Events

This seminar explores how workers across 176 occupations perceive Large Language Models—as opportunity or threat—and how these views shape policy preferences. Through a cross-national survey experiment, it explores whether exposure to AI capabilities influences support for economic redistribution, labor protections, and other policy responses to automation.

A randomized evaluation of an Italian labor market integration program for asylum seekers shows significant success: employment rates increased by 10 percentage points (30% above baseline) over 18 months through personalized mentoring and job placement. The program improved job quality, facilitated formal employment transitions via subsidized internships, and enhanced broader socioeconomic integration including language skills and social networks.

This seminar explores the Rhomolo model, a spatial CGE framework for EU policy assessment, through three applications: the macroeconomic impact of EU digital investments, regional effects of Horizon 2020 innovation funding, and energy efficiency rebound effects across European regions.

The seminar explores Italian students' college choices, examining whether future earnings matter more than personal preferences and self-confidence in their abilities. Preliminary results show that these factors have a greater influence on decisions, suggesting that providing information about expected salaries is unlikely to significantly alter students' choices.

The seminar examines employer abuse of power and the contexts where it is most prevalent. It analyzes an Italian reform that introduced an online system for voluntary resignations, eliminating the illegal use of undated resignation letters. Using a causal analysis, it shows that the reform reduced forced resignations, improved workplace safety, and rebalanced power within firms.