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The Bold, not the Capable, Make the Most of Big Cities

The Bold, not the Capable, Make the Most of Big Cities

by Fabio Todesco

Self confidence, and not necessarily ability, drives young workers to locate in a big city, according to analysis by Ottaviano, De la Roca and Puga. With negative, longterm consequences for those who settle for small cities because of inaccurate self assessment  

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How Media Magnifies Terrorism's Damage to Human Capital

How Media Magnifies Terrorism's Damage to Human Capital

by Fabio Todesco

A study by Alfano and Goerlach found that households exposed to media in Kenya overestimated fatality risks by a factor of 11.8 and more often refrained from enrolling their kids in school during a terrorist wave in the late 2000s  

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Better Access to Public Services Can Save Millions of Lives in Developing Countries

Better Access to Public Services Can Save Millions of Lives in Developing Countries

by Andrea Costa

Erika Deserranno has won an ERC Starting Grant for investigating how technology can influence supply and demand of basic services to reduce inequalities and boost growth  

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Opioids Addiction Starts at the ER

Opioids Addiction Starts at the ER

by Andrea Costa

One out of 1,400 US veterans who are prescribed opioids at an emergency room will eventually die of overdose. Two papers by Sarah Eichmeyer and Jonathan Zhang assess the risks of becoming an addict and worse.  

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Can Employers' Market Power Harm Workers' Health?

Can Employers' Market Power Harm Workers' Health?

by Fabio Todesco

Tito Boeri was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to study the conditions that limit workers' job mobility, leading to a monopsony situation with negative effects on wages and working conditions  

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Migration as a Step Towards Opening a Business

Migration as a Step Towards Opening a Business

by Weiwei Chen

From migrant worker to owner: when temporary migration is used to gain initial capital to become self employed  

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Science That Fights Educational Poverty

Science That Fights Educational Poverty

by Fabio Todesco

Bocconi's Laboratory for Effective Anti Poverty Policies provides rigorous empirical evidence on the functioning of experimental educational initiatives, which could be replicated on a large scale to improve the quality of education  

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News

  • Mind the Assumptions to Obtain Meaningful Scientific Models

    Emanuele Borgonovo looks at how scientific theories and model reliability relate to each other. He highlights the importance of measuring uncertainty and rigorously testing models for sensitivity  

  • PRIN PNRR: 14 Bocconi Scholars Funded

    The traditional call for projects of relevant national interest was joined this year by one reserved for research projects in line with the goals of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan  

  • SUR Lab, Bocconi's Hub for Research on Sustainable Urban Development

    A field of studies of growing importance can be approached in several ways  

  • Bocconi Committed to Research Projects of National Interest

    A positive result with 44 applications accepted, funded to the tune of nearly 4 million euros  

  • Bocconi Hosts the 18th IAEE European Conference on Energy Transformation

    Experts from around the world will arrive at Bocconi, from July 24 to 27, to participate in the European Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics  

  • New Life for Energy Communities, Thanks to Self Generation and Sharing

    A clearer regulatory framework helps these forms of voluntary aggregation make an increasingly strong impact toward a sustainable energy economy  

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Seminars

  • IN TUTTE LE SUE FORME E APPLICAZIONI. I NUOVI CONFINI DEL DIRITTO DEL LAVORO
    Labour Law

    MAURIZIO DEL CONTE - Università Bocconi
    ELENA GRAMANO - Università Bocconi
    TIZIANO TREU - Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
    ADALBERTO PERULLI - Universita' Ca' Foscari Venezia
    ANNA ALAIMO - Universita' di Catania

    Room 1.C3.01

  • Sasha Indarte, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania: Bad News Bankers: Underwriter Reputation and Contagion in Pre-1914 Sovereign Debt Markets

    SASHA INDARTE

    Seminar Room - 2-E4-SR03

  • Doron Ravid - Robust Predictions in Games with Rational Inattention
    Doron Ravid - Robust Predictions in Games with Rational Inattention

    DORON RAVID - University of Chicago

    Alberto Alesina Seminar Room 5.e4sr04, Via Roentgen 1 Floor 5th

  • DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT: GIUSTIZIA PENALE NEGOZIATA DELLE SOCIETÀ
    ESPERIENZE INTERNAZIONALI E PROSPETTIVA ITALIANA

    CESARE CAVALLINI - Università Bocconi
    PIETRO SIRENA - Università Bocconi
    ENRICO GIARDA - Consigliere, Ordine degli Avvocati di Milano
    IRMA CONTI - Vicepresidente, Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma
    MIGUEL OURAL - Batonnier, Ordre des Avocats Geneve
    JEAN FRANCOIS BOHNERT - Procureur de la Republique financier, chef du Parquet national financier
    BRUNO COVA - Avvocato, Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria
    ENRICO BASILE - Università Bocconi
    NICOLA BONUCCI - Avvocato, Parigi, gia' General Counsel OCSE
    SAVERIO LEMBO - Avvocato, Baer and Karrer
    BARBARA LEVI - Group General Counsel UBS
    FRANCESCO MUCCIARELLI - Università Bocconi
    MARIA ANTONELLA BINO - Group General Counsel Vontobel
    FEDERICO BUSATTA - Avvocato, Gianni e Origoni
    FABIO CAGNOLA - Avvocato, Cagnola e Associati
    EUGENIO FUSCO - Procuratore Aggiunto della Repubblica presso il Tribunale di Milano

    Aula Magna Gobbi, Via Gobbi 5