2024 "The Protestant ethic and entrepreneurship: Inside the black box", with L. Nunziata, Small Business Economics, forthcoming
2024 "Business is Tense: New Evidence on How Language Affects Economic Activity", with F. Campo and L. Nunziata, Journal of Economic Growth,
29(1):121-149
2023 “European Immigrant Health Policies, Immigrants’ Health, and Immigrants’ Access to Healthcare”, with P. Dourgnon and N. Pourat, Health
Policy, 127:37-43
2022 "Education and Covid-19 excess mortality", with P. Bello, Economics and Human Biology, 47:101194
2022 "Studying more to vote less. Education and voter turnout in Italy.", with E. Harka, European Journal of Political Economy, 72:102115
2021 “The Pathways to College”, with L. Agarwal and G. Brunello, Journal of Human Capital, 15:4, 554-595
2021 “Effect of Immigration on Depression among Older Natives in Western Europe”, with J.J. Escarce, Journal of the Economics of
Ageing, 20:100341
2021 "Mortality, morbidity and economic growth", with Elena Fumagalli, Andrew Mirelman and Marc Suhrcke,Plos
One, 16 (5):e0251424
2021 "Where do I stand? Assessing researchers’ beliefs about their productivity", with Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello and Daniele
Checchi, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 185:61-80
2021 “Some unpleasant consequences of testing at length”, with Giorgio Brunello and Angela Crema,Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 83(4):1002-1023
2020 “Does low-skilled immigration increase profits? Evidence from Italian local labour markets”, with Giorgio Brunello and Elisabetta Lodigiani,Regional Science and Urban Economics, 85:103582
2020 “Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase the Education of Natives? Evidence from Italian Provinces”, with Giorgio Brunello and Elisabetta Lodigiani,Labour Economics, 63:101794
2019 “Grandparents in the blues. The effect of childcare on grandparents' Depression”, with Giorgio Brunello, Review
of The Economics of the Household 17:587–613
2018 "The effect of job loss on pharmaceutical prescriptions", with Angela Crema, Lorenzo Simonato and Laura Cestari, Social Science and Medicine217:73-83
2018 “Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy", with E. Rettore and C. Dal Maso,Education Economics, 26(3):213-232
2018 "The Protestant Ethic and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Religious Minorities in the Former Holy Roman Empire", with Luca Nunziata,European Journal of Political Economy, 51:27-43
2017 “The effects of vocational education on adult skills, employment and wages: What can we learn from PIAAC?”,SERIEs, 8:315-343
2017 "The contribution of urbanization to non-communicable diseases: evidence from 173 countries from 1980 to 2008", with Yevgeniy Goryakin and Marc
Suhrcke, Economics and Human Biology, 26:151-163
2017 "Community Repeated Interaction and Strategic Delegation", with Ottorino Chillemi and Benedetto Gui,International
Journal of Game Theory, 46(3):737–760
2017 "The Labour Market Effects of Vocational and Academic Education over the Life Cycle. Evidence based on a British Cohort" with Giorgio Brunello,Journal of Human Capital,11(1):106-166
2016 "A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship", with Luca Nunziata, Journal of
Economic Growth, 21(2):189-224
2015 "Fruit and vegetable consumption in the former Soviet Union: the role of individual and community-level factors", with Y. Goryakin, M. Suhrcke, B. Roberts and M. McKee,Public Health
Nutrition 18(15):2825-1835.
2015 "Selection and the Age Productivity Profile: Evidence from Chess", with M. Bertoni and G. Brunello, Journal of
Economic Behaviour and Organization,110:45-58
2014 "From Social Capital to Health - and Back", with E. Fumagalli and M. Suhrcke, Health
Economics, 23(5):586–605
2014 "Trust me, you will be in better health", Health Policy,
116(1):123-132
2014 “Social capital and smoking behavior”, with B. d’Hombres, Eastern Economic Journal, 40(2):202-225
2014 "The effect of health on labour supply in nine former Soviet Union countries", with Y. Goryakin, M. Suhrcke, B. Roberts and M.
