How Political Parties Bargain for Goods That Voters Can't Even See
by Fabio Todesco
Lanny Martin observes that voters evaluate parties using readily available information on very visible aspects, such as the number of ministries in a coalition government. In order to make a positive impression on their supporters, parties with low bargaining power trade away less visible goods for ministerial positions, thus escaping accountability
Young, Temporary, and Low Skill Workers Worst Hit by the Pandemic
by Fabio Todesco
Alessandra Casarico, in an analysis of the short term effect of COVID on the Italian labor market, confirms that the most affected are those that were already suffering the consequences of the previous recession. With a glimpse of hope for women
Viruses and Digital Platforms: Bocconi Wins Two ERC Grants
by Fabio Todesco
Alessia Melegaro and Francesco Decarolis have obtained two ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council. One research project deals with the relationship between human behavior, vaccine hesitancy and the spread of viruses, and the other with competition on digital platforms, marking an expansion of the research fields in which Europe acknowledges Bocconi as a primary player
We All Lose When Immigrants Can't Access Health Care. Especially in a Lockdown
by Fabio Todesco
During the spring lockdown, undocumented immigrants' access to primary care in Milan halved and their housing conditions deteriorated, making it difficult to comply with COVID public health measures, according to research by Carlo Devillanova in collaboration with the NAGA association
What Public Policy Can Do for Women and What Women Can Do for Public Policy
by Paola Profeta
In the past century, a quiet revolution brought women to a new, more prominent role in the economy and society. In her new book, Paola Profeta, Director of the AXA Gender Equality Lab at Bocconi, analyzes the role of public policies in reducing the gender gap. Read an excerpt
OASI Report: 21 February, 2020, the Day That Changed the Italian Healthcare System
by Fabio Todesco
In the tragic COVID months, the system has demonstrated a capacity for change, adaptation and digitization that must not be lost. The authors suggest to use the funds of Next Generation EU for capital investments, while setting a minimum threshold, for example 7.5% of GDP, for the financing of the NHS
No Compliance with COVID Measures Without Trust in Health Authorities
by Fabio Todesco
Risk communication from the WHO was well trusted and acted upon during the first wave, but more emphasis on non enforceable hygiene measures and messages tailored to the less compliant are needed now
Threatening to topple autocrats too often backfires, according to research by Livio Di Lonardo. Regimes react by investing more in security and crushing oppositions ideologically close to the foreign power. Ideologically distant oppositions, on the contrary, are spared
A study published in Scientific Reports, coauthored by Nirosha Varghese and Simone Ghislandi, states that one in three people sleep too short hours and one in seven is dissatisfied with the quality of their sleep. Low education and low income exacerbate the problem
Research by Turrini, Cristofoli, and Valotti finds a shared feature in the realization of COVID hospitals in Milan, New York, and Wuhan
Fiscal Expansion: Spend as if You Have to Pay It Back
Bocconi students on the seminars organized by IGIER. In the latest article of the series, Sviatoslav Tiupin reports on the work of Olivier Blanchard and John Cochrane
Taxing Debt to Curb Irrationality Without Reducing Economic Growth
Bocconi students on the economics seminars organized by IGIER. In the fifth article of the series, Daniele Goffi reports on the work of Ivan Werning, MIT
Piketty's Road Map Towards Equality
Bocconi students on the economics seminars organized by IGIER. In the fourth article of the series, Gael Blanchard reports on the latest book by Thomas Piketty and his work on growth and inequality
The Department of Finance will be interviewing and holding seminars with selected candidates on the following dates:
January 12th
January 14th
January 15th
January 18th
January 22nd
January 25th
January 27th
February 1st
February 3rd
Selected candidates will be contacted individually via e-mail.
If you would like to follow the candidate's seminar you can contact the department administration office at dip.fin@unibocconi.it
Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap
Barbara Biasi (Yale)
Webinar
Ricerca/Ricerche: L'impresa preindustriale
A.Colli (Università Bocconi), P.Lanaro (Università Cà Foscari), M.Doria (Università degli Studi di Genova e ASSI), M.Agostini (Università Cà Foscari), G.Favero (Università Cà Foscari), R.Cella (Università di Verona), I.Cecchini (Ist.Storia Europa Mediterranea,CNR,Roma), A.Caracausi (Università di Padova), L.Mocarelli (Università Bicocca), E.Demo (Università di Verona), G.Ongaro (Università Bicocca), F.Ammannuti (Università Bocconi), P.Pierucci (Università di Chieti Pescara), R.Rossi (Università di Salerno), V.Fava (Università Cà Foscari), M.Aymard (Ehess Parigi)
Webinar joint with ASSI
A model of justification
Sarah Ridout (Harvard University)
Webinar
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