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Labour Economics

The Research Group on Labor Economics applies economic theories and micro-econometric techniques to the study of labor markets, education, health and immigration. The methodological approach focuses on the identification and estimation of causal relationships at the micro-level.
Research on labor markets includes the analysis of unemployment duration, wage dynamics and inequality over the life-cycle and the evaluation of labor market policies. The group’s scholars are particularly active in the study of human capital investments, returns to education, peer effects in the classroom and the effects of education reforms.  Another stream of research is health economics and, in particular, the analysis of the relationship between working conditions and workers’ health. Finally, a growing area of research investigates the economic and social effects of immigration.
The group is also organizing the Milan Labour Lunch (MILLS), jointly with Università Bocconi, Università degli Studi di Milano, and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.

Among the research contributions of Department’s members in this area are:

  • Lucifora, C., with B. Fanfani, and D. Vigani. 2023. “Employer Associations in Italy: Trends and Economic Outcomes”, forthcoming in British Journal of Industrial Relations.
  • Panebianco, F., with V. Boucher, V., C. Del Bello, T. Verdier, and Y. Zenou. 2023. “ Education Transmission and Network Formation”, Journal of Labor Economics, 41.1: 129-173.
  • Cappellari, L., with Bingley, P., and Tatsiramos, K. 2022. "Parental assortative mating and the intergenerational transmission of human capital", Labour Economics, vol. 77.
  • Cottini, E., with E. Iossa, P. Ghinetti, and P. Sacco. 2022. “Stress, effort and Incentives at work”, forthcoming in Oxford Economic Papers.
  • Le Moglie, M., with B. Arpino, and L.  Mencarini. 2022. “What Tears Couples Apart:  An Analysis of Union Dissolution in Germany with Machine Learning”, Demography, 59 (1): 161–186.
  • Le Moglie, M., with L. Mencarini, and R. Piccareta. 2022. “M.Life-course perspective on personality traits and fertility with sequence analysis”, forthcoming in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A. 
  • Lucifora, C., and A. Garnero. 2022. “Turning a Blind Eye? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment”,  Economica, forthcoming.  
  • Lucifora, C., D. Meurs, and E. Villar. 2021. “The “Mommy Track” in the Workplace. Evidence from a Large French Firm”, in Labour Economics, (72):1-11.
  • Lucifora, C., and D. Vigani. 2021. “Losing control? Unions’ Representativeness, Pirate Collective Agreements and Wages”. Industrial Relations, 60 (2): 188-218
  • Lucifora, C., and M. Tonello. 2020. “Monitoring and Sanctioning Cheating at School: What Works? Evidence from a National Evaluation Program”, Journal of Human Capital, 14 (4).
  • Cappellari, L., R. Caminal, and A. Di Paolo. 2021. “Language-in-education, language skills and the intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society”, Labour Economics: 70.
  • Bertoni, M., G. Brunello, and L. Cappellari. 2020. “Who Benefits from Privileged Peers? Evidence from Siblings in Schools”, Journal of Applied Econometrics.
  • Bingley, P., L. Cappellari, and K. Tatsiramos. 2020. “Family, Community and Long-Term Socioeconomic Inequality: Evidence from Siblings and Youth Peers”, accepted in The Economic Journal.
  • Cappellari, L., and P. Bingley. 2019. “Correlation of Brothers’ Earnings and Intergenerational Transmission”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 101.
  • Cappellari, L., A. Albanese, and M. Leonardi. 2019. The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships, Oxford Economic Papers: 1-24.
  • Cappellari, L., and A. Di Paolo. 2018. “Bilingual schooling and earnings: Evidence from a language-in-education reform”, Economics of Education Review, 64: 90-101.
  • Cappellari, L., and M. Leonardi. 2016. “Earnings Instability and Tenure”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 118 (2): 202-234.
  • Lehmann, E., C. Lucifora, S. Moriconi, and B. Van der Linden. 2016. “Beyond the Labour Income Tax Wedge: the unemployment reducing effect of tax progressivity”, International Tax and Public Finance, 23 (3): 454-489.
  • Cappellari, L., and K. Tatsiramos. 2015. “With a Little Help from My Friends? Quality of Social Networks, Job Finding and Job Match Quality”, European Economic Review, 78: 55-75.
  • Lucifora, C., and F. Origo. 2015. “Performance-Related Pay and Firm Productivity: Evidence from a Reform in the Structure of Collective Bargaining”, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 68 (3): 606-632.
  • Lucifora, C., and M. Tonello. 2015. “Cheating and social interactions. Evidence from a randomized experiment in a national evaluation program”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 115: 45-66.
  • Lucifora, C., and S. Moriconi. 2015. “Political Instability and Labour Market Institutions”, European Journal of Political Economy, 39: 201-221.

The Research Group on Labor Economics applies economic theories and micro-econometric techniques to the study of labor markets, education, health and immigration. The methodological approach focuses on the identification and estimation of causal relationships at the micro-level.
Research on labor markets includes the analysis of unemployment duration, wage dynamics and inequality over the life-cycle and the evaluation of labor market policies. The group’s scholars are particularly active in the study of human capital investments, returns to education, peer effects in the classroom and the effects of education reforms.  Another stream of research is health economics and, in particular, the analysis of the relationship between working conditions and workers’ health. Finally, a growing area of research investigates the economic and social effects of immigration.
The group is also organizing the Milan Labour Lunch (MILLS), jointly with Università Bocconi, Università degli Studi di Milano, and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
Among the research contributions of Department’s members in this area are:

Bingley, P. and L. Cappellari  (2018) Correlation of Brothers’ Earnings and Intergenerational Transmission, The Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
Cappellari, L. and K. Tatsiramos (2015) With a Little Help from My Friends? Quality of Social Networks, Job Finding and Job Match Quality, European Economic Review, vol. 78(C), pp. 55-75.
Bingley, P , Cappellari, L. and N. Westergaard Nielsen (2013) Unemployment Insurance, Wage Dynamics and Inequality Over the Life Cycle, Economic Journal, vol. 123(568), pp.341-372.
Colussi, T. (2018) Social Ties in Academia: a Friend is a Treasure, The Review of Economics and Statistics,  vol. 100(1), pp.45-50.
Cottini, E. and P. Ghinetti (2018) Employment insecurity and employees' health in Denmark, Health Economics, vol.  27(2), pp. 426-439.
Buhai, I., Cottini, E., and N. Westergaard Nielsen (2017) How Productive is Workplace Health and Safety?,  Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 119(4), pp. 1086-1104
Cottini, E., and C. Lucifora (2013)  Mental Health and Working Conditions in European Countries, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol.  66(4), pp. 958-988.
C. Lucifora and Vigani, D. (2018). Health care utilization at Retirement: the role of the opportunity cost of time. Health Economics, DOI:10.1002/hec.3819
Lucifora, C. and M. Tonello (2015) Cheating and social interactions. Evidence from a randomized experiment in a national evaluation program, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 115, pp. 45-66.
Lucifora, C. and F. M. Origo (2015) Performance-Related Pay and Firm Productivity: Evidence from a Reform in the Structure of Collective Bargaining, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol.  66(4), pp. 958-988.

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