This report provides results from the national Time Use Surveys (TUS). In TUS a representative sample of individuals has completed a diary one weekday and one weekend day distributed over the whole year. The activities have been coded. Basic tables have been produced on activities by lifecycle,...

Different disciplines within the social sciences have produced large theoretical and empirical literatures to explain the determinants of anti-immigration attitudes. We bring together these literatures in a unified framework and identify testable hypotheses on what characteristics of the...

Worldwide Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows have showed an impressive upward trend over the past two decades, which prompted the expansion of international production and the economies' globalisation process. Developed countries were both the main sources and destinations of those flows: in...

In many European countries the participation rates of older workers are worryingly low, and Italy - within this picture - has one of the worst records, particularly for females. In this paper we investigate whether this signals an issue about their employability. Indeed, the non-participation of...

The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) developed by Xavier Salai-Martín, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, has been measuring the factors that drive the growth and prosperity since 2005. This paper focuses on grouping the European nations according to global competitiveness. It...

Over the last decade and a half non-financial corporations' (NFCs) listings have displayed a heterogeneous pattern across European countries. The number of listed NFCs has increased in Italy and Spain, while it has declined in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. In Italy, the increase in the...

The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Italian people and their economy. GDP fell by nearly 9 percent in 2020, with much larger drops for contact-intensive services. Public and corporate debt increased strongly and preexisting vulnerabilities have likely worsened. The government is prioritizing...

The bail-in tool introduced in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) and in the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) Regulation is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the crisis resolution mechanisms by applying penalties not just on bank shareholders but also on other classes of...