Articles & Other Publications

Journal Articles

2026 "Bipartisan Firms", with E. Caggiano, Economics & Politics, 38(1):18–45
2025 "Intended college major choice and the inheritance of majors", with G. Brunello, F. Campo, E. Lodigiani & M. Miotto, Economic Letters, 255:112558
2025 "Teacher Personality and the Perceived Socioeconomic Gap in Student Outcomes", with G. Brunello, C. Crocè & P. Giustinelli, Economics Letters, 247:112096
2025 "The Effects of the Vietnam Hunger Eradication Program on Schooling", with M. Bertoni & Q. Huynh, Economics of Education Review, 104:102616
2025 "Pension reforms, Longer working horizons and absence from work", with M. de Paola, Journal of Population Economics, 38(1):9
2024 "If (my) 6 was (your) 9. Reporting Heterogeneity in Student Evaluations of Teaching", with M. Bertoni & E. Rettore, Labour Economics, 89:102567
2024 "The Protestant ethic and entrepreneurship: Inside the black box", with L. Nunziata, Small Business Economics, 62(4):1285–1313
2024 "Business is Tense: New Evidence on How Language Affects Economic Activity", with F. Campo & L. Nunziata, Journal of Economic Growth, 29(1):121–149
2023 "European Immigrant Health Policies, Immigrants' Health, and Immigrants' Access to Healthcare", with P. Dourgnon & N. Pourat, Health Policy, 127:37–43
2022 "Education and Covid-19 excess mortality", with P. Bello, Economics and Human Biology, 47:101194
2022 "Studying more to vote less. Education and voter turnout in Italy", with E. Harka, European Journal of Political Economy, 72:102115
2021 "The Pathways to College", with L. Agarwal & G. Brunello, Journal of Human Capital, 15(4):554–595
2021 "Effect of Immigration on Depression among Older Natives in Western Europe", with J.J. Escarce, Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 20:100341
2021 "Mortality, morbidity and economic growth", with E. Fumagalli, A. Mirelman & M. Suhrcke, PLOS ONE, 16(5):e0251424
2021 "Where do I stand? Assessing researchers' beliefs about their productivity", with M. Bertoni, G. Brunello & D. Checchi, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 185:61–80
2021 "Some unpleasant consequences of testing at length", with G. Brunello & A. Crema, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 83(4):1002–1023
2020 "Does low-skilled immigration increase profits? Evidence from Italian local labour markets", with G. Brunello & E. Lodigiani, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 85:103582
2020 "Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase the Education of Natives? Evidence from Italian Provinces", with G. Brunello & E. Lodigiani, Labour Economics, 63:101794
2019 "Grandparents in the blues. The effect of childcare on grandparents' Depression", with G. Brunello, Review of The Economics of the Household, 17:587–613
2018 "The effect of job loss on pharmaceutical prescriptions", with A. Crema, L. Simonato & L. Cestari, Social Science and Medicine, 217:73–83
2018 "Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy", with E. Rettore & C. Dal Maso, Education Economics, 26(3):213–232
2018 "The Protestant Ethic and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Religious Minorities in the Former Holy Roman Empire", with L. Nunziata, European Journal of Political Economy, 51:27–43
2017 "The effects of vocational education on adult skills, employment and wages: What can we learn from PIAAC?", SERIEs, 8:315–343
2017 "The contribution of urbanization to non-communicable diseases: evidence from 173 countries from 1980 to 2008", with Y. Goryakin & M. Suhrcke, Economics and Human Biology, 26:151–163
2017 "Community Repeated Interaction and Strategic Delegation", with O. Chillemi & B. Gui, International Journal of Game Theory, 46(3):737–760
2017 "The Labour Market Effects of Vocational and Academic Education over the Life Cycle. Evidence based on a British Cohort", with G. Brunello, Journal of Human Capital, 11(1):106–166
2016 "A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship", with L. Nunziata, Journal of Economic Growth, 21(2):189–224
2015 "Fruit and vegetable consumption in the former Soviet Union: the role of individual and community-level factors", with Y. Goryakin, M. Suhrcke, B. Roberts & M. McKee, Public Health Nutrition, 18(15):2825–2835
2015 "Selection and the Age Productivity Profile: Evidence from Chess", with M. Bertoni & G. Brunello, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 110:45–58
2014 "From Social Capital to Health — and Back", with E. Fumagalli & M. Suhrcke, Health Economics, 23(5):586–605
2014 "Trust me, you will be in better health", Health Policy, 116(1):123–132
2014 "Social capital and smoking behavior", with B. d'Hombres, Eastern Economic Journal, 40(2):202–225
2014 "The effect of health on labour supply in nine former Soviet Union countries", with Y. Goryakin, M. Suhrcke, B. Roberts & M. McKee, European Journal of Health Economics, 15:57–68
2014 "Social capital and self-reported general and mental health in nine Former Soviet Union countries", with Y. Goryakin, M. Suhrcke, B. Roberts & M. McKee, Health Economics, Policy and Law, 9(1):1–24
2013 "When the cat is near, the mice won't play: The effect of external examiners in Italian schools", with M. Bertoni & G. Brunello, Journal of Public Economics, 104:65–77
2013 "The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence using PISA Test Scores", with G. Brunello, Economics of Education Review, 32:234–246
2012 "Lost in Transition? The Returns to Education Acquired under Communism", with G. Brunello & E. Crivellaro, Economics of Transition, 20(4):637–676
2012 "On the Efficiency Costs of De-Tracking Secondary Schools in Europe", with G. Brunello et al., Education Economics, 20(2):117–138
2011 "The Influence of Social Capital on Health in Eight Former Soviet Countries: why does it differ?", with B. d'Hombres et al., Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(1):44–50
2010 "Does Social Capital Determine Health: Evidence from Eight Transition Countries", with B. d'Hombres, M. Suhrcke & M. McKee, Health Economics, vol. 19, pp. 56–74
2008 "Educational Standards in Public and Private Schools", with G. Brunello, The Economic Journal, vol. 118, pp. 1866–1887
2008 "Provoking a Civil War", with Z. Ballo, Public Choice, vol. 134, pp. 347–366
2007 "Anonymity in Nonatomic Games", International Review of Economics (RISEC), vol. 54, pp. 225–247
2007 "Adult Health in Russia – More than Just a Health Problem?", with P. Marquez, M. Suhrcke & M. McKee, Health Affairs, vol. 26(4), pp. 1040–1051

