Working Papers
How Big Is the Big Push? The Macroeconomic Effects of a Large-Scale Regional Development Program
Joint with A. Cerrato -- Submitted
What Do NEETs Need? The Effect of Activation Policies and Cash Transfers
Submitted -- Slides ·
Draft ·
Policy Note (French Ministry of Labor) ·
Press
Awards: FBK-IRVAPP Best Paper in Policy Evaluation award
Who Profits from General Training Subsidies? Evidence from a French Individual Learning Account
Joint with E. Corazza --
Slides ·
Draft
Awards: Ezio Tarantelli Prize of the Italian Labour Economists Association
Balanced Budget Requirements and Local Austerity Multipliers
Joint with A. Cerrato and S. Valle -- Submitted -- Draft
Academic Publications
Aggregate Productivity Gains from Artificial Intelligence: a Sectoral Perspective
Joint with P. Gal and M. Schief -- AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2026 -- Long working paper version · Slides
Did Covid-19 Hit Harder in Peripheral Areas? The Case of Italian Municipalities
Joint with F.Armillei and T.Fletcher -- Economics and Human Biology, 2021 -- Press Article
Policy Publications
Miracle or Myth? Assessing the macroeconomic productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence
The impact of Artificial Intelligence on productivity, distribution and growth
Digitalisation of financial services, access to finance and aggregate economic performance
Impact Evaluation of Apprenticeships Subsidies in the French Recovery Plan (Évaluation du plan « 1 jeune 1 solution »)
Evaluation of Public Investments in Education
Selected press articles
- Lavoro, quali settori sono stati protetti dalle politiche anti-Covid? - Econopoly, Il Sole 24 Ore 06/11/2021
- Competenze sul lavoro, la crisi come opportunità - Lavoce.info, 4/24/2020
- Dai dati comunali una mappa del rischio coronavirus - Lavoce.info, 8/25/2020
- La ricerca: Milano corre, Torino e Genova arrancano - La Stampa, 12/13/2019
- La formation professionnelle est-elle un bon investissement? - Personnel, Dec. 2019
- Così allo stato mancano oltre due milioni di posti - Corriere della Sera, 7/16/2018
- UE, torniamo ad investire sul sociale - Corriere della Sera, 7/5/2018
- Articles with Tortuga: Il Foglio ; Linkiesta ; Econopoly (Il Sole 24 Ore) ; Business Insider .