McKee. European Journal of Health Economics, 15:57-68
2014 “Social capital and self-reported general and mental health in nine Former Soviet Union countries” with Y. Goryakin, M. Suhrcke, B. Roberts and M.
McKee. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 9(1):1-24
2013 "When the cat is near, the mice won't play: The effect of external examiners in Italian schools", with M. Bertoni and G. Brunello,Journal of Public Economics,104:65-77
2013, "The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence using PISA Test Scores" with G. Brunello,Economics of Education Review,32:234-246
2012, “Lost in Transition? The Returns to Education Acquired under Communism” with G. Brunello and E. Crivellaro,Economics of Transition,20(4):637–676
2012, “On the Efficiency Costs of De-Tracking Secondary Schools in Europe”, with G. Brunello et al.,Education
Economics, 20(2):117-138
2011, “The Influence of Social Capital on Health in Eight Former Soviet Countries: why does it differ?, with B. d’Hombres et al.,Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(1):44-50
2010, “Does Social Capital Determine Health: Evidence from Eight Transition Countries”, with B. d’Hombres, M. Suhrcke and M. McKee, Health Economics,vol. 19, pp. 56-74
2008, “Educational Standards in Public and Privates Schools”, with G. Brunello, The Economic
Journal, vol. 118, pp. 1866-1887
2008, “Provoking a Civil War”, with Z. Ballo, Public Choice, vol. 134, pp.
347-366
2007, “Anonymity in Nonatomic Games”, International Review of Economics (RISEC), vol. 54, pp. 225-247
2007, “Adult Health in Russia – More than Just a Health Problem?”, with P. Marquez, M. Suhrcke and M. McKee, Health
Affaires, vol. 26(4), pp. 1040-1051
Chapters in books
2018 "Workplace Social Capital and Sickness Absence", with M. Kamrul Islam, in Folland, S. and Nauenberg, E. (eds) "Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health", Edward Elgar
Publishing
2016 "Social Capital and Health", with Eline Aas, in Scheffler R. (ed.) "World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy", vol. 2, World Scientific Publishing.
2014 "The empirics of social capital and health", with E. Fumagalli, in Folland, S. and Rocco, L. (eds) "The economics of social capital and health", World Scientific Publishing.
2014 "Social capital and smoking", with B.d'Hombres", in Folland, S. and Rocco, L. (eds) "The economics of social capital and health", World Scientific Publishing.
2011, “The economic costs of ill health in the European Region”, with M. Suhrcke, R. Sauto Arce and M. McKee. in: J. Figueras and M. McKee (eds) Health Systems, Health, Wealth and
Societal Well-being: Assessing the case for investing in health systems. McGraw-Hill, Open University Press, New York.
2005, “What are the potential benefits of mortality reduction in Russia?”, with M. Suhrcke; chapter in “Dying too young - Addressing premature mortality and ill health due to
non-communicable diseases and injuries in the Russian Federation. (pp. 95-102)” – Washington: The World Bank.
2005 – “How do NCDs and injuries affect the Russian economy?” with M. Suhrcke; chapter in “Dying too young - Addressing premature mortality and ill health due to non-communicable diseases
and injuries in the Russian Federation.(pp. 55-64)” – Washington: The World Bank.
Books and reports
2022, Socioeconomic Impacts of Road Traffic Injuries in Central Asia, with M. Suhrcke and A. Mecineanu, The World Bank – GRSF
2014, "The Economics of Social Capital and Health: A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap", with S. Folland (eds.), World Scientific Publishing.
2012, “Is Social Capital Good for Individual Health? A European Perspective”, with M. Suhrcke, WHO Regional Office for Europe.
2007, “Health: a vital investment for economic development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA)”, with M. Suhrcke and M. McKee, Brussels: European Observatory on Health
Systems and Policies.
2007, “Economic consequences of non-communicable diseases and injuries in the Russian Federation”, with M. Suhrcke et al.,European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
2006, “Chronic Disease: an Economic Perspective”, with M. Suhrcke et al., Oxford: The Oxford Health Alliance.