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Does gender matter for public spending? Empirical evidence from Italian municipalities
Rigon, Massimiliano; Tanzi, Giulia Martina - Banca d'Italia - 2012
Municipal Councils. Despite the existence of gender-specific preferences in society, we find no clear evidence that the amount … of resources distributed among different spending categories is significantly affected by politicians� gender. The … Italian law that reserved a gender quota in party lists for municipal elections, thus causing an exogenous increase in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099698
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The housing wealth of Italian households: a comparison of administrative and survey data
Neri, Andrea; Monteduro, Maria Teresa - Banca d'Italia - 2013
We study the distribution of housing wealth in Italy using data from a sample survey (the survey on household income and wealth) and from administrative records regarding real estate owners held by the Italian Department of the Treasury. Our results show that owners with either a low or a high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605346
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The housing wealth of Italian households: a comparison of administrative and survey data
Neri, Andrea; Monteduro, Maria Teresa - Banca d'Italia - 2013
We study the distribution of housing wealth in Italy using data from a sample survey (the survey on household income and wealth) and from administrative records regarding real estate owners held by the Italian Department of the Treasury. Our results show that owners with either a low or a high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100358
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La ricchezza delle famiglie italiane e americane
faiella, Ivan; Neri, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2004
The paper compares Italian and American households� wealth in 1998. The analysis is based on the Survey on Household Income and Wealth (Bank of Italy) and on the Survey of Consumer Finances (Federal Reserve Board). Tangible assets appear to be the main wealth component in both countries. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005467301
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Does investing abroad reduce domestic activity? Evidence from Italian manufacturing firms
Bronzini, Raffaello - Banca d'Italia - 2010
, which provides information on the international activity of a representative sample of Italian enterprises. We use matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490325
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Science and Technology Parks in Italy: main features and analysis of their effects on the firms hosted
Liberati, Danilo; Marinucci, Marco; Tanzi, Giulia Martina - Banca d'Italia - 2014
We analyse the results of a survey conducted by the Bank of Italy in the spring of 2012 on Italian science and technology parks. First we describe the main features of science parks in Italy. Then we investigate whether they have been effective in improving the economic performance and...
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Marshallian labor market pooling: evidence from Italy
Andini, Monica; Blasio, Guido de; Duranton, Gilles; … - Banca d'Italia - 2013
considers many different aspects of the agglomeration - labor market relationship, including turnover, learning, matching, and …
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A Sectoral Analysis of Italy's Development, 1861-2011
Broadberry, Stephen; Giordano, Claire; Zollino, Francesco - Banca d'Italia - 2011
Italy's economic growth over its 150 years of unified history did not occur at a steady pace nor was it balanced across sectors. Relying on an entirely new input (labour and capital) database by us built and presented in the Appendix, together with new Banca d'Italia estimates of GDP by sector,...
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Investment and Growth in Europe and in the United States in the Nineties
Caselli, Paola; Pagano, Patrizio; Schivardi, Fabiano - Banca d'Italia - 2000
The paper analyses the sharp divergence in the nineties between capital formation in the main euro area countries, on the one hand, and the United States, on the other. We have used data from the OECD's International Sectoral Data Base (ISDB), which includes data comparable across a certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196846
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Assessing potential growth in emerging countries after the global financial crisis
Stefano, Enrica Di; Marconi, Daniela - Banca d'Italia - 2015
We examine the growth performance of six emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and Turkey) in the last two decades and examine whether domestic structural constraints are affecting their present and future growth potential. In order to assess better the determinants of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171336