Published papers (I'm - despicably slowly - uploading most of the replication code/data; if you are interested in something not available just drop me an e-mail):
Jobs for the Long-Term Unemployed: Place-Based Policies in Depressed Areas (with Adele Grompone and Elisabetta Olivieri), Italian Econic Journal, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40797-023-00264-0 (see econpoly for a non-technical summary).
Policy Uncertainty and Information Flows: Evidence from Pension Reform Expectations (with Adeline Delavande, Ben Etheridge and Marco Francesconi), The Economic Journal, Volume 133, Issue 649, January 2023, Pages 98–129. Replication material
Machine learning in the service of policy targeting: The case of public credit guarantees (with Monica Andini, Michela Boldrini, Guido de Blasio, Alessio D'Ignazio and Andrea Paladini), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 198, June 2022 (see voxeu.org and lavoce.info for a non-technical summary).
A Freeway to Prosperity? Evidence from Calabria, South of Italy (with Guido de Blasio and Samuele Poy), Economics of Transportation, Volume 29, March 2022 (see voxeu.org and lavoce.info for a non-technical summary). Replication material
Informal loans, liquidity constraints and local credit supply: evidence from Italy (joint with Michele Benvenuti and Luca Casolaro),Review of Economics of the Household, Volume 20, pages 1429–1461. Replication material
Tourism and local growth in Italy (with Raffaello Bronzini and Francesco Montaruli), Regional Studies, Volume 56, Issue 1, Pages 140-154. Replication material.
Anything new in town? The local effects of urban regeneration policies in Italy (with Giuseppe Albanese and Guido de Blasio), Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 86, January 2021
Redistributive public employment? A test for the South of Italy (with Marta Auricchio, Alberto Dalmazzo and Guido de Blasio), Economics Letters, Volume 186, January 2020.
Life After Public Employment Retrenchment. Evidence from Italian Municipalities (with Marta Auricchio, Alberto Dalmazzo and Guido de Blasio), Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 20, May 2020 (see voxeu.org for a non-technical summary)
The geography of Italian income inequality: recent trends and the role of employment (with Roberto Torrini), Politica economica, issue 2, pages 173-208 (see lavoce.info for a non-technical summary in Italian)
TFP Differentials across Italian Macro-Regions: An Analysis of Manufacturing Corporations between 1995 and 2015 (with Andrea Locatelli and Marcello Pagnini), Politica economica, issue 2, pages 209-242
Local Responses to Labor Demand Shocks: A Re-assessment of the Case of Italy (with Francesco David and Guido de Blasio), Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 75, Pages 1-21 (see lavoce.info for a non-technical summary in Italian).
Targeting policy-compliers with machine learning: an application to a tax rebate programme in Italy (with Monica Andini, Guido de Blasio, Alessio D'Ignazio and Viola Salvestrini), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 156, Pages 86-102 (see voxeu.org and lavoce.info for a non-technical summary).
No Free Lunch, Buddy: Housing Transfers and Informal Care Later in Life (with Claudio Deiana), Review of Economics of the Household, Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 971–1001. Replication material.
Dif-in-dif estimators of multiplicative treatment effects (with Paul Fisher), Journal of Econometric Methods, Volume 8, Issue 1. Replication material.
Retirement, pension eligibility and home production, Labour Economics, Volume 38, January 2016, Pages 106–120. Replication material.
European Structural Funds During the Crisis: Evidence from Southern Italy (with Guido de Blasio), IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Volume 4, October 2015 (see lavoce.info for a non-technical summary in Italian). Replication material.
Getting stable: An evaluation of the incentives for permanent contracts in Italy (with Guido de Blasio), IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Volume 6, March 2015 (see lavoce.info for a non-technical summary in Italian). Replication material.
Informal Adult Care and Caregivers' Employment in Europe, Labour Economics, Volume 19, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 155–164. Here you can find the three additional appendices. Replication material.
Working papers
Short-time work, its replacement rate and labour mobility (with Gaetano Basso and Francesco Manaresi), draft coming soon.
Labour income inequality and in-work poverty: a comparison between euro area countries (with Giulia Bovini, Marta de Philippis and Stefania Romano).
Learning about inequality and preferences for redistribution: A meta-analysis (with Louis Fréget and Thomas Manfredi). Replication material
Public credit guarantee and financial additionalities across SME risk classes (with Marco Gallo and Zeno Rotondi), Temi di Discussione (Working Papers) no. 1265, Bank of Italy
Old work
How the labour market evaluates Italian universities (joint with Vincenzo Mariani), Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 274, Bank of Italy
For more policy-oriented work (mainly for the Italian Commission on Social Exclusion), please visit the policy papers page.