Luca Fumarco - Research

Publications

[17] Fumarco, L., Longley, N., Palermo, A., Rossi, G. (2024) Strategic Behaviours in a Labour Market with Mobility-Restricting Contractual Provisions: Evidence from the National Hockey League. Oxford Economic Papers, 76(4), 1189-1203.

https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpae010

[16] Fumarco, L., Harrell, B. J., Button, P., Schwegman, D. J., Dils, E. (2024). Gender Identity-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Based Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care: Evidence from an Audit Correspondence Field Experiment. American Journal of Health Economics, 10(2), 182-214.

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/728931

[Early version available at NBER w28164; AEA RCT Registry https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.6560] Media coverage: ePODstemology

[15] Fumarco, L., Gaddis, M., Sarracino, F., Snoddy, I. (2024). sendemails: An Automated Email Package with Multiple Applications. The Stata Journal, 24(1), 138-160.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X241233672

[14] Harrell, B., Fumarco, L., Button, P., Schwegman, D. J., Denwood, K. (2023) The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Mental Health Care Services. AEA Papers & Proceedings, 112, 420-422.

https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20231058

[13] Fumarco, L., Principe, F. (2021) More Goals, fewer Babies? On National Soccer Team Performance and Birth Rates. Economics Letters, 208

Media coverage: IZA Newsletter, The Telegraph, The Spectator, CanalMyNews, Improbable Research, Lidove Noviny, El Espectador, as, rtbf.be, The Brussels Times)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110086

[12] Sarracino, F., Fumarco, L. (2020). Assessing the Non-economic Outcomes of Social Enterprises in Luxembourg. Journal of Business Ethics, 165, 425-451.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-4086-9

[11] Fumarco, L., Schultze, G. (2020) Does Relative Age Make Jack a Dull Student? Evidence from Students’ Schoolwork and Playtime. Education Economics, 28(6), 647-670.

https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2020.1832200

[10] Fumarco, L., Carlsson, M., Gibbs, B. G. (2020) Erasmus Exchange Program – A Matter of (Relatively) Older Students. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 20(4).

https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2020-0055

[9] Fumarco, L., Baert, S., Sarracino, F. (2020). Younger, Dissatisfied, and Unhealthy? Relative Age and Life-satisfaction in Adolescence. Economics and Human Biology, 37.

Media coverage: Phys, Alpha Galileo

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100858

[8] Fumarco, L., Baert, S. (2019). Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents’ Social Network. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 168, 318-337.

Media coverage: The Independent, Phys, Alpha Galileo, The Globe and Mail

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.10.014

[7] Fumarco, L., Rossi, G. (2018) Relative Age Effect on Labour Market Outcomes – Evidence from Italian Football. European Sport Management Quarterly, 18(4), 501-516.

Media coverage: Il Post, Te Sheshi

https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2018.1424225

[6] Rade, A., Ardigò, L., Jelaska, I., Padulo, P. Fumarco, L. (2018). Relative Age Effect and Second-tiers: No Second Chance for Later-born Players. PLoS ONE, 13(8).

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201795

[5] Carlsson, M., Fumarco, L., Rooth, D.-O. (2017). Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring, Labour Market Tightness and the Business Cycle - Evidence from field experiments. Applied Economics, 50(24), 2652-2663.

https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2017.1406653

[4] Fumarco, L. (2017). Disability Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market. A Field Experiment on Blind Tenants. Land Economics, 93(4), 567-584.

https://doi.org/10.3368/le.93.4.567

[3] Fumarco, L., Gibbs, G. B. (2017) Commentary: ““How Much is that Player in the Window? The One with the Early Birthday?” Relative Age Influences the Value of the Best Soccer Players, but Not the Best Businesspeople”. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(58).

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00058

[2] Fumarco, L., Gibbs, G. B., Jarvis, J. A., Rossi, G. (2017). The Relative Age Effect Reversal among the National Hockey League Elite. PLoS ONE, 12(8).

