Scientific Committee:
Lorenzo Cappellari
Maria De Paola
Francesco Drago
Marco Leonardi
Michele Pellizzari
Giovanni Pica
Alfonso Rosolia
XIII "BRUCCHI LUCHINO"
LABOUR ECONOMICS WORKSHOP
15-16 December 2014
Università di Napoli “Federico II”
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche
Aula G2 “Merzagora”
Local organization:
Francesco Drago
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Programme
Monday, December 15th
8.30-9.00
16.50-17.30
Rocco D’Este (Warwick University)
Drugs and Crime in the US: Evidence from a Shock in the Local
Production of Crystal Meth
17.30-18.10
Giovanni Mastrobuoni (University of Essex)
Rehabilitation and Recidivism: Evidence from an Open Prison
20.30
Dinner
Arrival and welcome
Chair: Maria De Paola
9.00-9.40
Chair: Francesco Drago
Irene Ferrari (Università di Bologna)
The Effectiveness of Incentives to Postpone Retirement: an Evaluation of
the Italian “Super-Bonus” Reform
9.40-10.20
Alessio D’Ignazio (Bank of Italy)
Public Guarantees to SME Borrowing. An RDD Evaluation
10.20-10.50
Coffee break
Tuesday, December 16th
Chair: Lorenzo Cappellari
Chair: Michele Pellizzari
10.50-11.50
11.50 -12.30
12.30 -13.10
13.10-14.30
9.00-9.40
Keynote address
Market Externalities of Large Unemployment Insurance Extension
Programs
Rafael Lalive (Université de Lausanne)
Marco Bertoni (Università di Padova)
Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan
9.40-10.20
Alessandro Saia (Università di Bologna)
Wishing for Bad Weather: Demand Shocks and Labor Supply of Bologna
Pizza Vendors
Marta De Philippis (LSE)
Research Incentives and Teaching Performance. Evidence from a Natural
Experiment
10.20 -11.20
Coffee and poster session
Stefano Verzillo (Università di Milano)
Publish or Perish? Incentives and Careers in Italian Academia
Lunch
Chair: Alfonso Rosolia
14.30 -15.10
15.10 -15.50
Amelie Schiprowski (IZA)
The Intensive Margin Effects of Job Search Requirements
Cristian Bartolucci (Collegio Carlo Alberto)
Bargaining Leads to Sorting: a Model of Bilateral On-the-Match Search
Nadia Campaniello (University of Essex)
Uncovering the Gender Participation Gap in the Crime Market
Tommaso Colussi (IZA)
Social Ties in Academia: a Friend is a Treasure
Gianmarco Daniele (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Born in the Purple: Political Dynasties and Politicians’ Human Capital
Klaus Grünberger (Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”)
Seasonality in Smoking Behaviour: Re-evaluating the Effects of the 2005 Public Smoking Ban in Italy
Roberto Zotti (Università di Salerno)
On the Causal Effects of Selective Admission Policies on Students’ Performances. Evidence from a Quasiexperiment in a Large Italian University
Chair: Marco Leonardi
15.50 -16.50 Coffee/Poster session
Monica Langella (Università di Verona)
Local Agglomeration, Entrepreneurship and the Great Recession: Evidence from Italian Industrial Districts
11.20-12.00
Andrea Gugliemo (Wisconsin-Madison)
The Effect of Discretion on Procurement Performance
12.00-12.40
Elias Einiö (LSE)
The Loss of Production Work: Evidence Based on Local Soviet Trade
Shocks
12.40-13.30
Emanuele Ciani (Banca d'Italia)
Getting Stable: An Evaluation of the Incentives for Permanent Contracts
in Italy
Giuseppe Russo (Università di Salerno)
Immigration Restriction and Long-Run Cultural Assimilation: Theory and Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Cora Signorotto (Università di Milano)
Mind what your Voters Read: Media Exposure and International Economic Policy Making
Claudia Vittori (University of Bath)
Moving Towards Estimating Lifetime Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the UK
Giulio Zanella (Università di Bologna)
Why do Europeans Steal More than Americans?