30 Jun 2020 Tarricone Among the Experts Advising on the Evolution of the Health System in Lombardy The Committee will support the President of the Region in the evaluation of the reform of the health system in Lombardy, five years after its introduction
15 Jul 2020 Women and the Children of the Less Educated Are Bearing the Brunt of the COVID Crisis Research by Paola Profeta finds that the lockdown and the social distancing measures translated into an additional burden for women in terms of housework. Only the most educated families devote time to their children's homework in times of homeschooling
03 Jul 2020 Populist Governments Lagged Behind in the Fight on COVID In a study on 94 countries, Kerim Kavakli shows that populist distrust in expert advice may have caused delays in the implementation of health measures, closures and mobility restrictions. The effect is stronger in rich countries.
28 Jun 2020 Tracking Wealth Inequality Across History Mattia Fochesato studies how technologies and institutions affect inequality in the very long run. He spans from late Neolithic, in collaboration with archaeologists, anthropologists and economists, until the Middle Ages, Early Modern Times
17 Jun 2020 Why Labor Market Inequality Has Grown Worldwide Under COVID A comparative analysis of labor markets in 12 countries confirms the disparities observed by Vincenzo Galasso for Italy on a global scale
11 Jun 2020 Rethinking Urban Mobility Marco Percoco is a member of the UNECE WHO task force that is developing a set of principles for green and healthy sustainable mobility in world cities