Productivity is the main factor holding back long-term economic growth in Italy. Since the
second half of the 1990s, productivity growth has been feeble both by historical standards …

We present two new databases we have constructed to explore the electoral consequences
of structural economic policy reforms. One database measures reforms in domestic finance …

We study, both theoretically and empirically, how labor market regulation affects fiscal
multipliers. We focus on the stringency of employment protection legislation, a prominent …

This paper explores the short-term employment effect of deregulating job protection for
regular workers and how it varies with prevailing business cycle conditions. We apply the …

The paper sheds light on the issue of how fast product market deregulation pays off and
whether it entails any transitory costs by using a unique mapping between a new narrative …

Using quarterly narrative evidence, the paper examines the macro-economic impact of
reforms of unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL) in the …

Empirical cross-industry cross-country models are applied widely in economics, for example
to investigate the determinants of economic growth or international trade. Estimation …

We study how changes in labor market regulation may trigger firm adjustments in skill
demand. Leveraging rich administrative data from Italy, we investigate the effects of a reform …

This paper investigates whether flexibility-enhancing reforms of national collective
bargaining systems have positive outcomes in terms of employment in the short term …

Cross-industry cross-country models are used to address a wide array of questions in
economics. They do so by analysing how the economic performance of industries in different …