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Harvesting Effect and Extreme Temperature-Related Mortality in Italy

Kannankeril Joseph, Vinod Joseph; Conte Keivabu, Risto; … - 2026

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Under pressure: trade competition from low-wage countries and demand for immigrant labor in Italy

Caselli, Mauro; Traverso, Silvio - 2026

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Under Pressure: Trade Competition from Low-Wage Countries and Demand for Immigrant Labor in Italy

Caselli, Mauro; Traverso, Silvio - 2025

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How much did we care? Wetnurses' wages in Florence, 1700-1914

Freschi, Giuliana; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2026

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Tastes, ability or expected wages? : the intended choice of college majors by students in Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; Campo, Francesco; Lodigiani, Elisabetta - 2026

We investigate the factors influencing the intended college major choices of high school students in Italy, ranking the relative importance of expected earnings, perceived ability, and major-specific tastes, that we measure directly using a Coller and Williams game. We find that major-specific...

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Tastes, ability or expected wages? : the intended choice of college majors by students in Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; Campo, Francesco; Lodigiani, Elisabetta - 2026

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How institutions and local contexts shape the child penalty : evidence from Italy's public and private sectors

Biasi, Paola; De Paola, Maria - 2026

This paper investigates the labour market consequences of motherhood in Italy, with a focus on how institutional and local contexts shape the child penalty. Using administrative data from the Italian National Social Security Institute (INPS), we track the labour market trajectories of mothers in...

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Salary caps in the public administration

Checchi, Daniele; Figari, Francesco; Fiorio, Carlo V. - 2026

We study the effects of salary caps for top public managers in Italy, focusing on the 2011 and 2014 reforms implemented during the post-crisis fiscal consolidation period. The first cap, set at €290,000 and later reduced to €240,000, imposed a 100% marginal tax rate above the threshold....

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Identifying spatial regimes of economic fragility through spatially constrained clustering : evidence from Italian municipalities

Chiodin, Alessio; Manera, Matteo; Maranzano, Paolo; … - 2026

The COVID-19 pandemic generated highly heterogeneous economic effects across territories, reflecting differences in local production structures and spatial organization. This paper examines the geography of short-run economic fragility during the first wave of the pandemic by identifying...

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Do vaccination-based access restriction policies curb hesitancy? : a comparison between Italy and Spain

Letta, Gabriele; Nurchis, Mario Cesare; Salmasi, Luca; … - 2026

Vaccine hesitancy is a crucial public health issue worldwide. In this paper, we evaluate the causal impact of a vaccination-based access restriction policy on vaccine uptake by exploiting the introduction of the EU Digital COVID-19 Certificate at the country level. We compare two countries,...

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How entrepreneurship education and knowledge prevent early school dropouts and the development of NEETs : an exploratory study on Italian school cooperatives

Mion, Giorgio; Bonfanti, Angelo; Vigolo, Vania; De … - 2026

This study investigates how entrepreneurship education delivered through school cooperatives can reduce early school dropout rates and prevent the NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) phenomenon. Drawing on social capital theory, we address the following research questions: (1) What...

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Navigating the brain drain crisis : knowledge, visibility, sentiment, and divergence on X (formerly Twitter) among English, Spanish, and Italian users

Park, Jimi; Pitassi, Nicole - 2026

Brain drain, the emigration of highly skilled workers, is both a pressing policy issue and a cultural frame for examining how societies negotiate belonging, loss, and opportunity. Using data from X (formerly known as Twitter) across English, Spanish, and Italian debates, this study examines...

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The unintended costs of early retirement policies : evidence from Italy's quota 100 reform

Fiorentino, Raffaele; Mandile, Simona - 2026

This paper examines the unintended consequences of policies perceived as inequitable by leveraging Italy's Quota 100 pension reform, which denied early retirement to workers with identical contribution histories who did not meet an age cutoff. Using SHARE data and a difference-in-differences...

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Psychometric validation of the constant connectivity scale in the context of digital work in Italian organizations

Bondanini, Giorgia; Sanchez-Gomez, Martin; Mucci, Nicola; … - 2026

In an increasingly digitalized work environment, the expectation of perpetual work availability-constant connectivity (CC)-has become central to employees' daily experiences, influencing productivity, well-being, and work-life balance. This study validates the Constant Connectivity Scale in the...

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Backward spillovers and equalized access : the effects of the Bologna process across Italy's education system

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Morelli, Marco - 2026

This paper estimates the causal effects of the Bologna Process reform in Italy, analyzing the impact of the introduction of the “3+2” degree structure at different stages of the educational system. We implement multiple Difference-in-Differences designs on a nationally representative dataset...

