🚨 New paper accepted in IJIO! We study +30k subsidy initiatives: • Subsidies boost entry of ~5.5% less productive firms • Unconditional tax breaks & loans drive the negative effects • Intl., SME-focused & green/automation subsidies can improve entrant quality 👉 tinyurl.com/2b3kzbdm More soon!

📢THIS WEEK @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! @robertoiacono.org (NTNU) "Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform" 🗓️⏲️ Nov 5, 15:00, Goodwin Room #Siena

Wrapping up a great visit to CREM @rennesuniv.bsky.social — PhD committee, seminar, and now a day off in stunning Saint-Malo. Many thanks to colleagues for the invitation and insightful exchanges.

It is finally online the SI of the EER that we guest-edited together with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social, @danielwaldenstrom.bsky.social, and Jakob Madsen. The full list of papers is available here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Day! 📊 A great showcase of faculty work. #Economics #Statistics #Siena #ResearchDay

🚨 New paper update! Why are employee-owned firms with majority workforce control (e.g., worker cooperatives) so rare, despite evidence showing they perform at least as well as investor-owned firms in many contexts? We argue: beliefs play a key role. 🧵

Just a few days left to apply for this additional fully funded PhD position. Happy to provide additional guidance #econsky

📢 Our new wp "Beliefs and Demand for Employee Ownership Among Young Adults" (with Fabio Landini) is out! Still a working draft - comments are welcome! Link 👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

📢5 additional fully funded positions available in the PhD Programme in Economics of the Tuscan Universities (Florence, Pisa & Siena)! One tied to research on worker voice, collective bargaining, wages & tech change. Apply by July 30, 2025 👉 phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr... #econsky

The PhD Programme in Economics of the Tuscan Universities is pleased to announce a supplementary call for applications. We are offering 5 additional fully funded PhD positions (with scholarships). Deadline: July 30, 2025 Information: 👉 phdeconomics.unisi.it/admission-pr...

🎉 Just accepted in JEBO! “Incentive Pay, Managerial Skills and Span of Control” w/ F. Landini & S. Dughera. Why do some firms rely more on bonuses than others? We show that incentive pay is more likely when managers are better educated and hierarchies are wider. WP 👉 shorturl.at/7LgAj

🚨New paper out! "Property rights, sick pay and effort supply" in J. of Development Economics (w @pablobl.bsky.social @andresdean.bsky.social) Using variation in Uruguay’s sick pay, we study how absenteeism varies between worker co-ops and conventional firms. doi.org/10.1016/j.jd... #econsky

The Annual Meeting of the PhD in Economics of the Tuscan Universities (Florence, Pisa & Siena) is ongoing! Our PhD students are presenting their research and receiving constructive feedback from discussants and faculty members. #Pontignano #econsky

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We're thinking big! Have a look at @DepsUSiena new Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program! #econsky 👇

🧨 🧨 @deps-siena.bsky.social launches a fully funded Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program! We welcome scholars from any field of economics. Apply now and share your vision with us! More info below 👇

The call for applications for the PhD in Economics at the Tuscan Universities is out! (Deadline: June 9, 2025) If you have ideas in labor and organizational economics and a credible research design in mind, I encourage you to apply. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. #econsky

🚨8th Hahn Lecture🚨 Prof. Matthew O. Jackson is discussing the relevance of different forms of social capital #Inequality #SocialMobility #ConnectionsMatter @deps-siena.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow for the 8th Hahn Lecture! @deps-siena.bsky.social

Really good, really important reporting by @georginaq.bsky.social:

Our paper "Property Rights, Sick Pay and Effort Supply" (w/ Andres Dean & Pablo Blanchard) has been accepted for publication at Journal of Development Economics. #econsky Latest version: www.iza.org/publications...

Our paper "Property Rights, Sick Pay and Effort Supply" (w/ Andres Dean & Pablo Blanchard) has been accepted for publication at Journal of Development Economics. #econsky Latest version: www.iza.org/publications...

Our @deps-siena.bsky.social has long been a vibrant and plural hub for leading economic thinkers. Frank Hahn (1925–2013), a professor at the University of Siena and coordinator of our PhD program, is honored through the Annual Hahn Lecture. www.deps.unisi.it/en/research/... #SienaGreatEconMinds

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🚨TOMORROW🚨 New @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! Speaker: Juanjo Ganuza (@bsebarcelona.bsky.social) Title: "Citation Gender Gaps in Top Economics Journals" ⏲️Wed April 16 - 15:00, Goodwin Room

Dottorandi e ricercatori fatti sparire per reati d'opinione, senza alcun diritto delle garanzie costituzionali. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...

