The paper traces recent developments in local real estate taxation in Italy. We exploit a rich dataset at both aggregate and individual level to estimate the variation in local taxes on first homes in the last three years and the redistributive impact of the adoption of the tax on indivisible...

Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro ripercorre l'evoluzione recente della fiscalità immobiliare locale in Italia. Si utilizzano numerose fonti informative, sia a livello aggregato sia a livello individuale, per ricostruire la variazione del prelievo sull'abitazione principale nell'ultimo triennio e...

Italian Abstract: La gestione dei rifiuti presenta caratteristiche idonee all'applicazione di una tariffa corrispettiva, commisurata all'entità dei rifiuti prodotti, con risvolti positivi sia sotto il profilo della finanza locale sia sul piano ambientale. In Italia tale servizio è invece...

English Abstract: Waste management can be financed through user charges, in the form of fees related to the amount of waste produced. Such fees would lead to positive effects for local public finance as well as for the environment. In Italy waste management is instead financed through a local...

This paper estimates the causal effect of parental education on children’s education in 13 European countries, using representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A novel instrumental variable approach is used to solve the endogeneity issue. We combine...

This paper estimates the causal effect of parental education on children’s education in 13 European countries, using representative data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A novel instrumental variable approach is used to solve the endogeneity issue. We combine...

In this paper we assess, through a financial measure (Net Present Value Ratio), the extent of the lifetime earning redistribution operated by the Notional Defined Contribution in a sample of individuals representative of the Italian population born from 1975 to 2000. Controlling mortality by the...