In December 2016, the Italian electorate voted for a referendum on crucial constitutional reform promoted by the governing party. The official aims of the reform were both to improve the country's governability and stability and to simplify the institutional setup. Despite not strictly being a...

This chapter provides some new evidence of the effect of retirement on well-being, an effect which is characterized by self-reported satisfaction with the economic situation, health, family relationships, relationships with friends and leisure time, and by the probability of meeting friends at...

We study the impact of vaccine hesitancy on the take up of the COVID-19 immunization campaign in Italy. Our empirical strategy exploits a quasi-experiment that occurred with the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine (AZ) in March 2021. Before the interruption, the AZ vaccination trend...

In December 2016, in the middle of the "European refugee crisis", the Italian electorate voted for a referendum on crucial constitutional reform promoted by the governing party. The official aims of the reform were both to improve the country's governability and stability and to simplify the...