Maria De Paola
Biographic Data
| ID | 1135273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria De Paola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | De Paola |
| SIGNATURE | DE PAOLA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calabria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8969-6478 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The geography of child disability in Italy
The prevalence and nature of child disability vary considerably across and within countries, reflecting differences in healthcare systems, socioeconomic conditions, and cultural factors. We present new evidence from unique administrative data on child disability in Italy, examining prevalence by geography and age. We analyse how socio-economic and health indicators—at both individual and local level—are associated with the likelihood of disabilit…
Pension reforms, longer working horizons, and absence from work
The long run earnings effects of winning a mayoral election
Non-cognitive skills and social isolation in late childhood
Online teaching, procrastination and student achievement
Despite growing consensus in the public debate that self-discipline is key to succeeding in an online learning environment, the evidence available is very limited. We investigate the role of procrastination as a moderator of the impact of online teaching on student performance. We take advantage of the forced transition from traditional class-based to online teaching induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and adopt a difference-in-differences strategy …
Civicness Drain
Migration may cause, not only a brain drain, but also a ‘civicness’ drain, leading to a poverty trap. Using migration choices of southern Italian high-school students classified as civic if not cheating in a modified die-roll experiment, we uncover a key role of local civicness (average civicness in the class): a civicness drain is observed only at high and low local civicness. We rationalise this pattern with a model in which civic and uncivic t…
Massive earthquakes, risk aversion, and entrepreneurship
Who performs better under time pressure? Results from a field experiment
The impact of incumbency on turnout. Evidence from Italian municipalities
Gender Discrimination and Evaluators’ Gender
Relying on a natural experiment consisting in 130 competitions for promotion to associate and full professor in Italian universities, we analyse whether gender discrimination is affected by the gender of evaluators. We examine the probability of success of each candidate in relation to the committee gender composition, exploiting the random assignment of evaluators and controlling for candidates’ scientific productivity and a number of individual…
Overconfidence, omens and gender heterogeneity
The effectiveness of remedial courses in Italy
The impact of closeness on electoral participation exploiting the Italian double ballot system
Height and subjective well-being in Italy
Political competition and politician quality
Can gender quotas break down negative stereotypes? Evidence from changes in electoral rules
Organizational Design, Project Selection, and Incentives
This paper compares benefits and costs related to hierarchical and decentralized organizations in an agency framework. We show that the relative efficiency of hierarchy diminishes in contexts with asymmetric information. When effort is not observable, performance-related pay is required in order to encourage the agent to work hard. With risk-averse agents the use of this incentive system is more costly under hierarchy rather than under decentrali…
Quality of Life and Body Image in the Assessment of Psychological Impact of Lipodystrophy
Gender Discrimination and Evaluators’ Gender
Relying on a natural experiment consisting in 130 competitions for promotion to associate and full professor in Italian universities, we analyse whether gender discrimination is affected by the gender of evaluators. We examine the probability of success of each candidate in relation to the committee gender composition, exploiting the random assignment of evaluators and controlling for candidates’ scientific productivity and a number of individual…
Political competition and politician quality
Overconfidence, omens and gender heterogeneity
The impact of incumbency on turnout. Evidence from Italian municipalities
Civicness Drain
Migration may cause, not only a brain drain, but also a ‘civicness’ drain, leading to a poverty trap. Using migration choices of southern Italian high-school students classified as civic if not cheating in a modified die-roll experiment, we uncover a key role of local civicness (average civicness in the class): a civicness drain is observed only at high and low local civicness. We rationalise this pattern with a model in which civic and uncivic t…
Who performs better under time pressure? Results from a field experiment
The impact of closeness on electoral participation exploiting the Italian double ballot system
The effectiveness of remedial courses in Italy
Organizational Design, Project Selection, and Incentives
This paper compares benefits and costs related to hierarchical and decentralized organizations in an agency framework. We show that the relative efficiency of hierarchy diminishes in contexts with asymmetric information. When effort is not observable, performance-related pay is required in order to encourage the agent to work hard. With risk-averse agents the use of this incentive system is more costly under hierarchy rather than under decentrali…
Quality of Life and Body Image in the Assessment of Psychological Impact of Lipodystrophy
Can gender quotas break down negative stereotypes? Evidence from changes in electoral rules
Political competition and politician quality
Height and subjective well-being in Italy
The effectiveness of remedial courses in Italy
The impact of closeness on electoral participation exploiting the Italian double ballot system
Overconfidence, omens and gender heterogeneity
Gender Discrimination and Evaluators’ Gender
Relying on a natural experiment consisting in 130 competitions for promotion to associate and full professor in Italian universities, we analyse whether gender discrimination is affected by the gender of evaluators. We examine the probability of success of each candidate in relation to the committee gender composition, exploiting the random assignment of evaluators and controlling for candidates’ scientific productivity and a number of individual…
Who performs better under time pressure? Results from a field experiment
The impact of incumbency on turnout. Evidence from Italian municipalities
Massive earthquakes, risk aversion, and entrepreneurship
Civicness Drain
Migration may cause, not only a brain drain, but also a ‘civicness’ drain, leading to a poverty trap. Using migration choices of southern Italian high-school students classified as civic if not cheating in a modified die-roll experiment, we uncover a key role of local civicness (average civicness in the class): a civicness drain is observed only at high and low local civicness. We rationalise this pattern with a model in which civic and uncivic t…
Online teaching, procrastination and student achievement
Despite growing consensus in the public debate that self-discipline is key to succeeding in an online learning environment, the evidence available is very limited. We investigate the role of procrastination as a moderator of the impact of online teaching on student performance. We take advantage of the forced transition from traditional class-based to online teaching induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and adopt a difference-in-differences strategy …
Non-cognitive skills and social isolation in late childhood
Pension reforms, longer working horizons, and absence from work
The long run earnings effects of winning a mayoral election
The geography of child disability in Italy
The prevalence and nature of child disability vary considerably across and within countries, reflecting differences in healthcare systems, socioeconomic conditions, and cultural factors. We present new evidence from unique administrative data on child disability in Italy, examining prevalence by geography and age. We analyse how socio-economic and health indicators—at both individual and local level—are associated with the likelihood of disabilit…
Economics (12 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Econometrics (4 works)