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Working Papers

2025

1. Rest Assured. The Effects of Sleep on Labor Productivity
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2024

2. Does Work-Based Learning Facilitate the School to Work Transition? Evidence from an Italian Reform
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
3. Teacher Personality and the Perceived Socioeconomic Gap in Student Outcomes
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Teacher personality and the perceived socioeconomic gap in student outcomes, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2025) (2025)
4. The Pecuniary Costs of Early School Leaving and Poor Basic Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2023

5. Do Classical Studies Open Your Mind?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2023)
   "Marco Fanno" Working Papers, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno"
6. Pathways to Better Health? Assessing the Impact of Ethiopian Community-Based Health Insurance on Children Health Outcomes
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
7. Pension Reforms, Longer Working Horizons and Absence from Work
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Pension reforms, longer working horizons, and absence from work, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2025) (2025)
8. The Alabaster Ceiling: The Gender Legacy of the Papal States
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021)

2021

9. Education and COVID-19 excess mortality
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
   See also Journal Article Education and COVID-19 excess mortality, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2022) (2022)
10. Education, Information, and COVID-19 Excess Mortality
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2020

11. If (My) 6 Was (Your) 9: Reporting Heterogeneity in Student Evaluations of Teaching
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article If (my) 6 was (your) 9. Reporting heterogeneity in student evaluations of teaching, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
12. Talking Business: New Evidence on How Language Shapes Economic Behaviour
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
13. Where Do I Stand? Assessing Researchers' Beliefs about Their Relative Productivity
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2019

14. Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase Profits? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets
    Development Working Papers, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Does low-skilled immigration increase profits? Evidence from Italian local labour markets, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (11) (2020)
15. Effect of Immigration on Depression among Older Natives in Western Europe
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article Effect of immigration on depression among older natives in Western Europe, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
16. Studying More to Vote Less: Education and Voter Turnout in Italy
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article Studying more to vote less. Education and voter turnout in Italy, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
17. The Effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication and Poverty Reduction Program on Schooling
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
18. The Pathways to College
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Pathways to College, Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2018

19. Immigration and the Health of Older Natives in Western Europe
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (1)
20. Some unpleasant consequences of testing at length
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
    See also Journal Article Some Unpleasant Consequences of Testing at Length*, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
21. Testing at Length If It Is Cognitive or Non-Cognitive
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2017

22. Does Low Skilled Immigration Cause Human Capital Polarization? Evidence from Italian Provinces
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)

2016

23. Is Childcare Bad for the Mental Health of Grandparents? Evidence from SHARE
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)

2015

24. Fruit and vegetable consumption in the former Soviet Union: the role of individual- and community-level factors
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
25. Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
26. The Labour Market Effects of Academic and Vocational Education over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Two British Cohorts
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
27. The effects of vocational education on adult skills and wages: What can we learn from PIAAC?
    OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (36)

2014

28. A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
29. The Protestant Ethic and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Religious Minorities from the Former Holy Roman Empire
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
30. Trust me, you will be in better health
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)

2013

31. Does Mental Productivity Decline with Age? Evidence from Chess Players
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
32. The value of information disclosure under local learning. The case of fixed types
    "Marco Fanno" Working Papers, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno"
33. When the Cat is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (69)
    Also in ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka (2012) View citations (7)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (2)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2013) View citations (49)
    See also Journal Article When the cat is near, the mice won't play: The effect of external examiners in Italian schools, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (66) (2013)

2011

34. Chronic diseases and labor market outcomes in Egypt
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
35. From social capital to health - and back
    Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article FROM SOCIAL CAPITAL TO HEALTH – AND BACK, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2014) View citations (34) (2014)
36. Lost in Transition? The returns to education acquired under communism 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall
    Working Papers, AlmaLaurea Inter-University Consortium View citations (8)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (8)
37. The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article The effect of immigration on the school performance of natives: Cross country evidence using PISA test scores, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2013) View citations (82) (2013)
38. The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
39. The influence of social capital on health in Eight Former Soviet Countries: why does it differ?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)

