Publications

Employment Protection, Workforce Mix and Firm Performance, with Chiara Ardito, Fabio Berton and Lia Pacelli. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Volume 22 Issue 3, 15 June 2022, https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2021-0396. IZA DP No. 14613. [SLIDES]

Working Papers

Concentration and Mergers: Evidence from Italian Labor Markets. WP N. 186, LABORatorio R. Revelli, 2023. [WP]. R&R at Oxford Economic Papers. 

Monopsony and Rent Sharing: Evidence from Italian Hiring Subsidies, with Lia Pacelli. WP N. 192, LABORatorio R. Revelli, 2024. [WP]. R&R at Economics Letters.

Do Alternative Work Arrangements Substitute Standard Employment? Evidence from Worker-Level Data, with Bernardo Fanfani. [WP] [SLIDES] [LAVOCE.INFO]

Inverting the Chain? VAT Collection Regimes and Tax Compliance, with Davide Cipullo, Duccio Gamanossi Degl'Innocenti, and Marco Le Moglie. [WP]

Ongoing

Recorded Workplace Accidents and Alternative but Formal Work Arrangements, with Giovanni Mastrobuoni and Roberto Nisticò.

Abstract This study estimates the effect of extremely flexible labor market contracts (labor vouchers) on work-related injuries. We use administrative microdata on work injuries (INAIL) for the Tuscany region, leveraging the introduction of vouchers for the agricultural sector in 2008. Serious work-related injuries increase when more flexible labor contracts become available. We also exploit several other data sources to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Preliminary results suggest that the effect is driven by injuries of undeclared workers who sign vouchers right after the injury, in a last minute attempt to gain insurance coverage. Our findings are in line with those of Di Porto et al. (2022), who find that firms use vouchers to cover undeclared work.

Coping with Negative Emotions through Commercial Sex: An Empirical Investigation Using Football Matches, with Riccardo Ciacci, Alessandro Corvasce, and Davide Dragone.

Abstract This study addresses the drivers of sex work demand, by exploiting football matches and taking into account the extreme staggered and non-absorbing design through the most flexible event study estimator. We then investigate the effect on prices, duration, and price per minute. It finds that football matches increase sex work activities, whereas prices and duration decrease. Finally, we decompose this increase into two effects: the pure game effect and the emotional channel, driven mainly by unexpected losses. The latter effect accounts for approximately half of the increase. 

The Effect of High-Speed Railways (HSR) on University Student Enrollments, with Massimiliano Bratti and Enrico Lippo. 

Others

Per ogni fine c'è un nuovo inizio, with Carlo Amenta and Carlo Stagnaro. [WP] 

Directionality of spillovers in the EMU: Evidence from the EU sovereign debt Crisis, with Pietro Bombrezzi. 9th Giorgio Rota Best Paper Award. Published on the Quaderni del Premio «Giorgio Rota», n. 9, 2021 ISBN 978-88-94960-19-8. [SLIDES] [LAVOCE.INFO]