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Embracing gen AI: a comparison of Italian and US households

Loschiavo, David; Armantier, Olivier; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio - 2026

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Embracing genai : a comparison of Italian and US households

Loschiavo, David; Armantier, Olivier; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio - 2026

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Embracing GenAI : a comparison of Italian and US households

Loschiavo, David; Armantier, Olivier; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio - 2025

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Hydrogeological and credit risk : the Italian firms' physical risk-adjusted probability of default

Cugliari, Manuel; Narizzano, Simone; Vassalli, Federica - 2026

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How much did we care? : wetnurses' wages in Florence, 1700-1914

Freschi, Giuliana; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2026

Care work has long remained marginal in economic history, despite its centrality to household survival and social reproduction. This paper contributes filling this gap by reconstructing a long-run wage series for paid care work, focusing on wetnurses employed by the Florentine foundling home...

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Populism in the Italian municipal elections : the M5S experience

Bordignon, Massimo; Colussii, Tommaso - 2026

This paper reviews a growing body of theoretical and empirical research on Italian populism through a detailed examination of the Five Star Movement (Movimento 5 Stelle, M5S), focusing on its experience in municipal elections. Using a wide range of administrative and survey data, as well as...

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Digitalisation in proximity health care services in Italy : an analysis upon possible different trajectories and the key role of both GPs and patients

Antonucci, Gianluca; D'Andreamatteo, Antonio - 2026

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Female political leaders and public funding attraction : evidence from Italian municipalities

Picchio, Matteo; Santolini, Raffaella - 2026

We study the role of mayoral gender in attracting public funding in Italian municipalities. We exploit a novel administrative dataset containing detailed information on all projects aimed at the digitalisation of local public administrations and funded under Italy's National Recovery and...

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Female political leaders and public funding attraction : evidence from Italian municipalities

Picchio, Matteo; Santolini, Raffaella - 2026

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Female political leaders and public funding attraction : evidence from Italian municipalities

Picchio, Matteo; Santolini, Raffaella - 2026

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Funding resilience or missing the mark? : an analysis of RRF allocation and climate risk alignment in Italian municipalities

Breglia, Giulio; D'Angeli, Mariagrazia; Gazzellone, Giacomo - 2026

Natural hazards are an increasing concern, placing disaster preparedness and mitigation at the forefront of policy agendas. In this context, Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) has allocated €3 billion for explicit disaster prevention, with a primary focus on hydrogeological risks...

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An unholy alliance : the relationship between organized crime and corruption in Italy

Chiariello, Valentina; Dincer, Oguzhan - 2026

We investigate the long-run relationship between organized crime and corruption using data from 20 Italian regions over 30 years. As Rose-Ackerman and Palifka (2018) argue, corruption and organized crime often go together. Our study contributes to the literature in several ways in terms of...

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Destination image and the myth of uniqueness : a profile analysis of leading Italian ski resorts

Bausch, Thomas; Ortanderl, Florian - 2026

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Service jobs and education : evidence from tourism shocks in Italy

Di Giacomo, Giuseppe; Lerch, Benjamin - 2026

We explore how unexpected temporary increases in the demand for low-skill service jobs in the tourism industry impact educational choices in Italy. We identify exogenous variation in the demand for service jobs using positive shocks to the tourism industry caused by terrorist attacks in foreign...

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Reconciling survey and administrative records to measure housing wealth in Italy

Neri, Andrea; Porreca, Eleonora; Zanichelli, Francesca; … - 2026

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HICP: is there a measurement bias from quality adjustment in Austria and Italy?

Conflitti, Cristina; Goldhammer, Bernhard; Maier, Michaela - 2026

Improper quality adjustment has long been identified as a source of potential measurement bias in consumer price indices (CPIs). However, as no benchmark for quality adjustment exists, it has always been difficult to estimate a potential bias. For this paper, we develop a corridor in which...

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Back to the past? : discourse coalitions in Italy's emerging nuclear policy debate

Arrigoni, Paola; Mariotti, Claudia; Germano, Luca; … - 2026

Nuclear energy is a technology that has long been subject to controversy, shaped by major global events, shifting public opinion and volatile policy agendas. Among industrialised democracies, Italy is a particularly distinctive case. Following a pioneering role in the 1950s and an ambitious,...