2008

40. The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess
    KIER Working Papers, Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research View citations (1)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (1)

2007

41. Educational standards in private and public schools
    "Marco Fanno" Working Papers, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno" View citations (6)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2005) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Educational Standards in Private and Public Schools, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2008) View citations (20) (2008)
42. School Tracking Across the Baltic Sea
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2006

43. Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2010) View citations (104) (2010)
44. On The Economic Value of Repeated Interactions Under Adverse Selection
    Coalition Theory Network Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
    Also in "Marco Fanno" Working Papers, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno" (2005)
    Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2006)
45. On the Efficiency Costs of De-tracking Secondary Schools
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2006) View citations (1)

2005

46. Why Is the Timing of School Tracking So Heterogeneous?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)

2004

47. Diploma No Problem: Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)

2002

48. Anonymity in Nonatomic Games
    Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Anonymity in nonatomic games, International Review of Economics, Springer (2007) (2007)
49. Economics of Science
    Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics View citations (5)
50. Pricing of an Endogenous Peak-Load
    Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics

2001

51. Nonatomic Games with Limited Anonymity
    Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2025

1. Pension reforms, longer working horizons, and absence from work
   Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, (1), 1-26
   See also Working Paper Pension Reforms, Longer Working Horizons and Absence from Work, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
2. Teacher personality and the perceived socioeconomic gap in student outcomes
   Economics Letters, 2025, 247, (C)
   See also Working Paper Teacher Personality and the Perceived Socioeconomic Gap in Student Outcomes, IZA Discussion Papers (2024) (2024)
3. The age gradient in the effects of poverty alleviation program on schooling. Evidence from the Vietnam hunger eradication and poverty reduction program
   Economics of Education Review, 2025, 104, (C)

2024

4. Business is tense: new evidence on how language affects economic activity
   Journal of Economic Growth, 2024, 29, (1), 121-149
5. If (my) 6 was (your) 9. Reporting heterogeneity in student evaluations of teaching
   Labour Economics, 2024, 89, (C)
   See also Working Paper If (My) 6 Was (Your) 9: Reporting Heterogeneity in Student Evaluations of Teaching, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
6. The protestant ethic and entrepreneurship: inside the black box
   Small Business Economics, 2024, 62, (4), 1285-1313

2023

7. European immigrant health policies, immigrants’ health, and immigrants’ access to healthcare
   Health Policy, 2023, 127, (C), 37-43 View citations (2)

2022

8. Education and COVID-19 excess mortality
   Economics & Human Biology, 2022, 47, (C)
   See also Working Paper Education and COVID-19 excess mortality, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2021) (2021)
9. Studying more to vote less. Education and voter turnout in Italy
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 72, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Studying More to Vote Less: Education and Voter Turnout in Italy, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) (2019)

2021

10. Effect of immigration on depression among older natives in Western Europe
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2021, 20, (C) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Effect of Immigration on Depression among Older Natives in Western Europe, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) (2019)
11. Mortality, morbidity and economic growth
    PLOS ONE, 2021, 16, (5), 1-22 View citations (2)
12. Some Unpleasant Consequences of Testing at Length*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83, (4), 1002-1023 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Some unpleasant consequences of testing at length, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2018) (2018)
13. The Pathways to College
    Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15, (4), 554 - 595 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper The Pathways to College, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
14. Where do I stand? Assessing researchers’ beliefs about their productivity
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 185, (C), 61-80

2020

15. Does low skilled immigration increase the education of natives? Evidence from Italian provinces
    Labour Economics, 2020, 63, (C) View citations (12)
16. Does low-skilled immigration increase profits? Evidence from Italian local labour markets
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 85, (C) View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase Profits? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets, Development Working Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2019

17. Grandparents in the blues. The effect of childcare on grandparents’ depression
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2019, 17, (2), 587-613 View citations (18)

