Working Papers

Rebalancing Power Asymmetries Within Firms: Evidence from Illegal Resignations,
A. Casarico, I. Ferrari and C. Pavese
CESIfo wp 11805, 4/2025, link

Leave and Let Leave: Workplace Peer Effects in Fathers’ Take-up of Parental Leave,
A. Casarico, E. Di Porto, J. Kopinska and S. Lattanzio
CESIfo wp 11795, 4/2025, link

Mom’s out: Employment after Childbirth and Firm-Level Responses
F. Carta, A. Casarico, M. De Philippis and S. Lattanzio
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16908, 4/2024, link
In the media: Il Fatto quotidianoneodemoslavoce.infoSave the Childrenlinkiesta

Gender inequality over the life cycle, information provision and policy preferences
Casarico A., Schuetz J., and Uebelmesser S.
CESIfo wp 10916, 1/2024, link

Research similarity and women in academia
Bello P., Casarico A., and Nozza D.
CESIfo wp 10657, 9/2023, link
Revised draft, 2/2024, link, Conditionally accepted, The Economic Journal

Women in Economics: the role of gendered references at entry in the profession
Baltrunaite A., Casarico A., and Rizzica L.
CEPR discussion paper 17474, 6/2022, link
Revised draft, 2/2024, link, R&R
In the media: VoxEUlavoce.infoLa RepubblicaAnsa.itWiredingenere

The effect of child care costs on gender inequality
Casarico A., E. Del Rey, J.I. Silva
CESIfo working paper 9827, 7/2022, link
Published with title “Child Care Costs, Household Liquidity Constraints and Gender Inequality” in Journal of Population Economics, 2023

Behind the child penalty: Understanding what contributes to the labour market costs of motherhood
Casarico A., and Lattanzio S.
CESIfo working paper 9155, 6/2021, link
Published in Journal of Population Economics, 2023
In the media: Domanilavoce.infoIl FoglioLa StampaEconopoly

The Heterogeneous Effects of Covid-19 on Labour Market Flows: Evidence from Administrative Data
Casarico A., and Lattanzio S.
Covid Economics, Issue 52, 15/10/2020, link
Published in Journal of Economic Inequality2022
In the media: Domani

Women, Local Public Finance and Fiscal Adjustment
Casarico A., Lattanzio S. and Profeta P.
Dondena Working Paper n. 133, 2019, link
Revised version, 3/2021, link
Published with title “Women and Local Public Finance” in European Journal of Political Economy, 2022

What firms do: Gender inequality in linked employer-employee data
Casarico A. and Lattanzio S.
WorkINPS paper n. 24, 6/2019, link
Cambridge-INET working paper 1915 June 2019, link
Published in Journal of Labor Economics, 2024
Premio Tarantelli as best paper presented at Conferenza Annuale della Società Italiana di Economia del Lavoro (AIEL)
In the media: Domanilavoce.infoL’EspressoIAB-Forum

Pay-what-you-want to support independent information: a field experiment on motivation
Casarico A. and Tonin M.
IZA Discussion Paper 11366, 2/2018, link
CESIfo working paper 6939, 2/2018, link
Published with title  “A field experiment on fund raising to support independent information” in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021

Top incomes and the gender divide
Atkinson A.B., Casarico A. and Voitchovsky S.
The Melbourne Institute working paper series, 27/2016, link
LSE International Inequality Institute working paper series, 5/2016, link
INET Oxford working paper, 5/2016, link
Published in Journal of Economic Inequality, 2018
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What drives the legalization of immigrants? Evidence from IRCA
Casarico A., Facchini G. and Frattini T.
IZA discussion paper n.9666, 1/2016, link
Published in Regional Science and Urban Economics, 70, 258-273, 2018

Let the voters choose women
Baltrunaite A., Casarico A., Profeta P. Savio G.
CESifo working paper 5693, 1/2019, link
Published in Journal of Public Economics, 2019


Tax Structure and macroeconomic performance
Arachi G., Bucci V. and Casarico A.
Dondena Working paper n. 74, 4/2015, link
Published in International Tax and Public Finance, 22, August, 635-662, 2015

Spill-over effects of affirmative action: political representation and the power of the elderly
Baltrunaite A., Casarico A. and Profeta P.
CESifo working paper 4955, 9/2014
Published with title “Affirmative action and the power of the elderly”, CESIfo Economic Studies, 2015, 61, 1, 148-164.

Taxation and Parental Time Allocation Under Different Assumptions on Altruism
Casarico A. and Sommacal A.
CESifo wp n. 4690, 3/2014, link
Published in International Tax and Public Finance, 2018, 25, 1, 140-165.

Spending more is spending less: policy dilemmas on irregular migration
Casarico A., Facchini G. and Frattini T.
Centro studi Luca D’Agliano Development Studies working paper n.330, 2012, link
Now circulating as: What drives the legalization of immigrants? Evidence from IRCA
Published in Regional Science and Urban Economics, 70, 258-273, 2018.

Gender quotas and the quality of politicians
Baltrunaite A., Bello P., Casarico A. and Profeta P.
CESifo working paper n. 3734, 2/2012, link
FEDEA working paper, 2013-11
Published in Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 118, 62-74.
In the media: Corriere della Sera

Great expectations: the determinants of female university enrolment in Europe
Casarico A., Profeta P. and Pronzato C.
CESifo working paper n. 3406, 3/2011, link
Econpubblica w.p. n. 156, link
CHILD w.p., 4/2011, link
Published with title “On the local labor market determinants of female university enrolment in European regions”, Regional Studies, 2016

Intergenerational Transmission of skills during childhood and optimal public policy
Casarico A., Micheletto L. and A. Sommacal
CESifo working paper n. 3343, 2/2011, link
Econpubblica working paper n. 154, 2/2011
Published in Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28, 2, 353-372
In the media: La Repubblica