• Tax wedge, employment and productivity: micro and macro evidence 

      Festa, Andrea (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011-11-30)
      In this paper I investigate the effect of the tax wedge on productivity and employment. The first chapter presents an overview of existing literature, both at micro and macro level. The second chapter analyzes the effect ...
    • The youth employment rate and the role of minimum wage, labor market policies and institutions: theory and estimates 

      Moscariello, Valentino (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2015-05-11)
      Growth and labour market forecast in OECD countries remains bleak for 2013, especially for youth. The modest employment recovery in 2011 did not continue in 2012: youth unemployment rates stagnated at 15.7% in 2014 (OECD: ...
    • Three Essays on Policy Evaluation 

      Ingino, Francesco (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2016-05-06)
      Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of literature on program evaluation. Many researches in economics look at the causal effect of exposure of units to programs on some outcomes through econometric ...
    • Three essays on state budget rules and procedures 

      Spennati, Pietro (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2014-02)
      In Common pool models fiscal outcomes are determined by the decision-making rule that is used to aggregate conflicting interests into a single budget. The rules according through which the budget is prepared, approved and ...
    • Un'analisi dell'incompletezza contrattuale in presenza di mercati concorrenziali 

      Sicoli, Marta (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2012-01-16)
      La tesi analizza gli e¤etti dell incompletezza contrattuale sull e¢ cienza di una relazione d agenzia caratterizzata da selezione avversa ed azzardo morale quando l agente opera in un mercato (imperfettamente) ...