USI Institute of Economics (IdEP)
Official account of the Department of Economics (IDEP) of USI, Lugano
- 📢 Applications are open for the MSc in Economics at USI in Lugano! Taught fully in English, the program offers rigorous research training, double-degree options, and close interaction with professors. 👉Find more: www.usi.ch/en/education...
- 📢Last week to apply to #WISE2026, our workshop for junior researchers in #Economics! Submit your research by Monday Dec. 22nd, 2025! Don't miss the chance to present your work surrounded by the Swiss Alps. More info: drive.google.com/file/d/1eGj6OMZc3xalN3XR4dLtk72D91M-V2Aw/view?usp=sharing #Econ
- Today @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social (@heclausanne.bsky.social) presented “Unfree Wills: Inheritance Rules, Bequest Motives and Wealth Diffusion”. W/ L. Soler (@heclausanne.bsky.social), they use unique will data and show that more freedom shifts bequests to partners and, if none, to non-relatives.
- 📕This week @maxfil1963.bsky.social presented his new book "Introduction to Energy Economics and Policy", in Bellinzona. Co-authored with S. Srinivasan and published by @universitypress.cambridge.org, it offers insights into energy economics and the energy transition. 👉 doi.org/10.1017/9781...
- Join @usiidep.bsky.social as a PhD student! 📚We offer: - 3 fully-funded positions for 5 years - Rigorous training: the first year is devoted to coursework at Study Center Gerzensee - Extensive support in research activities 👉Apply by January 15th: inomics.com/job/fully-fu...
- 📄 We are happy to share that the #CallforPapers of the 2nd edition of WISE is now open! 📅 May 5-7, 2026 in Airolo (CH) 🏔 🎤 Keynotes: @categennaioliqmul.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social) & @pietrobiroli.bsky.social (@unibo.it) Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1eGj6... Deadline: 22/12/25, 23.59 CET
- Today Lorenzo Incoronato (U. of Naples) presented “Hiring subsidies and female employment”. With M. di Stefano (@cep-lse.bsky.social) and A. Raute (@qmul.bsky.social), he shows that subsidies boost hiring of non-employed women and, as firms learn from these hires, raise long-run hiring for women.
- Matthias Rodemeier (Università Bocconi) presented “Positive vs. Normative Disagreement in Optimal Income Taxation”, coauthored with Gregory Sun (WashU). The study tests views on helping low-income people: most are generous on private transfers but oppose tax-based redistribution due to gov. aversion
- Meet our #EconJobMarket candidates! Tai Lo Yeung is on the Job Market this year. He specializes in applied #Finance and focuses on #householdfinance and #behavioralfinance. 👉 Read his Job Market Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 👉 Learn more about him here: tlyeungae.github.io 🧵1/3
- Meet our #EconJobMarket candidates! Flora Marchioro is on the Job Market this year. She is an #AppliedEconomist specialized in #CarbonMarkets and #EnergyEconomics. 👉 Read her Job Market Paper: floramarchioro.github.io/files/Marchi... 👉 Learn more about her here: floramarchioro.github.io 🧵1/3
- 📢Meet the 2025-26 @usiidep.bsky.social Job Market Candidates! We are proud to introduce our #JMC: Tai Lo Yeung and Flora Marchioro. In the coming posts, we will share more about their profiles and research. Explore our candidates and their #JMPs here: idep.usi.ch/job-market #EconJobMarket
- 📢Launching today the official LinkedIn page of the Department of Economics (@usiidep.bsky.social) at Università della Svizzera Italiana! 🎉 A young, research-oriented community of economists based in Lugano (CH). Meet our faculty, postdocs, PhD students & predocs! 👉 linkedin.com/company/usi-idep
- 👏 Congratulations to Patricia Funk on being elected to the @eeanews.bsky.social Council (2026–2031)! We are proud as @usiidep.bsky.social to celebrate our faculty’s excellence and leadership in economics. Discover more about her profile here: usi.to/ubk. #USIecon #Econbluesky
- Reposted by USI Institute of Economics (IdEP)Congrats to Elias Papaioannou on being elected by EEA members Vice President 2026 Congrats also @florinbilbiie.bsky.social Julia Cagé, Pierre Dubois, Patricia Funk, Luis Garicano, Libertad González, Dorothea Kübler, Jan Stuhler & Séverine Toussaert on being elected to Council. .
- Today Gabriela Deschamps @stoneeconucl.bsky.social presented "Motherhood and Violence". Using Mexican survey data, she shows that motherhood is linked to greater exposure to violence and lower likelihood of leaving a violent partner, highlighting the importance of fertility control.
- Today Amanda Dahlstrand @econ.uzh.ch presented "Does Division of Labor Increase Productivity? Evidence from Primary Care". With Shan Huang (SSE & Copenhagen), Nestor Le Nestour (Stockholm), and Guy Michaels (LSE), they show productivity and outcome effects of telemedicine patient assignment.