Chapters in Books

2018 "Workplace Social Capital and Sickness Absence", with M.K. Islam, in Folland, S. & Nauenberg, E. (eds.) Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health, Edward Elgar Publishing
2016 "Social Capital and Health", with E. Aas, in Scheffler, R. (ed.) World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy, vol. 2, World Scientific Publishing
2014 "The empirics of social capital and health", with E. Fumagalli, in Folland, S. & Rocco, L. (eds.) The Economics of Social Capital and Health, World Scientific Publishing
2014 "Social capital and smoking", with B. d'Hombres, in Folland, S. & Rocco, L. (eds.) The Economics of Social Capital and Health, World Scientific Publishing
2011 "The economic costs of ill health in the European Region", with M. Suhrcke, R. Sauto Arce & M. McKee, in Figueras, J. & McKee, M. (eds.) Health Systems, Health, Wealth and Societal Well-being, McGraw-Hill / Open University Press
2005 "What are the potential benefits of mortality reduction in Russia?", with M. Suhrcke, in Dying too young — Addressing premature mortality and ill health in the Russian Federation, The World Bank, pp. 95–102
2005 "How do NCDs and injuries affect the Russian economy?", with M. Suhrcke, in Dying too young — Addressing premature mortality and ill health in the Russian Federation, The World Bank, pp. 55–64

Research Reports

2024 The price of inaction: the global private, fiscal and social costs of children and youth not learning, with G. Brunello, UNESCO
2022 Socioeconomic Impacts of Road Traffic Injuries in Central Asia, with M. Suhrcke & A. Mecineanu, The World Bank – GRSF
2012 Is Social Capital Good for Individual Health? A European Perspective, with M. Suhrcke, WHO Regional Office for Europe
2007 Health: a vital investment for economic development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA), with M. Suhrcke & M. McKee, Brussels: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
2007 Economic consequences of non-communicable diseases and injuries in the Russian Federation, with M. Suhrcke et al., European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
2006 Chronic Disease: an Economic Perspective, with M. Suhrcke et al., Oxford: The Oxford Health Alliance