigrant students receive lower grades despite same performance as natives
November 8, 2017
Low-skilled immigration causes human capital polarization in Italy
While there is a vast literature considering the labor market effects of immigration, less has been done to investigate how […]
February 3, 2017
How to improve compliance with sectoral minimum wages
Research on minimum wages focuses mainly on their impact on employment. More recently some papers have looked also at prices, […]
July 22, 2016
The overeducated Italian doctors
By Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera, and Francesco Pastore Gaining a Ph.D. possibly determines positive outcomes from both an […]
November 4, 2015
Broadband boosts firm performance but not jobs in rural areas
To fully realize the potential of today’s internet requires fast access. But in some of Europe’s rural areas, broadband connections […]
June 20, 2014
A culture of crime: growing up with the mafia next door
Organized crime generates about two percent of global GDP. While this is already a considerable share, the mafia and other […]
June 17, 2014
Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics: How immigration shapes natives’ political preferences
International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]
June 14, 2014
Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics: How immigration shapes natives’ political preferences
International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]
May 13, 2014
When the crowd goes wild: Home advantage in same-stadium derbies
The football matches between Inter and AC Milan or between Lazio and AS Rome belong to the most prestigious in […]
May 12, 2014
How an Italian pension reform reduced fertility
In Southern European countries family ties are traditionally very strong. In Italy, three out of four individuals who already have […]
April 22, 2014
A stitch in time saves nine: procrastination and academic success
Every student knows how hard it can be to pull yourself together and study. From a short-run perspective, being lazy […]
March 18, 2014
Shared joy is double joy: Girls are more generous than boys
Classic economic theory has long pursued the concept of homo economicus, which sees human beings as rational actors who are […]
November 25, 2013
Apprenticeships improve job opportunities
In Italy, as in many other European countries, apprenticeships and on-the-job training have been gaining popularity. Although being only of […]
November 8, 2013
Study abroad programs boost labor market careers
Despite the great popularity of international educational mobility schemes like the European Erasmus scholarship program, relatively little research has been […]
November 4, 2013
Persuading mothers to work: results from an experiment
Many women see themselves as the better providers of care for their children, and thus refrain from delegating child care. […]
September 16, 2013
How job security increases insecurity
The goal of employment protection legislation is to increase workers’ job security by making it more difficult and costly for […]
July 22, 2013
Men vote for Mars, women vote for Venus
A new IZA discussion paper by Vincenzo Galasso and Tommaso Nannicini investigates whether the degree of aggressiveness of political campaigns […]
February 2, 2013
Newspapers make governments more efficient
The key democratic task of the press is to be a watchdog for governments and politicians. Do the media carry […]