Reading time: 3 minutes As the world moves through waves of COVID-19 cases, most developed economies have allowed their employees the option to work-from-home. In the case of Latin America, where many are informal [ … ]
Category: Economics
Industria videoludica: un po’ di numeri
Reading time: 3 minutes Nei mesi della pandemia il videogioco ha rappresentato uno degli svaghi principali per moltissime delle persone costrette dal lockdown a rimanere in casa. Siamo sicuri che però il videogioco sia solo [ … ]
Bambini e Covid-19: come sono state aiutate le famiglie
Reading time: 5 minutes Con la chiusura delle scuole durante la pandemia, i governi hanno dovuto introdurre varie misure per sostenere le famiglie nella cura dei figli. Grazie ai dati raccolti dal progetto Women’s [ … ]
Bocconi welcomes Piketty: Lessons from Capital and Ideology
Reading time: 5 minutes On 25 November 2020, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty presented his new book Capital and Ideology and gave a lecture on the history of inequality to the Bocconi community. The event was part of IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research) Policy [ … ]
The World of Greenwashing
Reading time: 3 minutes Many companies describe their products as environmentally-friendly and mention their sustainability goals in their marketing campaigns. Have you ever wondered how accurate these publicity materials are? The author is here [ … ]
Beyond the Mountains: the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Reading time: 4 minutes How War in the Caucasus will Impact the Global Market The Nagorno-Karabakh War has devastated the separatist enclave of Artsakh over the past month. However, behind Azerbaijan and Armenia are [ … ]
Women in Economics: a Tortuous Path
Reading time: 5 minutes Cues from prominent scholars Women are under-represented in the Economics profession worldwide. What are the key reasons of this phenomenon and its consequences? We relied on the knowledge and experience [ … ]
A Review of Econometric Society World Congress: a Big Community of Economics Lovers
Reading time: 3 minutes We joined Nobel laureates’ lectures at the biggest World Congress of Economists ever, the Econometric Society World Congress, held « virtually » at our university. From 17 to 21 of August, 4500 [ … ]
Transizione energetica e crisi sanitaria
Reading time: 3 minutes Come quasi tutti i settori, anche il segmento della transizione energetica – vale a dire, il passaggio da fonti di energia non rinnovabili a rinnovabili – ha subìto il peso [ … ]
Politica Italiana: Istruzioni per il disuso
Reading time: 5 minutes Più di 20.000 vittime e una previsione di perdita del 9,1% del PIL equivalente a circa 160 miliardi di euro (previsione IMF) non bastano a limitare uno stato di campagna [ … ]