analysed the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic by focusing on mortality rate outcomes and exploited the heterogeneity of the … healthcare organisational models among Italian regions, which makes Italy an ideal "laboratory". Within a common national … difference in geographic regression discontinuity design (DiD-GRDD) to compare mortality rates in 2020 of Lombardy …

, Italy and Spain). To highlight some results, we find a positive short-run effect for GDP and life expectancy on subjective …

the voter turnout in the 2020 local government elections in Italy was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We do so by … exploiting the variation among municipalities in the intensity of the COVID-19 outbreak as measured by the mortality rate among … the elderly. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the elderly mortality rate decreased the voter turnout by 0 …

COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Using registry-based mortality data (January 1st- March 31st, 2015-2020) for Lombardy, one of …

show that in Italy, like in the US, firms located in geographical areas with a higher stock of human capital pay higher … system and the lagged demographic structure. -- Firm ; local human capital externalities ; Italy ; manufacturing ; wages …

-compulsory education level increased after the reform. In addition, we find that the reform decreases mortality while young (16-25) for … both genders while it increases mortality for middle age women (26-40). We provide evidence to proof that the latter …