Does regulatory quality reduce informal economy? A theoretical and empirical framework

C Barra, A Papaccio - Social Indicators Research, 2024 - Springer
Italy is characterised by a significant dualistic economy, which also includes an extensive
underground sector. The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between the quality …

Migrants' human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian …

C Pomara, SA Zappalà, M Salerno, F Sessa… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study aims to assess the situation of Italian hotspots for migrant reception during the
COVID-19 pandemic, and specifically analyzing the situation of two hotspots located in the …

Geographic differences in the effect of immigration on the native wage distribution: Evidence from Italian provinces

S Fusaro, E López‐Bazo - Journal of Regional Science, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines geographic differences in the effect of immigration on the wage
distribution of native Italian workers. The results suggest an insignificant effect across the …

Government effectiveness and inequality in Italian regions

C Barra, A Papaccio, N Ruggiero - Economic Change and Restructuring, 2023 - Springer
Using regional data for Italy over the 2004–2019 period, this paper investigates the
relationship between government effectiveness and inequality. For our empirical purposes …

[HTML][HTML] Immigrants' clusters and unequal access to healthcare treatments

M Di Giacomo, G Perucca, M Piacenza… - Regional Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
We focus on caesarean sections (C-sections) to examine access to appropriate medical
care for immigrants in the Italian tax-funded universal National Health Service. We use a …

Does the apple fall far from the tree? The role of parental influence on sociability among the children of immigrants

R Molinari, G Sciortino - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We explore, using a unique Italian survey dataset containing matching parent–child
information, the determinants sha** sociability patterns among the children of immigrants …

Immigrant labour market outcomes: new insights from a lack of language proficiency in Italy

L Pieroni, G d'Agostino, D Lanari, M Scarlato - Italian Economic Journal, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we examine how immigrants' proficiency in the Italian language affects their
labour market performance using hitherto unexploited immigration survey published by the …

Cultural persistence or change? Gender differences in educational expectations of first and second-generation immigrants in Italy

G Autiero, A Nese - Genus, 2023 - Springer
This paper analyzes whether cultural heritage determines gender differences in educational
expectations to go to university of first-and second-generation immigrants in Italy. The …

Migration and Inheritance: Further Lenses for the Secular Stagnation Hypothesis

A Crescentini, G Bettin, F Giri - Available at SSRN, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper quantifies the impact of population dynamics-particularly migration-and
inheritance on the natural rate of interest (NRI) within the framework of the secular …