Publications in international journals

• Di Novi C., Paruolo P. and Verzillo S. (2023) "Does labour protection influence mental-health responses to employment shocks? Evidence on older workers in Europe", Economic Modelling, Vol. 126, 106406; 

• Checchi, D., De Fraja, G., and Verzillo, S. (2021) "Incentives and Careers in Academia: Theory and Empirical Analysis", The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 103, Issue 4, pp. 786-802;

• Rossi C., Berta P., Curello S., Lovaglio P.G., Magoni M., Metra M., Roccaro A.M., Verzillo S. and Vittadini G. (2021) "The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on AMI and Stroke mortality in Lombardy: Evidences from the epicenter of the pandemic", PLOS ONE, 16(10) e0257910;

• Berta P., Lovaglio P.G. and Verzillo S. (2021) "How have casemix, cost and hospital stay of inpatients in the last year of life changed over the past decade? Evidence from Italy", Health Policy, Vol 125, Issue 8, pp. 1031-1039;

• Checchi D., Ciolfi A., De Fraja G., Mazzotta I., Verzillo S. (2021) "Have you read this? An empirical comparison of the British REF peer review and the Italian VQR bibliometric algorithm", Economica, Vol. 88, Issue 352, pp. 1107-1129; 

• Berta P., Lovaglio, P.G., Paruolo P. and Verzillo S. (2020) "A Bivariate Prediction Approach for Adapting the Health Care System Response to the Spread of COVID-19", PLOS ONE, 15(10) e0240150;

• Cristofoli, D., Trivellato B. and Verzillo S. (2019) "Network Management as a Contingent Activity. A configurational Analysis of managerial behaviours in different networks settings”, Public Management Review, Vol. 21, Issue 12, pp. 1775-1800;

• Bratti M. and Verzillo S. (2019) “The ‘gravity’ of quality: Research quality and the attractiveness of universities in Italy”, Regional Studies, Vol. 53, Issue 10, pp. 1385-1396;

• Checchi, D., De Fraja, G. and Verzillo, S. (2018) “Selections from Ordered Sets”, Social Choice and Welfare, Vol 50(4), pp. 677-703;

• Fiorio, C., Gorli, M., Verzillo, S. (2018) “Evaluating Organizational Change in Healthcare: the Patient-Centered Hospital model”, BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 18(1), 95;

• Berta P., Martini G., Levaggi R. and Verzillo S. (2017) "The Redistributive Effects of Copayment in Outpatients Prescriptions: Evidence from Lombardy", BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 17 (1), 336;

• Berta P., Bossi M., Verzillo S. (2017) “%Cem: A SAS Macro to Perform Coarsened Exact Matching”, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol. 87 (2), pp. 227-238;

• Verzillo, S., Santoro, A., Mezzanzanica, M. (2017) “Family Splitting versus Joint Taxation: a case-study”, Economia Politica - Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Vol. 34 (2), pp. 337-354;

• Lovaglio, P.G., Vacca, G., Verzillo, S. (2016) “Human Capital Estimation in Higher Education”, Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, Vol. 10 (4), pp. 465-489;

• Lovaglio, P.G., Verzillo, S. (2016) “Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from Italy”, Quality and Quantity, Vol. 50 (2), pp. 791-822;

• Lovaglio, P.G., Verzillo, S., Mezzanzanica, M. (2011) “Estimation of Educational Returns using University and Labour Market Administrative Archives”, Advances and Applications in Statistics. Vol. 23 (2), pp. 77-105;

Publications in Italian refereed journals

• Battistin, E., Checchi, D., Verzillo, S. (2014) “The Effects of Decentralization on Academic Recruitment in Italy”, Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione, Vol. 58, pp. 50-79;

• Verzillo S. (2010) “The Rate of Return to Schooling: a Growth Mixed Model Approach”, Quaderni di Economia del Lavoro, Vol. 92, pp. 63-81; 

Working Papers

• Checchi, D., De Fraja, G., Marchiori, C. , Minelli, E. and Verzillo S. (2024) "How to Pay for Scientific Research", C.E.P.R. Discussion Paper N. 19083, (submitted);

• Ghirelli, C., Havari, E., Meroni, E. and Verzillo S. (2023) "The Long-Term Causal Effects of Winning an ERC Grant", JRC133001, IZA Discussion Paper N. 16108 and Banco de Espana - Documentos de Trabajo. N. 2313 (submitted); 

• Chiappori P.A., Fiorio C., Galichon A. and Verzillo S. (2022) "Assortative Matching on Income", Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group WP N. 2022-006 (R&R at Econometrica); 