2018

18. Procedures vs. incentives: the university promotion system in Italy
    Education Economics, 2018, 26, (3), 213-232
19. The Protestant ethic and entrepreneurship: Evidence from religious minorities in the former Holy Roman Empire
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 51, (C), 27-43 View citations (13)
20. The effect of job loss on pharmaceutical prescriptions
    Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 217, (C), 73-83 View citations (3)

2017

21. Community repeated interaction and strategic delegation
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2017, 46, (3), 737-760
22. The Labor Market Effects of Academic and Vocational Education over the Life Cycle: Evidence Based on a British Cohort
    Journal of Human Capital, 2017, 11, (1), 106 - 166 View citations (61)
23. The contribution of urbanization to non-communicable diseases: Evidence from 173 countries from 1980 to 2008
    Economics & Human Biology, 2017, 26, (C), 151-163 View citations (18)
24. The effects of vocational education on adult skills, employment and wages: What can we learn from PIAAC?
    SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2017, 8, (4), 315-343 View citations (18)

2016

25. A tale of minorities: evidence on religious ethics and entrepreneurship
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21, (2), 189-224 View citations (35)

2015

26. Selection and the age – productivity profile. Evidence from chess players
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 110, (C), 45-58 View citations (12)

2014

27. FROM SOCIAL CAPITAL TO HEALTH – AND BACK
    Health Economics, 2014, 23, (5), 586-605 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper From social capital to health - and back, Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers (2011) View citations (9) (2011)
28. Social Capital and Health: A Concept whose Time has Come
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2014, 40, (2), 146-149
29. Social Capital and Smoking Behavior
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2014, 40, (2), 202-225
30. Social capital and self-reported general and mental health in nine Former Soviet Union countries
    Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2014, 9, (1), 1-24 View citations (16)
31. The effect of health on labour supply in nine former Soviet Union countries
    The European Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 15, (1), 57-68 View citations (13)

2013

32. The effect of immigration on the school performance of natives: Cross country evidence using PISA test scores
    Economics of Education Review, 2013, 32, (C), 234-246 View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (56) (2011)
33. When the cat is near, the mice won't play: The effect of external examiners in Italian schools
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 104, (C), 65-77 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper When the Cat is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools, CEP Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (69) (2013)

2012

34. Lost in transition?
    The Economics of Transition, 2012, 20, (4), 637-676 View citations (12)
35. On the efficiency costs of de-tracking secondary schools in Europe
    Education Economics, 2012, 20, (2), 117-138 View citations (6)

2010

36. Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries
    Health Economics, 2010, 19, (1), 56-74 View citations (104)
    See also Working Paper Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries, MPRA Paper (2006) View citations (4) (2006)

2008

37. Educational Standards in Private and Public Schools
    Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (533), 1866-1887 View citations (20)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2008, 118, (533), 1866-1887 (2008) View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Educational standards in private and public schools, "Marco Fanno" Working Papers (2007) View citations (6) (2007)
38. Provoking a civil war
    Public Choice, 2008, 134, (3), 347-366 View citations (3)

2007

39. Anonymity in nonatomic games
    International Review of Economics, 2007, 54, (2), 225-247
    See also Working Paper Anonymity in Nonatomic Games, Working Papers (2002) (2002)

Edited books

2014

1. The Economics of Social Capital and Health:A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap
   World Scientific Books, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. View citations (1)

Chapters

2018

1. Workplace social capital and sickness absence
   Chapter 14 in Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health, 2018, pp 196-218

2014

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Economics of Social Capital and Health
   Chapter 1 in The Economics of Social Capital and Health A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap, 2014, pp 1-7 View citations (1)
3. Chapter 7: The Empirics of Social Capital and Health
   Chapter 7 in The Economics of Social Capital and Health A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap, 2014, pp 93-152
4. Chapter 9: Social Capital and Smoking
   Chapter 9 in The Economics of Social Capital and Health A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap, 2014, pp 177-202 View citations (1)