Working Paper
25 March 2011
Pubblicato il 25 March 2011
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Abstract Empirical studies have documented a decline in indicators of social participation in the last decades. The responsibility of social disengagement has been often attributed to […]
27 January 2011
Pubblicato il 27 January 2011
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In this paper, we provide a very simple model to shed light on the issue of managed competition in mixed quasi-markets (i.e. regulated markets in which […]
25 January 2011
Pubblicato il 25 January 2011
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Abstract We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices suggest negative time preferences. Moreover, choice […]
26 June 2010
Pubblicato il 26 June 2010
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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 May 2010
Pubblicato il 20 May 2010
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Abstract: One of the aspects least focused upon in studies of Social Enterprises is governance, which is crucial when defining a type of governing system that […]
19 May 2010
Pubblicato il 19 May 2010
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Abstract This paper analyses the relationship between workers’ gender and monetary incentives in an experimental setting based on a double-tournament scheme. The participants must choose between […]
20 April 2010
Pubblicato il 20 April 2010
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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 […]
20 October 2009
Pubblicato il 20 October 2009
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Abstract Using a longitudinal data set of balance sheets of 504 nonprofit and for-profit firms operating in the social residential sector in Italy, we investigate the […]
19 October 2009
Pubblicato il 19 October 2009
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Abstract We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and social capital in a growing economy characterized by exogenous […]
18 October 2009
Pubblicato il 18 October 2009
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Abstract This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of couples’ childbearing decisions in Italy. Since having children is in most cases a “couple […]