The 18th Workshop on Social Economy for Young Economists

The Workshop is intended to give young economists a chance to meet and discuss their work on Social Economy, and to stimulate interaction with peers and tenured scholars. Theoretical, empirical and experimental articles will be presented on topics such as social capital, social norms, cooperative and social enterprises, social preferences and relational goods.

The workshop will be hosted by the University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, and features a friendly atmosphere, which allows for discussing high quality research in a convivial environment.

MAY 29^thand 30^th 2025

University of Bologna

School of Economics, Management and Statistics Forlì Campus – P.le della Vittoria, 15

Thursday May 29^th

Chair: Riccardo Ghidoni (University of Bologna)

14:00-14.15 Welcome address

14:15-15:00 Keynote: Lea Cassar (University of Regensburg)

“Mental Health Economic”

15:15-16:45

1. Annalisa Tassi (FBK-IRVAPP) “The effects of monetary compensation on paid volunteers: Evidence from Germany”
2. Simona Stella Sartor (University of Zurich) “Meritocracy and birthrights”
3. Irene Maria Buso (University of Bologna) “Why do taxpayers bunch at notch points? Experimental evidence”

17:15-18:45

4. Alberto Prati (University College London) “Is it possible to raise national happiness?”
5. Maddalena Grignani (Pompeu Fabra University) “Restoring trust in public institutions”
6. Florian Anselm Münch (London School of Economics) “Stronger together? Female export consortia”

Friday May 30^th

Chair: Marco Fabbri (University of Bologna)

9:00- 10:30

3. Ronak Jain (University of Zurich) “Prosocial market behavior and children in street vending”
4. Guillermo Woo-Mora (Paris School of Economics) “Cooperative firms and local development”
5. Francisco Cueto (University of Sussex) “Exploring trust dynamics in a Peruvian social program: Evidence from Qali Warma”

10:45-11:45

4. Giuseppe Musillo (Tilburg University) “Law & order and social capital”
5. Giovanni Righetto (University of Bologna) “Sweeping corruption: Is transparency helping voters?”

11:45-12:30 Keynote: Stefano Fiorin (Bocconi University) “Wearing Your Religion: Evidence on Employers’ Preferences in Indonesia”

12:45 Best paper award and concluding remarks.

Each speaker will have 20 minutes for their presentation, followed by 10 minutes allocated for questions and discussion.

For more information on the conference, please contact: unibo.young.economists.workshop@gmail.com

Scientific committee: Maria Bigoni (University of Bologna), Giulio Ecchia (University of Bologna), Marco Fabbri (University of Bologna), Riccardo Ghidoni (University of Bologna), Caterina Giannetti (University of Pisa), Natalia Montinari (University of Bologna), Raimondello Orsini (University of Bologna).

Organizing committee: Marco Fabbri (University of Bologna), Riccardo Ghidoni (University of Bologna), Natalia Montinari (University of Bologna), Paolo Venturi (AICCON)