Internet and Voting in the Web 2.0 Era: Evidence from a Local Broadband Policy

This article analyzes the impact of a local broadband expansion policy on electoral turnout and party vote share. We exploit a unique policy intervention involving staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), thus generating a source of exogenous (spatial and temporal) variation in the provision of advanced broadband technology (ADSL2+). Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find positive effects of broadband availability on overall electoral turnout at national parliamentary elections. Party vote share analysis shows significant shifts across the ideological spectrum. These shifts, however, are likely transitory rather than persistent. Placebo estimations support a causal interpretation of our results. We provide further evidence that broadband availability is linked to actual adoption in that the broadband policy increased overall Internet and broadband take-up among private households

Internet and Voting in the Web 2.0 Era: Evidence from a Local Broadband Policy

This article analyzes the impact of a local broadband expansion policy on electoral turnout and party vote share. We exploit a unique policy intervention involving staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), thus generating a source of exogenous (spatial and temporal) variation in the provision of advanced broadband technology (ADSL2+). Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find positive effects of broadband availability on overall electoral turnout at national parliamentary elections. Party vote share analysis shows significant shifts across the ideological spectrum. These shifts, however, are likely transitory rather than persistent. Placebo estimations support a causal interpretation of our results. We provide further evidence that broadband availability is linked to actual adoption in that the broadband policy increased overall Internet and broadband take-up among private households

L’effetto occupazionale della formazione professionale in Piemonte. Uno studio sulle persone qualificate nel 2018

Rapporto di ricerca 2021- Introduzione #6- Il collettivo oggetto di studio e il metodo in pillole #9- I risultati principali #13- Indicazioni di costi-efficacia #21- conclusioni #25- bibliografia #2

Broadband Diffusion and Firm Performance in Rural Areas: Quasi-Experimental Evidence

This article analyzes the causal impact of advanced broadband accessibility on firm performance. We exploit a unique local policy intervention of a staged broadband infrastructure installation across rural municipalities in the Province of Trento (Italy), generating a source of exogenous (spatial and temporal) variation in the provision of next-generation broadband technology (ADSL2+). Employing a difference-in-differences strategy and using longitudinal firm-level data on annual balance sheet information of corporate enterprises, we show that ADSL2+ availability is associated with a significant increase in annual sales turnover of about 40 percent and an increase in value added of roughly 25 percent over the period of two years. The positive effect is found to be rather stable for different lengths of treatment exposure and across industrial sectors. However, no significant effects are found with respect to number of employees. Placebo estimations support a causal interpretation of our results. Overall, established corporate enterprises in 'underserved' rural and remote areas appear to profit considerably from enhanced broadband delivery programs in terms of economic performance

L'effetto occupazionale della formazione professionale in Piemonte. Uno studio sui qualificati nel 2016

L’effetto occupazionale della formazione professionale in Piemonte- Indice #6- La formazione come strumento di contrasto alla disoccupazione: la sua valutazione #8- Il metodo in pillole #8- Effetti differenziati #14- Alcuni spunti di riflessione #20- Conclusioni #2

Rapporto di ricerca 2021. L'effetto occupazionale della formazione professionale in Piemonte. Uno studio sulle persone qualificate nel 2017

Rapporto di ricerca 2021. L'effetto occupazionale della formazione professionale in Piemonte. Uno studio sulle persone qualificate nel 2017- Indice #4- Capitolo 1. Stima dell'effetto occupazionale #10- Capitolo 2. Analisi costo-efficacia #34- Capitolo 3. Prime analisi costi-benefici #40- Capitolo 4. Conclusioni #5

La formazione professionale aiuta a trovare lavoro? Gli effetti dei corsi erogati in Piemonte nel 2015

La formazione professionale aiuta a trovare lavoro? Gli effetti erogati in Piemonte nel 2015- Indice #6- Capitolo 1. Come valutare e chi sono i formati delle attività formative valutate #12- Capitolo 2. Gli effetti della formazione #2

Alternanza scuola-lavoro e sviluppo delle soft skills: un'indagine sulle attese dei giovani

The paper focuses on the soft skills that may be developed with the attendance of school-work alternation programs. The data used are those coming from an ad hoc survey conducted on a representative sample of young people aimed at achieving insight into the role of the complementarity between the school\u2019s action and the alternation pathways in developing a wide range of soft skills. The results show a positive expected impact, providing information that can be used to improve school-to-work transition and therefore also reduce the number of NEETs