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Joint Custody in the Italian Courts
No full textWe study the effect of a 2006 reform to Italian family law that made joint custody the default for
separating couples. The reform boosted joint legal custody by about 75 percentage points. Our research
design uses difference-in-differences to estimate reform effects on the likelihood of a contested
settlement, length of trial and transfers between separating parents. The analysis is based on Italian
individual-level administrative data, which cover the entire population. The joint custody default appears to
have increased dispute rates and length of trial markedly, without affecting transfers. There is no evidence
that mothers buy custody rights back through reduced support. Our findings are consistent with the
excessive discretion given to the judges on some aspects of the law implementation, which resulted in a
partial application of the reform
Amenities and skill-biased agglomeration effects: some results on Italian cities
No full textBy exploiting the Roback model, we analyze the impact of agglomeration on both production and consumption. We postulate that the evaluation of urban amenities may vary across skill-groups. Empirically, we use the Bank of Italy’s SHIW dataset, and find evidence of a substantial urban rent premium, while we do not find support for an urban wage premium. We conclude that urban agglomeration is predominantly a source of positive amenities for residents and, in particular, highly-educated individuals seem to care about the welfare effects of agglomeration more than their less-educated counterparts. Survey results also suggest that urban skilled workers benefit from jobs of higher quality, and from shopping possibilities and cultural consumption opportunities, such as cinemas, theaters, and museums
Down and out in Italian towns: Measuring the impact of economic downturns on crime
No full textThe paper investigates the effect of local economic conditions on crime. The study focuses on Italy's local labor markets and analyzes the response of crime to the severe slump of 2007–2011. It shows that the downturn led to a significant increase in economic-related offenses that do not require particular criminal skills or tools (namely, thefts)
North-South Imbalances: Policies in a Spatial Equilibrium
No full textThe paper introduces mobility costs and non-competitive wage setting into the spatial equilibrium model to analyze regional differences in rents, wages, unemployment and populations. It also considers the impact of policies, such as transfer payments to households and subsidies to firms, and illustrates a numerical exercise to discuss their welfare implications
Politically connected cities: Italy 1951–1991
Full text linkThis paper documents the higher growth experienced by politically connected municipalities in Italy between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It leverages the peculiarities of the institutional setting and compares population growth in connected and unconnected municipalities with similar characteristics at the beginning of the period. Our results indicate a population premium of 7.4% over 40 years. Connected municipalities benefited from the location of state-owned enterprises, more infrastructures and higher public spending. Political connections favored industrialization, higher employment and wages, but crowded out private entrepreneurship. Local communities repaid these benefits through voting. There is no evidence of higher agglomeration economies in politically connected cities, suggesting that political connections have not been output-enhancing from a nationwide perspective. The difference in population growth rates fades away after the end of the connections
Production and consumption externalities of human capital: an empirical study for Italy
No full textHuman capital, Externalities, R0, J0, I2,
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