Becchetti Leonardo

24 Gennaio 2012

98 – Financial education on secondary school students: the randomized experiment revisited

Abstract We analyze the effects of financial education on a large sample of secondary school students with a randomized experiment performed in the Center (Rome) and […]
27 Novembre 2011

97 – Beyond the homo economicus

Abstract An always larger and more consolidated body of empirical evidence documents that individuals donate money and time and their sense and satisfaction of life is […]
27 Ottobre 2011

94 – Voting with the Wallet

Abstract The vote with the wallet is a new, emerging feature of economic participation and democracy in the globally-integrated market economy. This expression identifies the pivotal […]
27 Settembre 2011

92 – Financial education and investment attitudes in high schools: evidence from a randomized experiment

Abstract We experimentally study the effect of financial education on investment attitudes in a large sample of high school students in Italy. Students in the treated […]
27 Maggio 2011

88 – Don’t Be Ashamed to Say You Didn’t Get Much

Abstract We run a modified dictator game experiment to investigate the determinants of donation choices to philanthropic organizations. We find experimentally that the adoption of a […]
26 Giugno 2010

76 – What are we learning from the life satisfaction literature?

Abstract The recent availability of cross-sectional and longitudinal survey data on life satisfaction in a large number of countries gives us the opportunity to verify empirically […]
20 Aprile 2010

73 – Credit access and life satisfaction: evaluating the non monetary effects of micro finance

Abstract Microfinance institutions are used to claim that their impact goes beyond money since rescuing from exclusion uncollateralized poor borrowers significantly affects their dignity, self-esteem, social […]
17 Ottobre 2009

69 – Microfinance and happiness

Abstract Microfinance institutions are used to claim that their impact goes beyond money since rescuing from exclusion uncollateralized poor borrowers significantly affects their dignity, self-esteem, social […]
16 Ottobre 2009

68 – Wage differentials in social enterprises: education premium and the role of PPP geographical disparities

Abstract In Italy social enterprises include more than 7,000 institutions with around 250,000 workers serving more than three million people, a big share of which disadvantaged. […]
15 Ottobre 2009

67 – Creditworthiness as a signal of trustworthiness: field experiment in microfinance and consequences on causality in impact studies.

Abstract Creditworthiness and trustworthiness are almost synonyms since the act of conferring a loan has the indirect effect of signaling the trustworthiness of the borrower. We […]