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24/07/2020
Fertility is likely to decline in the wake of the Covid19 pandemic
A new study from Bocconi University leverages historical social, economic and demographic evidence from natural events and pandemics, as well as the latest techniques in demographic science, to draw the conclusion that postCovid fertility will plausibly decline because of economic uncertainty and increased childcare burdens
17/07/2020
Working from Home Is for the Most Skilled
A study by Thomas Le Barbanchon found that information, financial activities, and professional and business services, along with agriculture, are the industries with the most hours worked at home
17/07/2020
Family Firms Confirmed to Be More Resilient
During the pandemic, family business shares had a performance eight percentage points higher, according to a study by Amore, Quarato and Pelucco
17/07/2020
COVID: The Multifaceted Truth in the Case of Lombardy
A strand of research by Alessia Melegaro aims to reconstruct the early stages of the epidemic and the reasons why it hit the Region so hard
17/07/2020
Women and the Children of the Less Educated Are Bearing the Brunt of the COVID Crisis

Research by Paola Profeta finds that the lockdown and the social distancing measures translated into an additional burden for women in terms of housework. Only the most educated families devote time to their children's homework in times of homeschooling

14/07/2020
COVID 19: Women Are Willing to Respect the Rules and to Pay More for Testing
A Bocconi and UCL survey shows that Italian women, with a higher perception of risk, are willing to pay more for serological tests and swabs and are more inclined to comply with safety measures
13/07/2020
Less than Half the Jobs Are Safe in Case of Outbreak
Tito Boeri and colleagues calculated the share of people that could safely work in absence of personal protection equipment
09/07/2020
How to Return to Work Balancing Public Health and Economic Needs
Carlo Favero adapted a standard epidemiological model to the Italian Covid outbreak and extended it in order to consider the economic effect of the pandemic, along with Andrea Ichino and Aldo Rustichini
09/07/2020
How a Mortality Threat and Technology Conspire to Make a Museum's Virtual Tour Effective
An experiment by Anastasia Nanni and Aulona Ulqinaku shows that interactive virtual tours can improve people's attitudes towards cultural institutions in times of Covid
09/07/2020
Populist Governments Lagged Behind in the Fight on COVID

In a study on 94 countries, Kerim Kavakli shows that populist distrust in expert advice may have caused delays in the implementation of health measures, closures and mobility restrictions. The effect is stronger in rich countries