This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between the strength of family ties and the spread of Sars-CoV-2. The dataset is constructed for a cross-section of 63 countries combining different data sources, to cover seven dimensions: the spread of the virus, family ties, trust...

This paper reports empirical evidence supporting the hypothesis that family ties should be listed among the causes of tax evasion. In societies where the power of the family is very high, the quality of public institutions tends to be low. This connection shapes the behavior of taxpayers and...

The scope of the supplementary pension funds is to provide workers with a satisfactory standard of living at retirement. An efficient and affordable system of pension funds is therefore an important factor to realize the workers’ aims of maximizing the value of their pension wealth. A...

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the impact of the financial crisis on households’ saving decisions in private pension schemes. We base our study on an original dataset made up of three sample surveys collected in 2008, in 2012 and in 2015 by Mefop. Each survey has been conducted...

If there is one subject that has been thoroughly explored for many years it is the EU’s finances. Institutional actors, like the Commission or the European Parliament, or many academic experts have all provided valuable and largely converging “diagnoses” on the “weaknesses” of the EU...

The attitude of Italians towards games of chance increased dramatically in the last fifteen years thanks particularly to the introduction of new legal gambling and lotteries, run by the State, characterized by the simplicity and immediacy of the win. Among them, scratch and wins have become one...