• Di Novi C., Paruolo P. and Verzillo S. (2022) "The Role of Employment Protection Legislation Regimes in Shaping the Impact of Job Disruption on Older Workers’ Mental Health in Times of COVID-19", HEDG, The University of York WP. 22/03 and SSRN Research Paper N. 4031714 (Revised version published, Economic Modelling); 

• Berta P., Bratti M., Fiorio C.V., Pisoni E. and Verzillo S. (2021) "Administrative border effects in Covid-19 related mortality", IZA Discussion Paper N. 14930, HEDG, The University of York WP 21/21 and SSRN Research Paper N. 3962989  ( R&R at Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A );

• Canzian G., Mazzarella G., Ronchail L., Verboven F. and Verzillo S. (2021) "Evaluating the Impact of Price Caps - Evidence from the European Roam-Like-at-Home Regulation", C.E.P.R. Discussion Paper N. 16554 and CESifo Working Paper N. 9303 ( submitted );

• Rossi C., Berta P., Curello S., Lovaglio P.G., Magoni M., Metra M., Roccaro A.M., Verzillo S. and Vittadini G. (2021) "The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on AMI and Stroke mortality in Lombardy: Evidences from the epicenter of the pandemic", medrXiv (revised version published, PLOS One);

• Berta, P., Lovaglio, P.G., Paruolo, P., Verzillo, S. (2020) "Real Time Forecasting of Covid-19 Intensive Care Units demand ". HEDG, The University of York WP 20/16;

• Checchi D., Ciolfi A., De Fraja G., Mazzotta I., Verzillo S. (2019) "Have you read this? An empirical comparison of the British REF peer review and the Italian VQR bibliometric algorithm".  C.E.P.R. Discussion Paper N. 13521  and IZA Discussion Paper 12155 ( revised version published, Economica );

• Berta P., De Fraja, G., Verzillo S. (2018) “Optimal Healthcare Contracts: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Italy”. C.E.P.R. Discussion Paper N. 13357 and HEDG, The University of York WP 18/33 ( submitted );

• Fiorio C. and Verzillo S. (2018) “Looking in Your Partner’s Pocket Before Saying 'Yes!' Assortative Mating and Income Inequality". DEMM Working Paper 2018-02, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano (mimeo);

• Bratti M. and Verzillo S. (2017) “The Gravity of Quality: Research Quality and Universities’ Attractivity in Italy”. IZA Discussion Paper 11026, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (revised version published, Regional Studies);

• Berta P., Bossi M., Verzillo S. (2015) “%Cem: A SAS Macro to Perform Coarsened Exact Matching”. DEMM - Working Paper 2015-22, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at University of Milan (revised version published, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation);

• Checchi, D., De Fraja, G., Verzillo, S. (2014) “Publish or Perish: An Analysis of the Academic Job Market in Italy”. IZA Discussion Paper 8345, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (revised version published, The Review of Economics and Statistics);

• Checchi, D., De Fraja, G., Verzillo, S. (2014) “And the Winners Are... An Axiomatic Approach to Selection from a Set”. IZA Discussion Paper 8344, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (revised version published, Social Choice and Welfare); 

Code Snippets

• CIF - Cointegrated ICU Forecasting R Tool introduced in Berta et al. 2020, PLOS ONE is publicly available as CIF Shiny App

• orderly - Stata module to compute the index of orderliness proposed in Checchi et al. (2014) IZA WP N. 8345 (R&R The Stata Journal - available upon request)

• Coarsened Exact Matching for SAS, with Paolo Berta, and Matteo Bossi (published in Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation). %CEM SAS code is available from the official CEM repository at Harvard University

Book Chapters and Technical Reports

• Canzian, G., Crivellaro, E., Duso, T., Ferrara, A., Sasso, A. and Verzillo, S. (2024) "Study on the Effectiveness of COVID-Aid on Firms", Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, JRC135571

• Ferrara A., Ghirelli C., Montanelli S., Petrovich E., Salini S. and Verzillo S. (2022) "Topic-Driven Detection and Analysis of Scholarly Data" in Checchi D., Jappelli T. and Uricchio A. (eds) "Teaching, Research and Academic Careers", Springer, Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-07438-7, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-07438-7

• Alberti, V. et al. (2021) "Monitoring Multidimensional Inequalities In The European Union", Dominguez Torreiro, M. and Papadimitriou, E. editor(s), EUR 30649 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-32442-3, doi:10.2760/726031, JRC123911

• Guthmuller S., Paruolo P., Verzillo S. (2021) "Positive Externalities of EU Actions on Sustainability of Health Systems" in Baltagi B. and Moscone F. "The Sustainability of Health Care Systems in Europe", Contribution to Economic Analysis, Emerald 

