Published Papers
Traumatic Experiences adversely affect life cycle labour market outcomes of the next generation: evidence from WWII Nazi Raids, with V. Atella, J. Kopinska and M. Lindeboom, Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming
Partial lockdown and the spread of COVID-19: Lessons from the Italian case, with P. Naticchioni and V.Scrutinio, Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 81, Jan 2022, 102572
The Effect of Local Taxes on Firm Performance: Evidence from Geo-Referenced Data, with Federico Belotti and Gianluca Santoni, Journal of Regional Science, vol.61(2), p.295-510, March 2021
Avoiding Taxes by Transfer within the Family, with Henry Ohlsson and E.M. Martino , International Tax and Public Finance. vol.28, p.1-23, 2021
Spatial Differencing: Estimation and Inference, with Federico Belotti and Gianluca Santoni, CESIFO Economic Studies, CESifo, vol.64(2), pp241-254, 2018
Local government cooperation at work: a control function approach, (with Angela Parenti and Sonia Paty), Journal of
Economic Geography, Volume 17, Issue 2, 1 March 2017, Pages 435–463
Employer education, agglomeration and workplace training: knowledge spillovers vs poaching (with Giuseppe Croce, Emanuela Ghignoni, Andrea Ricci), Regional Studies 2016 11/17 doi 1230270
Informal work in a flexible labour market (with L. Elia, C. Tealdi) Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 69 1,143/164
Migration, Labor Tasks and Production Structure (with G. De Arcangelis , G. Santoni) Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2015 Elsevier Vol 53 C, 156/169
Decentralized Deterrence, with an Application to Labor Tax Auditing (with N. Persico, N. Sahuguet) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2013 5(1): 35-62.
Tax Limited Reaction Functions (with F. Revelli), Journal of Applied Econometrics,
Volume 28, Issue 5, pages 823–839, August 2013
Strategic Fiscal Interaction across Borders: Evidence from French and German Local Governments along the Rhine-Valley (with Aurelie Cassette and Dirk Foremny) Journal of Urban Economics, 2012 volume 72, issue 1,p. 17-30
Undeclared Work, Employer Tax Compliance, and Audits
Public Finance Review January 2011 39: 75-102,
Working Paper
Back to Black? The impact of regularising migrant workers, with E.M. Martino, P. Naticchioni and S Vannutelli
Friday morning fever: evidence from a randomised experiment on sick leave monitoring in the public sector, with T. Boeri, P. Naticchioni and V. Scrutinio
The perverse effect of flexible labour regulation on informality, with P. Garibaldi, G. Mastrobuoni, P. Naticchioni
Heterogeneous path to stability, with C. Tealdi (R&R on RSSA)
Creation, destruction and reallocation of jobs in italian firms: an analysis based on administrative data, with L. Citino, A. Linarello, F. Lotti and E. Sette
The role of Industries in rising inequality, with J. Brisker. C. Tealdi and Sevi R. Mora
The role of geography in determining inequality, with J. Brisker. C. Tealdi and Sevi R. Mora
Work in Progress
Paid sick leave monitoring: evidence from a natural experiment on the private sector with T. Boeri, P. Naticchioni and V. Scrutinio
Why Family Firm Pay Less? with M. Pagano, V. Pezone, R. Saggio and F. Schivardi