- 🔍New research highlight! A new paper by our PhD student @alimok.bsky.social is now out on JEEM. Together with Hamed Ghoddusi (CalPoly), they study how replacing fuel subsidies with unconditional cash transfers affects inequality. Check the paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Today @maxposch.bsky.social @uofebusiness.bsky.social presented "Doux Commerce: Markets, Culture, and Cooperation in 1850-1920 U.S." With Itzchak Raz (Hebrew University), they study how rising market integration fostered universalism and trust, shifting cooperation beyond kin-based ties.
- Today at @usiidep.bsky.social we host the 7th Swiss Workshop on Local Public Finance and Regional Economics. Sessions cover: corporate taxation, efficiency costs of inheritance/income taxes & the BioNTech fiscal/economic effects, urban-rural productivity, skill sorting, and political budgeting.
- 🔍New research highlight! A new paper by our graduates @g-digiacomo.bsky.social (ifo Institute) and Benjamin Lerch (FFA) is finally out on ILR Review. They investigate how displaced workers adjusted to the introduction of #robots in local #labor markets in the US. #EconTwitter #USIEcon
- Where do workers shift when they lose their jobs to #automation? Giuseppe Di Giacomo and Benjamin Lerch #USI_university show that show that 8% of workers enroll in college, about 10% claim disability benefits, and nearly 40% retire early. doi.org/10.1177/0019...
- Davide Cantoni (@econmunich.bsky.social) presented “Identity and Institutional Change: Evidence from First Names in Germany, 1700–1850." With Matthias Weigand & Cathrin Mohr, he shows that the 1789-1815 collapse of hegemonic powers shifted local identities from ruler-aligned to religious & national.
- Happy to share that the new Econ Seminar Series in Lugano is ready to begin! Find hereby our speakers for the #Autumn25 Series! 📆Check out the full schedule below! idep.usi.ch/storage/app/... If interested, please contact us here or via our email: idep@usi.ch
- Save the dates: Sept 29 – Davide Cantoni @econmunich.bsky.social Oct 6 - @maxposch.bsky.social @uofebusiness.bsky.social Oct 13 - Guido Friebel, University of Frankfurt Oct 20 – Amanda Dahlstrand, University of Zurich 1/2
- Congrats to Nicole Venus (@n-venus.bsky.social) on defending her PhD “Essays in Labour and Gender Economics” at @usiidep.bsky.social. Her research explores gender, labour & household economics. She will soon join the University of Bern (@unibe.ch) as a Postdoctoral researcher!
- Congrats to Giuseppe Di Giacomo (@g-digiacomo.bsky.social) on defending his PhD at @usiidep.bsky.social. His work studies how shocks like automation and tourism reshape local labor markets and education. Next stop: Ifo Institut in Munich!
- 🇺🇸🇨🇭 A 39% US tariff on Swiss exports: what does it mean for Switzerland? @fabricolella.bsky.social (@usiidep.bsky.social) with @rlalive.bsky.social & S. Schroeter (UNIL) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it. Read more: www.eco.usi.ch/en/feeds/9993
- Congrats to IdEP PhD candidate Alda Marchese on being awarded the USI Doc-Mobility grant. She'll be visiting @uclaanderson.bsky.social, hosted by Ricardo Perez-Truglia 🇺🇸🌴 Alda’s research examines how #socialnorms impact the #gendergap in voter turnout and if easing social pressure can reduce it
- 📣 Now open: Associate or Full Professor in Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Research (IRE) at USI Lugano🇨🇭 IRE is looking for candidates with an international research profile in applied economics. Deadline: 31/08/2025 More info: shorturl.at/K5Njz
- @mikkelmertz.bsky.social (@rockwoolfonden.dk) presented “Effects of a Housing Policy on Neighborhoods, Residential Mobility & Inequality”. With C.Dustmann (@ucl.ac.uk) & @rlandersoe.bsky.social (Rockwool), he finds that private coop ownership attracted affluent residents & widened areas inequality
- 📈 Francis Kramarz (Bocconi University, @college-de-france.fr, @uu.se) taught a PhD course on AKM models and the microeconometrics of matched employer-employee data. Topics included wage decomposition, firm/industry effects, and the role of networks.
- Today, Andreas Kotsadam (@UniOslo) presented his joint work with S. Dahlum, T.Hanson, Å. Johnsen, and A. Wuttke on whether support for authoritarian rule is contagious. Using field & survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, they showed that it spreads via peer influence.
- 🎓 Apply for the Master in Economics at USI – Deadline: 30 June 2025! 👇 See program highlights & links below. #USIEcon #EconBluesky
- 🔗 Learn more: 📘 About the MSc: www.usi.ch/en/education... 📚 Course spotlight – Text Analysis & Spatial Data: search.usi.ch/en/courses/3... 📥 Apply now: www.usi.ch/en/education...
- Today @uglogowsky.bsky.social (@jku.at) presented “The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health”, joint w. @ahammeralex.bsky.social (JKU Linz) @mhalla.bsky.social (@wuvienna.bsky.social) & T. Hener (@au.dk). They find parenthood imposes greater mental health burdens on mothers, leading to long-run gaps