• Van Huizen T., Lovaglio P.G., Passaretta G., Antunes Ribeiro L., Skopek J., Verzillo S., Vittadini G. and Zachrisson H.D. (2019) "Roots and Development of Achievement Gaps. A Longitudinal Assessment in Selected European Countries", ISOTIS - Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society Report (Founded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme - Grant Agreement 727069)

• Checchi D., Verzillo S. (2018) “The Role of PISA in Regional and Private/Public Debates in Italy” in Volante L. “PISA, Educational Governance, and Transnational Policy”, Routledge ISBN 9781138217461

• Ferrara A., Montanelli S., Verzillo S. (2018) “Google Scholar as a Citation Database for Non-bibliometric Areas: the EVA Project Results” in Bonaccorsi A. “The Evaluation of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities”, Springer ISBN 9783319685540

• Schnepf, S. V., Ghirelli, C., Verzillo, S. (2017) "Feasibility Study on Measuring the Causal Impact of Erasmus+ Actions", Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2017, ISBN 978-92-79-68821-8

In Progress

• "The Atlas of Data Science Research" with S. Montanelli, S. Picascia and S. Salini

• "Copayment Exemption and Health Care Utilization: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design" with P. Berta and M. Bratti

• “A New Algorithm for Evaluating Scientific Research” with De Fraja G.

• “orderly: a Stata Package to Evaluate Selections from a Set” with Checchi D. and De Fraja G. (R&R The Stata Journal)

• “The Impact of Audits on Tax Compliance by High-Opportunity Evaders in a High-Evasion Country: evidence from Italy” with Santoro A. 

Mimeo

• Checchi, D., Verzillo S. (2013) “Selecting University Professors in Italy: much ado about nothing” 

• Verzillo S. (2013) “Decentralizing Academic Selection Mechanism: Opportunity or Parochialism?” 

Seminars and Conference Presentations

2024: ICSSI - International Conference on Science of Science and Innovation, July 1-3, National Academy of Science, Washington D.C. (USA) 

2023: NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research - Summer Institute 2023 (Science of Science Funding), July 20-21, Cambridge, MA (USA), US Government - Federal Communications Commission - Economic Analysis Division Seminar Series (online)

2022: 21 LAGV journees, June 6-8 (Marseilles), Empirical Health Economics Workshop, July 12-14 at JRC Ispra (local organizer) 

2021: COMPIE 2021 Conference, June 23-25, Micro HEW - Health Econometrics Workshop, July 21 (local organizer) 

2020: VII Health Econometrics Workshop, July, 14-17 - European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Ispra (VA) , (local organizer)  [postponed to July, 2021 due to Covid-19] - COVER - "COVid-19 Empirical Research Webinar", October, 30, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan

2019: Health Economics Workshop, DEMM-University of Milan, March, 1 (Milan, invited discussant)  - The Cowles Foundation Workshop on 'Matching: Optimal Transport and Beyond',  September 27-28 (Yale School of Management, invited paper)

2018: European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) Conference, June 25-27 (Antwerp) - European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) Conference, July 11-14 (Maastricht), Health Econometrics Workshop - HEW, July 17-19 (Bergamo)  

2017: Department of Primary Health Care and Department of Economics, April, 5th (Oxford) (Invited Seminar) - European Health Economics Workshop - EHEW, May 19th-20th (Oslo) - VII meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ, July 17th-19th (New York) - European Association of Labor Economists - EALE Conference, September 21st-23rd (St. Gallen)

2016: The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics - SASE Annual Conference, June 24-26, 2016 - University of California, Berkeley (USA), Health Econometrics Workshop - HEW, July 22-24, 2016 (Bari)

2015: ANVUR - National Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research - Lunch Seminar (Rome), 6th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education - IWAEE (Catanzaro)

2014: XVII Applied Economics Meeting (Gran Canaria), 5th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education - IWAEE (Catanzaro), 16th IZA/CEPR European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics - ESSLE (Ammersee), XXIX National Conference of Labour Economics - AIEL (Pisa)

2013: XII Brucchi Luchino Conference (Rome), PAM Lunch Seminar (Bocconi University), European Association of Labour Economists - EALE Conference (Turin), 1st CidE Workshop in Econo- metrics and Empirical Economics -WEEE (Perugia), V meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ (Bari), XXII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association - AEDE (La Coruna), SIS -Italian Statistical Society Conference (Brescia), ANVUR - National Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research (Rome) 

Referee for

BMC Health Service Research, British Medical Journal, British Medical Journal Open, Economic Modelling, Educational Research for Policy and Practice, Frontiers in Education, Health Economics, Higher Education Quarterly, Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, International Journal of Educational Management, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Public Health, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Italian Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, PloS One, Quality and Quantity, Review of Social Economy, RIV- Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione, Scuola Democratica-Learning for Democracy, Statistica Applicata - Italian Journal of Applied Statistics