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Heterogeneous fiscal decentralisation in Italian regions

Gianelle, Carlo; Sacchi, Agnese; Salotti, Simone - 2026

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Between theory and reality : growth analysis of Italy in the post-Keynesian framework

Arena, Federica - 2026

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Industry 4.0 digital technologies and international performance : the role of family management in Italian firms

Neirotti, Paolo; Ricci, Andrea; Tubiana, Matteo - 2026

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Italy's superbonus and the capture of climate policy by modern monetary theory

Capone, Luciano; Stagnaro, Carlo - 2026

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From accruals to real activities : understanding the trade-off in earnings management choices amid XBRL adoption in Italy

Szívós, László; Poszavecz, Tamás - 2026

This study examines the factors influencing managerial decisions between accrual-based earnings management (AEM) and real earnings management (REM) following the mandatory adoption of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) among firms listed on the Italian stock exchange. By analyzing the...

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Italian productivity : an underrated story

De Nardis, Sergio - 2026

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A golden age for all? : income inequality and social classes in Italy, 1951-1973

Gabbuti, Giacomo; Rappa, Edoardo - 2026 - This draft: April 1, 2026

This paper presents the first reconstruction of income inequality in Italy during the so-called "Golden Age", by building Dynamic Social Tables (DSTs) from 1951 to 1973. The resulting estimates show increasing income inequality between 1951 and 1961 - that is, during the so-called "Economic...

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Understanding Italians' responses to climate change and climate policy

Congiu, Luca; Coromaldi, Manuela; D'Amato, Alessio; … - 2026

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Bottled vs tap water : unveiling consumer choices in Italy

D'Amato, Alessio; Mirra, Loredana; Rampa, Andrea - 2026

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Comparative analysis of labor markets in Bulgaria, Italy, and the UK : wage dynamics, labor costs, and digital development

Zherlitsyn, Dmytro; Rekova, Nataliia - 2026

This article examines labor market dynamics in Bulgaria, Italy, and the United Kingdom by integrating demographic pressures, wage and labor cost adjustment, redistribution mechanisms, inequality outcomes, and digital readiness into a single comparative framework. This study first applies...

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Toward a just energy : transition experiences and suggestions from European countries

2026 - First edition

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The gender side of trade shocks : evidence from the Italian labor market

Forlani, Emanuele; Mendolicchio, Concetta; Sechi, Agnese - 2026

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Can't shake it off : earthquakes and social cohesion in Italy

Denti, Daria; Faggian, Alessandra; Modica, Marco; Noy, Ilan - 2026

Do earthquakes strengthen social cohesion or undermine it? While some theories suggest they strengthen social bonds, others suggest they lead to social disintegration. We add to the limited causal evidence on this phenomenon using the 2012 Northern Italy earthquake, and exploit a unique dataset...

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The age-it family demography survey (age-it FDS)

Vignoli, Daniele; Brini, Elisa; Guetto, Raffaele; … - 2026

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Polarization and flexibility in attitudes toward assisted reproduction : a vignette study

Vignoli, Daniele; Tocchioni, Valentina; Lazzari, Ester; … - 2026

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Students enrolled in STEM disciplines in Italy : the role played by field of study and gender in course switching

Tocchioni, Valentina; Morabito, Maria Francesca; … - 2026

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Criminal career trajectories

Kirchmaier, Tom; Matter, Daniel; Schirmer, Miriam - 2026

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OECD review of the Italian Parliamentary Budget Office

2026

This OECD Review of the Italian Parliamentary Budget Office (UPB) assesses the institution against international standards and evaluates how it can remain effective. The Review finds that the UPB has established a strong reputation for independent and high-quality analysis. However, Italy faces...

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Applying Behavioural Science in the Italian Public Administration : A Blueprint for Best Practices

2026

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What drives regional productivity differentials? : Evidence from firm-level data in Italy and Spain

Menon, Carlo - 2026

In both Italy and Spain, as in many other countries, there is a large and persistent productivity gap between less and more developed regions. The underlying drivers of these gaps can reflect many different factors. This paper leverages balance-sheet microdata to identify those drivers in the...

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Donne e impresa al tempo del Covid-19 : il ruolo dell'ecosistema imprenditoriale

2026

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Regimi locali di povertà alla prova del Covid-19 : la governance della povertà alimentare a Milano e Torino

Ferracci, Marco - 2026

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Italian academics and external activities : an ineffective reform?

Checchi, Daniele; De Fraja, Gianni; Marra, Alfredo; … - 2026

We investigate the impact of a reform introduced in Italy in 2010 (Law 240/2010, known as the Gelmini reform) that aimed to liberalise external economic activities for academics, whose pay had been effectively frozen for the previous seven years. The reform partially liberalised remunerated...

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The effects of monetary policy shocks on wage inequality : evidence from Italy

Beqiraj, Elton; Di Bucchianico, Stefano; Di Serio, Mario; … - 2026

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