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Refining Public Policies with Machine Learning : The Case of Tax Auditing
Battaglini, Marco; Guiso, Luigi; Lacava, Chiara; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, without the need of randomized audits. Using Italy's population data on sole proprietorship tax returns, audits and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477269
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Plata y Plomo : How Higher Wages Expose Politicians to Criminal Violence
Pulejo, Massimo; Querubín Borrero, Pablo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Adequate wages are an important tool to shield public officials from special interests and corruption. But what is the equilibrium effect of higher wages in the presence of criminal pressure groups, who use both bribes and violence? By means of a regression discontinuity design, we show that an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337819
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Long-term Care in Italy
Brugiavini, Agar; Carrino, Ludovico; Pasini, Giacomo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The provision of long-term care (LTC) for senior citizens in Italy is at the center of the recent policy debate. Italy …
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How Do Households Respond to Income Shocks?
Krueger, Dirk; Malkov, Egor; Perri, Fabrizio - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use panel data from the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth from 1991 to 2016 to document empirically what components of the household budget constraint change in response to shocks to household labor income, both over shorter and over longer horizons. We show that shocks to labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437025
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Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Kinne, Lavinia; Sancassani, Pietro; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
within Italy and the United States. Patience is strongly positively associated with student achievement in both countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372447
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Gender and Bureaucratic Corruption : Evidence from Two Countries
Decarolis, Francesco; Fisman, Raymond; Pinotti, Paolo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine the correlation between gender and bureaucratic corruption using two distinct datasets, one from Italy and a …
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Workforce Aging, Pension Reforms, and Firm Outcomes
Carta, Francesca; D'Amuri, Francesco; Wachter, Till von - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper quantifies the effect of a policy-induced sharp increase in retirement ages on input mix and economic outcomes of firms using Italian matched worker-firm data. Data on lifetime pension contributions are used to calculate the expected additional number of older workers employed by each...
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COVID-19 and SMEs : A 2021 "Time Bomb"?
Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper assesses the prospects of a 2021 time bomb in SME failures triggered by the generous support policies … enacted during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Policies implemented in 2020, on their own, do not create a 2021 "time-bomb" for SMEs … scenario, most business failures would not arise from excessively generous 2020 policies, but rather from the contraction of …
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The Agglomeration of Urban Amenities : Evidence from Milan Restaurants
Leonardi, Marco; Moretti, Enrico - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In many cities, restaurants and retail establishments are spatially concentrated. Economists have long recognized the presence of demand externalities that arise from spatial agglomeration as a possible explanation, but empirically identifying this type of spillovers has proven difficult. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814438
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Reconstruction Aid, Public Infrastructure, and Economic Development : The Case of the Marshall Plan in Italy
Giorcelli, Michela; Bianchi, Nicola - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The Marshall Plan (1948-1952) was the largest aid transfer in history. This paper estimates its effects on Italy …
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