I am a post-doc at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). I completed my PhD at University of Essex in 2021 and I was a visiting PhD at UC Berkeley.
My research interests are in the field of i) public economics; ii) labor economics; iii) economic history; iv) microeconometrics. In particular, I study behavioral responses to tax policy and the effect of public policies on inequality, intergenerational mobility and educational achievement.
E-mail: enrico.rubolino@unil.ch
Working papers:
1. Taxing the Gender Gap: Labor Market Effects of a Payroll Tax Cut for Women in Italy
Awarded with the Early Career Research Award by the W.E. Upjohn Institute.CESifo Working Paper No. 9671; VistINPS Working Paper 2022/47; UNIL Working Paper No. 2022/01SlidesMedia & policy coverage: Il Foglio; Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance Report on Gender Inequalities ("Bilancio di Genere 2022"), p. 52-55; inGenere; Lavoce2. Tax-Induced Transfer of Residence: Evidence from Tax Decentralization in Italy
Reject and resubmit at American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsAwarded with the SIEP (Italian Society of Public Economics) Prize. SlidesMedia coverage: Local Opportunities Lab3. [revised] Austerity Harmed Student Achievement (with Caterina Pavese)
Reject and resubmit at The Economic JournalUNIL Working Paper No. 2022/09Media coverage: Lavoce; RAI 3 radio interview (from 01:35:00)4. Does Informality Deter Tax Progressivity?
UNIL Working Paper No. 2022/07Slides5. What Determines the Capital Share Over the Long-Run of History? (with Erik Bengtsson and Daniel Waldenström) [new version coming soon]
IZA DP No. 13199; WID.World Working Paper.Selected works in progress:
For (Un)Love or (of) Taxes? The Impact of the 1927 Bachelor Tax on Marriage Market
Taxing Cross-Border Commuters (with Emanuele Di Carlo and Sergio Galletta)
The Gender Wage Gap and Pro-Female Labor Market Policies: Evidence from Italian Administrative Data (with Sonia Bhalotra and Roland Rathelot) [Awarded with the 2022 VisitINPS Fellowship]
Taxing Big Firms' Extra Profits: Evidence from the Robin Hood Tax (with Luisa Loiacono, Leonzio Rizzo, and Riccardo Secomandi)
The Cost of Gender Identity Norms (with Tommaso Giommoni)
Publications (based on pre-PhD works):
1. "Knocking on Parents' Doors: Regulation and Intergenerational Mobility" The Journal of Human Resources, 57(2): 525-554, March 2022 (with Sauro Mocetti and Giacomo Roma).
Media coverage: VoxEU; eticaeconomia; JHR research highlight2. "Tax Progressivity and Top Incomes: Evidence from Tax Reforms" The Journal of Economic Inequality 18(3): 261-289, 2020 (with Daniel Waldenström). Online Appendix. Replication files
Media coverage: VoxEU; SBS radio interview; NBC News.3. "Trends and Gradients in Top Tax Elasticities: Cross-Country Evidence, 1900-2014" International Tax and Public Finance 26(3): 457–485, 2019 (with Daniel Waldenström). Online Appendix. Replication files.
Media coverage: VoxEU.