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...

This paper explores the extent to which PhD funding encourages postdegree research career and leads to publications. Using novel data on Italian PhD graduates, I find positive modest effects of funding both on pursuing a research career and on publication productivity within a few years after...

We study the effect of a reduction in employment protection on workers’ fertility decisions. Using data from the Italian Labor Force Survey for 2013-2018, we analyze how the propensity to have a child has been affected by the 2015 labor market reform dubbed the “Jobs Act,” which reduced...