Recent working papers

Evaluating Loneliness Measurements across the European Union, 2024 (with Bastien Paris, Ivan Ropovik, Miguel Silan, Elizabeth Casabianca, and Hans IJzerman). 

Social media use, loneliness and emotional distress among young people in Europe, 2025 (with Matija Kovacic and Begona Cabeza Martinez). 

Disentangling loneliness and trust in populist voting behaviour in Europe, 2025 (with Francesco Berlingieri and Matija Kovacic).

Recent publications

Loneliness in Europe: Determinants, Risks and Interventions, Schnepf, S.V., d'Hombres, B., Mauri, C. (eds), Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66582-0.

Loneliness: An Underestimated Public Health Threat, 2024 (with d’Hombres, B., Mauri, C., Schnepf, S.V.), In: Schnepf, S.V., d'Hombres, B., Mauri, C. (eds) Loneliness in Europe. Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66582-0_1.

Social Media Use and Loneliness, 2024 (with d’Hombres, B., Gentile, C.),  In: Schnepf, S.V., d'Hombres, B., Mauri, C. (eds) Loneliness in Europe. Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66582-0_5.

Taking Stock of Loneliness in the European Union: A Future Pathway, 2024 (with Schnepf, S.V. and Mauri, C), In: Schnepf, S.V., d'Hombres, B., Mauri, C. (eds), Loneliness in Europe. Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66582-0_8.

Risk factors for loneliness: A literature review, Social Science & Medicine, 2023, vol. 334(C) (with Barjaková, Martina & Garnero, Andrea). 

What makes cities happy? Factors contributing to life satisfaction in European cities, European Urban and Regional Studies, 2023, 30 (4), 319-342 (with C Castelli, B, L Dominicis, L Dijkstra, V Montalto, N Pontarollo 

Loneliness in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Policy, 2022 126(11): 1124-1129 (with Julia Baarck and Guido Tintori) 

Unveiling the local determinants of population growth in the EU, Growth & Change,  2021  52(1): 150-166 (with Alvarez M., Pontarollo. N., Ghisetti C., Dijkstra L.). 

Like (Grand)Parent, Like Child? Multigenerational Mobility Across the EU, European Economic Review, 2020, 130(C) (with  Marco Colagrossi & Sylke V. Schnepf).

International Mobility of Students in Italy and the UK: Does It Pay off and for Whom?,  Higher Education,  2021 forthcoming (with Sylke V. Schnepf).

Analysing domestic tourism flows at the provincial level in Spain by using spatial gravity models, International Journal of Tourism Research, 2020 22(4), p. 403-415 (with M Alvarez‐Diaz, C Ghisetti, N Pontarollo).

Pictorial health warnings and wear-out effects: Evidence from a web experiment in 10 European countries, Tobacco Control, 2019, 28 : e71-e76 (with E. Wölbert).

Use of Administrative Data for Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Europe: Country and Time Comparisons: How Access to Microdata is Transforming Policy Design, 2019  In: Crato N., Paruolo P. (eds) Data-Driven Policy Impact Evaluation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78461-8_17  (with G. Santangelo).

Modelling inter- and intra-regional tourism flows in Spain - a spatial econometric approach (2017), Regional Statistics, 7(2): 3-34 (with M. Álvarez-díaz, and C. Ghisetti).

Other publications

Wish you were here? Quasi-experimental evidence on the effect of education on attitude towards immigrants,  European Economic Review, Volume 90, November 2016, Pages 201-224 (with Luca Nunziata).

 Social capital and smoking behaviors, Eastern Economic Journal, 2014 40(2):202-225 (with Lorenzo Rocco). 

Social capital and smoking, in  The economics of social capital and health A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap: 2 (World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy), 2014, Chapter 9 (with Lorenzo Rocco). 

Labor market performance of university graduates: evidence from Italy (with S. Tarantola and D. Van Nijlen), Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems, 2011, chapter 17, 265-286, Springer Edition. 

The influence of social capital on health in eight former soviet countries: why does it differ? (with McKee, M., Rocco, L. Suhrcke, M.),  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2011 65 (1),  44-50. 

Indicators for European Union policies: business as usual? (with A. Saltelli, J. Jesinghaus, A. Manca, M. Mascherini and M. Nardo), Social Indicators Research, 2011 102(2),197-207. 

Education and civic outcomes: quality versus quantity effects (with F. Borgonovi and B. Hoskins), The BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 10(1), 2010, Article number 90.

Rickety numbers: volatility of university rankings and policy implications (with M. Saisana and A. Saltelli),  Research Policy, 40(1), 165-177, 2010  [Press release: Le Monde, 14 Novembre 2008].

Social capital and health: evidence from eight CIS countries? (with M. McKee, L. Rocco, M. Suhrcke), Health Economics, 19, 2010: 56-74.

 Sensitivity analysis didn't help: a practitioner's critique of the Stern review (with A. Saltelli), Global Environmental Change, 2010. 20(2), 298-302.

 Does education have an impact on active citizenship behaviour? (with B. Hoskins), European Educational Research Journal, 7(3), 2008: 386-402.

Does obesity hurts your wages more in Dublin than in Madrid? Evidence from Europe (with G. Brunello), Economics and Human Biology, 5(1), 2007: 1-19 [Press release: The Times, 24 January 2007].

 Discrimination raciale au Brésil: mythe ou réalité, Revue d’Auvergne, 585,  2007 : 353-367.

El impacto del proceso de bolonia en el abandono de los estudios universitarios : El Caso de Italia, convergencia de los estudios superiores y de la formacion profesional en europa. Fundación Europea Sociedad y Educación  2007: 151-167.

Rendement de l'education et choix des instruments : application sur données vietnamiennes (with JL. Arcand, P. Gyselinck), Revue Economique, 56(3), 2005.

Racial discrimination in the Brazilian labour market: wage, employment and segregation effects, Journal of International Development, 16(8), 2004:1053-1066 (with JL. Arcand).