Like oil and water or chocolate and peanut butter? Ethnic diversity and social participation of young people in England

The paper studies the impact of ethnic diversity on social participation of young people. We first propose a theoretical model in which the agents choose between structured and unstructured social activities by taking into account the ethnic composition of the groups they join. We test our predictions using English census data together with the “Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England” (LSYPE) and we find that ethnic segregation increases the probability of hanging around near home, while ethnic fractionalization decreases it. Furthermore, more structured activities are not affected by ethnic fractionalization. Finally, we use an IV strategy based on both historical and geographical data to correct for endogenous sorting into neighborhoods. The results we get are even stronger than those obtained where the ethnic composition of the neighborhood is taken as exogenous.Social participation, Fractionalization, Segregation

Tax Systems and tax reforms in Latin America, Part I : country studies, Colombia

This paper is a part of a wider research concerning taxation in the main world economic areas, carried on at the Department of Public economic on the University of Pvia, Italy, directed by L. Bernardi and P. Profeta, under the supervision of Vito Tanzi. The paper illustrates and discusses the Colombian tax ssystems with respect to its structure, developments and reforms until the last chenges of 2007, December.Tax Systems Tax Reforms Colombia

Florence au xviie siècle : la cour et les artistes

En suivant le sommaire d’un livre en cours d’écriture, les conférences ont porté sur la place des artistes à la cour des Médicis, à Florence, et plus particulièrement sur la question de leurs rapports avec la famille grand-ducale et celle de leurs conditions de travail et financières. Après avoir precisé les modalités de la presence des artistes dans les Rôles (Ruoli) de la cour et les changements subis par cette catégorie du personnel au service des grands-ducs entre le xvie et le xviie siècle, on a focalisé l’attention sur trois cas emblématiques de peintres du Seicento, Pierre de Cortone, Salvator Rosa et Luca Giordano. Au cours des dix dernières années, nombre de documents ont jeté une lumière nouvelle sur l’activité florentine de ces trois artistes, tout en offrant la possibilité de repenser la chronologie de leur œuvre et de mieux comprendre leurs relations avec la cour qui les employait

Originali e copie nella Lettera di Filippo Baldinucci a Vincenzo Capponi

This contribution aims to analyse Filippo Baldinucci’s Letter to Vincenzo Capponi (Rome, 1681) in all its aspects, particularly its concept of original and copy, taking into account Baldinucci’s position in the Accademia del Disegno and in the Roman cultural milieu. Through some examples, the essay also intends to assess the Letter vis- -vis the correspondence between the Medici agents in Venice and the court, in order to emphasise the relation between the artistic literature on copies and the practical experience of the individuals who had to secure paintings for demanding collectors such as prince Leopoldo de’ Medici

Florence au xviie siècle : la cour et les artistes

En suivant le sommaire d’un livre en cours d’écriture, les conférences ont porté sur la place des artistes à la cour des Médicis, à Florence, et plus particulièrement sur la question de leurs rapports avec la famille grand-ducale et celle de leurs conditions de travail et financières. Après avoir precisé les modalités de la presence des artistes dans les Rôles (Ruoli) de la cour et les changements subis par cette catégorie du personnel au service des grands-ducs entre le xvie et le xviie siècle, on a focalisé l’attention sur trois cas emblématiques de peintres du Seicento, Pierre de Cortone, Salvator Rosa et Luca Giordano. Au cours des dix dernières années, nombre de documents ont jeté une lumière nouvelle sur l’activité florentine de ces trois artistes, tout en offrant la possibilité de repenser la chronologie de leur œuvre et de mieux comprendre leurs relations avec la cour qui les employait

Tax Systems and tax reforms in Latin America, Part I : country studies, Colombia

This paper is a part of a wider research concerning taxation in the main world economic areas, carried on at the Department of Public economic on the University of Pvia, Italy, directed by L. Bernardi and P. Profeta, under the supervision of Vito Tanzi. The paper illustrates and discusses the Colombian tax ssystems with respect to its structure, developments and reforms until the last chenges of 2007, December

Tax Systems and tax reforms in Latin America, Part I : country studies, Colombia

This paper is a part of a wider research concerning taxation in the main world economic areas, carried on at the Department of Public economic on the University of Pvia, Italy, directed by L. Bernardi and P. Profeta, under the supervision of Vito Tanzi. The paper illustrates and discusses the Colombian tax ssystems with respect to its structure, developments and reforms until the last chenges of 2007, December