Dreaming of advancing your research career in the heart of Tuscany? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie postdoc fellowship. Please send your expressions of interest by April 30th. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting... #Siena #Labor #Organizations #IndustrialRelations #econsky

I really enjoyed my short visit to Rome to give a seminar at Roma Tre University. Thank you for the invite @morellisal.bsky.social and the great feedback.

On my way down to Rome to talk about the effects of Japan's Work Style Reform at the Inequality in Rome Seminar. 🚄🚄🚄

🚨New postdoc job alert 🚨 We are recruiting a two year postdoc here at @taxobservatory.bsky.social in Paris - to start this September The successful candidate will join our program on Illicit Financial Flows and Real Estate More info below 👇 www.taxobservatory.eu/postdoctoral...

Young workers who start their careers in employee-owned firms experience lower wage growth, but this seems to be offset by non-monetary benefits like job security and a greater voice in decisions. New IZA WoL piece by @gabrielburdin.bsky.social & Jose Garcia-Louzao: wol.iza.org/opinions/how...

I look forward to presenting my paper in Rome and interacting with great colleagues from the Inequality in Rome Research Group. Thanks for the invitation.

We wrote this companion opinion piece for @iza.org WoL: wol.iza.org/opinions/how... #Cooperatives #EmployeeOwnership

🚨Tomorrow's @deps-siena.bsky.social Seminar 🚨 We are delighted to host Prof @morellisal.bsky.social (Roma Tre) presenting the paper "Inheritance Taxation in Global Perspective" ⏲️Wed 19 Feb, 3 pm - Goodwin Room All welcome!

📢 #CallForPapers CEPR and SDA Bocconi welcome papers for the Joint #Workshop on Incentives, Management and Organization (IMO) & Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Firm Dynamics (ESF). 📆Submit by: 27 April 2025 More details: cepr.org/events/joint... #EconSky #research

Interesting FT article about the declining response rate to the UK LFS #EconSky h/t @jterrerodavila.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/dd55...

My paper with Jose Garcia-Louzao is forthcoming in Labour Economics Using data from Spain, we show that having a first work experience in an employee-owned firm (EOF) reduces daily wages by 8% over the first 15 years in the labor market but enhances job stability 1/2

It’s weird that economists and commentators think Trump’s tariffs are crazy (rightly so) but regard retaliation as normal and acceptable (knowing, as they should, that it will not change Trump’s mind and that tariffs’ costs are borne primarily at home).

The beauty of public libraries Biblioteca delle Oblate, #Firenze

Interesting article in @science.org about @bsky.app. I agree with a lot of the sentiment there, but I don't think the "enshittification" of social media is inevitable. Twitter was a great place before the Musk takeover. www.science.org/content/arti...

Our research on the impact of Japan's Work Style Reform is now available as @iza_bonn Discussion Paper iza.org/pub/sa9oxlZd #econsky

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Happy to close 2024 by sharing some new research! How do #overtime regulations impact both firms and workers? In a new paper with Ryo Kambayashi & Takao Kato, we study the effects of the #WorkStyleReform in #Japan 🧵Summary: 1/13 #econsky

Here is an exceptionally engaging and accurate conversation created using Google's NotebookLM notebooklm.google.com/notebook/c87... #WorkStyleReform #Japan #econsky

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Happy to close 2024 by sharing some new research! How do #overtime regulations impact both firms and workers? In a new paper with Ryo Kambayashi & Takao Kato, we study the effects of the #WorkStyleReform in #Japan 🧵Summary: 1/13 #econsky

Today's Research Seminar at @deps-siena.bsky.social Speaker: Pierfrancesco Guarino (Università di Udine) www.pf-guarino.com/research Title: “Capturing misalignment” ⏲️15:00, Goodwin Room

Great to be back in Tokyo ! I will be presenting new research on the impacts of Japan's #WorkStyleReform on firms and workers (with R. Kambayashi and T. Kato) Workshop on Well-Being and the Future of Industrial Relations (Teikyo University)

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Good morning from Siena! Today at @deps-siena.bsky.social we host our Research Seminar. Speaker: Salvatore Di Falco (University of Geneva) Title: "Learning about #Sustainability: Evidence from Ethiopia" 🕰️14:30, Goodwin Room (Photo: visitsienaofficial.it/en/the-woman...)

Just published in Journal of Public Economics: "From viewers to voters: Tracing Fox News’ impact on American democracy" By @elliottash.bsky.social, Sergio Galletta, Matteo Pinna, & Christopher S. Warshaw. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Morning escape #Firenze