07 Feb 2017 Gig Economy: What Rights for Workers? The young labor law expert Antonio Aloisi studies the grey undefined area that sits between the figure of the employee and that of the independent contractor
02 Feb 2017 Seven Trends Explain the Future of Food A research by SDA Bocconi on the prevailing trends in the Italian Food and Beverage industry highlights how companies approach the consumer by increasing products' service content. Food products will be easier to use, tailored to specific consumption occasions and created with our help
05 Feb 2017 We Are Who We Hire Within the same sector there are firms with a productivity double that of others and research finds more and more clues of the fact that it is human capital playing an essential role in these differences, affirms Nicolai Foss
22 Feb 2017 Not All Immigrants Are Equal: When Legalized, They Commit Half the Crimes Paolo Pinotti analyzed the behavior of those that obtained a residence permit in 2007 in Italy and observed a steep fall in economic crimes. But Western societies should choose whether to legalize more of them or enforce stricter immigration policies
30 Mar 2017 Why We Don't Like Decisions Made by Groups A study by Kouchaki, Smith and Netchaeva reveals that, in response to the same unfavorable decision outcome, a group of decision makers is perceived to be less fair than an individual
13 Jan 2017 Seven Times Demography into Thin Air The Alpine Population Conference, which gathers population scholars in La Thuile, crosses the line of the seventh edition