Media coverage: Science News for Students, The Globe and Mail, Tyngre

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182827

[1] Carlsson, M., Fumarco, L., Rooth, D.-O. (2014). Does the Design of Correspondence Studies Influence the Measurement of Discrimination? IZA Journal of Migration, 3(11).

https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-3-11

Works in progress

Complete drafts

Fumarco, L., Hartmann, S., Principe, F. Influence of Within-Class Age Differences on Adolescents’ Eating Behaviors. [Under review]

Huntington-Klein, N. C. with many others. The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics [Early version available at NBER w33729]. [Under review]

Fumarco, L., Groero, J. Onlyuseful: A package that automagically keeps only variables used in the do file. [Under review]

Cavallo, M., Dhuey, E., Fumarco, L., Halewyck, L., ter Meulen, S. The Effects of Age-at-School Entry: Insights from Evidence and Methods. [Under review]

Moens, E., Baert, S., Fumarco, L., Halewyck, L., Vandromme, A. Starting on the wrong foot - Students’ relative age effects on school-to-work transition [Early version available at IZA DP No. 14977] (Media coverage: Het Laatste Nieuws, Le Vif, De Morgen, The Brussels Times, Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie, Knack, Einpresswire, Vakbladvroeg, Eoswetenschap, Metrotime) [Under review]

Fumarco, L., Laffers, L., Principe, F. Causal Mechanisms of Relative Age Effects on Adolescent Risky Behaviours.

Scarampi, C., Fairchild, R., Fumarco, L., Palermo, A., Hinvest, N. Social Metacognition: A Correlational Device for Strategic Interactions.

Ahmed, A., Fumarco, L., Sivec, V. Judging by the Color of their Skin – Judges’ Implicit and Attention Discrimination in US Boxing.

Early stage

Button, P., Lundebjerg, B., Liu, Y., Fumarco, L., Harrell, B., Schwegman, D. J. Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care: Evidence from an Audit Correspondence Field Experiment.

Fumarco, L., Mikula, S., Button, P. Did the EU Temporary Protection Reduce Employment Barriers Facing Ukrainian Refugees? Evidence from an Audit Field Experiment

[AEA RCT Registry. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9126]

Fumarco, L., Ipeirotis, P., Levi, E. Business Cycle Effect on Online Experiments Participation.

Planning (tentative titles when possible): Age at School Start on Elderly's Health (Swedish admn data); project proposal with various papers on Temporal Anchoring Effects on Prosocial Behaviors (lab and online experiments); Effect of Elderly's Cognitive Skills on Hiring (field experiment).

Outreach activity

Articles

Fumarco, L., Principe, F. (2022, May) Plus de buts, moins de bébés : l’étonnant lien entre natalité et performances footballistiques. (trans. More goals, fewer babies: the surprising relation between natality and soccer performance) Retrievable from Atlantico.fr.

Fumarco, L., Principe, F. (2021, October) Más goles, menos bebés. (trans. More goals, fewer babies) Retrievable from Nadaesgratis.es.

Fumarco, L. (2016, June 06) La discriminazione etnica nel mercato del lavoro: un punto di vista economico. (transl. Ethnic discrimination on the job market: an economic overview). Retrievable from Informa.airicerca.org.

Fumarco, L., Rossi, G. (2016, April) Long-term relative age effect: Evidence from Italian football. Retrievable from VOXeu.org. Retrievable also from Weforum.org, with the name Could being the oldest in your age group have an impact on your earnings? (2016, April 26).

Fumarco, L., Rossi, G. (2015, August) Il titolare in squadra? Spesso è nato a gennaio. (transl. Team starter? He is often born in January). Retrievable from LaVoce.info.

Descriptive reports

Coufalová, L., Fumarco, L., Mikula, S. (2022, October) Ukrajinští uprchlíci očima zaměstnavatelů (transl. Ukrainian refugees through the eyes of employers) (Media coverage: businessinfo, idnes, novinky, e15)

Fumarco, L., Peroni C., Sarracino, F. (2018, April) PIBien-être: The Report. (Media coverage: European Investment Bank, reporter, Le Quotidien)

Fumarco, L., Peroni, C., Sarracino, F. (2016). PIBien-être: A preliminary assessment of quality of life in Luxembourg. In S. Allegrezza (Ed.), Rapport travail et cohésion sociale (pp. 143-160). Publisher: STATEC National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. Country: Luxembourg.

Videos

Fumarco, L. (2022, February) In-group bias behaviour in professional US boxing bouts. Retrievable from ROSES Seminars.

Fumarco, L. (2024, July). Strategic Behaviours in a Labour Market with Mobility-Restricting Contractual Provisions: Evidence from the National Hockey League. Retrievable from ROSES Seminars.