US federal transfers to individuals are large, countercyclical, vary geographically, and are often credited for helping stabilize regional economies. This paper estimates the short-run effects of these transfers using plausibly exogenous regional variation in temporary stimulus packages and...

R & D function / F. Frattini, V. Lazzarotti and R. Manzini -- R & D projects / F. Frattini and D. Chiaroni -- R & D people / A. Di Minin and A. Piccaluga -- R & D and financial investors / A. Grandi, B.H. Hall and R. Oriani -- R & D information / S. Morricone and R. Oriani -- Technology platform...

To analyze the effect of health on work, many studies use a simple self-assessed health measure based upon a question such as "do you have an impairment or health problem limiting the kind or amount of work you can do?" A possible drawback of such a measure is the possibility that different...

To analyze the effect of health on work, many studies use a simple self-assessed health measure based upon a question such as do you have an impairment or health problem limiting the kind or amount of work you can do?ʺ A possible drawback of such a measure is the possibility that different...