Research

Peer-reviewed articles

• Mafia Infiltration and Political Participation, 2026, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 26(3): 1153–1167 (with A. Gasparroni)

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• Intergenerational Scars: The Impact of Parental Unemployment on Individual Health Later in Life, 2025, German Economic Review, 26(1): 35-70 (with M. Picchio)
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• Unemployment and Health: A Meta-Analysis, 2024, Journal of Economic Surveys, 38(4): 1437-1472 (with M. Picchio)
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Discussion papers

• Sweets for my sweet: The impact of partner unemployment on individual physical health, 2025, GLO Discussion Paper No. 1638 (with G. Gallo) [download] - Conditionally accepted at Health Policy

• Affirmative Actions, Economic Insecurity, and Ethnic Conflicts: Evidence from South Africa Post-Apartheid, 2025, Working Paper No. 496, Università Politecnica delle Marche (with A. Belmonte and D. Ticchi) [download] - Reject and resubmit at World Development
  A previous version of this manuscript was circulated under a GLO Discussion Paper 1626 titled “Re-exhuming the old hatchet: The effects of affirmative action policies on political preferences in post-apartheid South Africa”.

• In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: The Impact of Mass Shooting Exposure on Mental Health, 2024, IZA Discussion Paper No. 17388 (with M. Picchio) [download]

Work in progress

• Does internal migration affect political change? Evidence from Italy (with M. Bratti and A. Lo Turco)

• Newsworthy deaths and political representation

• Organized crime, captured politicians and local fiscal dynamics (with G. Gallo)

• Short-term rental housing and neighborhood crime: Evidence from AirBnB in Italy (with N. Campaniello, A. Hidalgo and V. Mollisi)