Bruno Martorano
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4264704 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bruno Martorano |
| NOMBRES | Bruno |
| APELLIDO | Martorano |
| FIRMA | MARTORANO B |
| AFILIACIONES | United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9254-1418 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 95 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The impacts of integrating microfinance with agricultural extension on seasonal food insecurity
Neither microfinance alone nor bundled with agricultural extension reduces food insecurity. • Dietary diversity fell during harvest and lean seasons in the bundled group. • Rigid loan repayment misaligns with agricultural cash flows, limiting program synergies. We study the impact of bundling microfinance with farming extension services on seasonal food security in rural Uganda. Using an experimental design, we monitor seasonal changes through a …
Can Preferences for Redistribution Explain the Impact of Austerity on Political Participation? Evidence from the UK
Many European countries introduced austerity policies to control rising debt in the wake of the Great Recession of the late 2000s. Recent research suggests that austerity fuelled political polarization, instability, and populism in Europe. However, the motives behind citizens' responses to austerity are not well understood. Using the case of the UK, we study whether preferences for redistribution drive the effect of austerity on political partici…
Child Work in Developing Countries
Child work is still widely prevalent in many countries: it refers to both income-generating activities and unpaid care and domestic activities. However, the existing literature and international statistical standards either aggregate these two forms of work or focus exclusively on income-generating work. In this paper, we show the differences and similarities in the prevalence and determinants of paid and unpaid child work using data from nationa…
Lockdown and Unrest
This paper analyses how pre-pandemic levels of inequality across US counties have shaped the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of protests. The results from difference-in-differences and instrumental variable models using high-frequency weekly data show that more stringent measures to contain the pandemic increased the incidence of protests, but only in US counties with high levels of inequality before the start of the pandemic whe…
Re-election incentives and the adoption of early childhood development programmes
What incentives matter for governments to adopt pro-poor early childhood development (ECD) policies? This paper addresses this question by employing a regression discontinuity design (RDD) to study the effect of mayoral re-election incentives on the adoption of the “Happy Child” ECD Programme in Brazil. The analysis finds that municipalities with first-term mayors (those that were eligible for re-election for another consecutive mandate) had a hi…
Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences
In an online experiment, we provide US citizens with information on both inequality of outcomes and opportunities and test the impact on preferences for redistribution. Information on wealth inequalities in the US increases consensus on a more progressive tax system, whereas information on lack of social mobility in the US increases participants’ preferences for redistribution via fiscal spending. Both informational treatments have a stronger imp…
How Social Assistance Affects Subjective Wellbeing
This paper investigates the effects of social assistance on subjective well-being looking at the case of Kyrgyzstan. For this purpose, we exploit recent changes in the design of social assistance and apply a difference in difference (DiD) method combined with an inverse probability weighting (IPW) technique. In contrast to the existing literature, we find that in the short-term, the receipt of social assistance benefits is associated with lower l…
Chinese development assistance and household welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa
Redistributive Preferences and Protests in Latin America
This article analyzes the role of individual redistributive preferences on protest participation. The article focuses on Latin America, a region that has experienced substantial protests and demonstrations in the last decade, making use of individual-level data on redistributive preferences and protest participation collected across eighteen countries in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The results show evidence for an association between strong individual …
Welfare spending and political conflict in Latin America, 1970–2010
Inequality, Power and Participation – Revisiting the Links
Drawing on the contributions from the World Social Science Report 2016, Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World, this article examines the relationship between economic inequality and political participation. In particular, using the lens of the ‘power cube’ approach (www.powercube.net), we argue that understanding the impact of inequality on political participation requires moving beyond the study of its impact on more conventional fo…
Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Rich Countries
Child Well-Being in Advanced Economies in the Late 2000s
This paper aimed at comparing the well-being of children across the most economically advanced countries of the world while discussing the methodological issues involved in comparing children’s well-being across countries. A Child Well-being Index was constructed to rank countries according to their performance in advancing child well-being. The Index used 30 indicators combined into 13 components, again summarised in 5 dimensions for 29 rich cou…
Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Rich Countries
Chinese development assistance and household welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa
Redistributive Preferences and Protests in Latin America
This article analyzes the role of individual redistributive preferences on protest participation. The article focuses on Latin America, a region that has experienced substantial protests and demonstrations in the last decade, making use of individual-level data on redistributive preferences and protest participation collected across eighteen countries in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The results show evidence for an association between strong individual …
Child Well-Being in Advanced Economies in the Late 2000s
This paper aimed at comparing the well-being of children across the most economically advanced countries of the world while discussing the methodological issues involved in comparing children’s well-being across countries. A Child Well-being Index was constructed to rank countries according to their performance in advancing child well-being. The Index used 30 indicators combined into 13 components, again summarised in 5 dimensions for 29 rich cou…
Welfare spending and political conflict in Latin America, 1970–2010
Inequality, Power and Participation – Revisiting the Links
Drawing on the contributions from the World Social Science Report 2016, Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World, this article examines the relationship between economic inequality and political participation. In particular, using the lens of the ‘power cube’ approach (www.powercube.net), we argue that understanding the impact of inequality on political participation requires moving beyond the study of its impact on more conventional fo…
Lockdown and Unrest
This paper analyses how pre-pandemic levels of inequality across US counties have shaped the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of protests. The results from difference-in-differences and instrumental variable models using high-frequency weekly data show that more stringent measures to contain the pandemic increased the incidence of protests, but only in US counties with high levels of inequality before the start of the pandemic whe…
Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences
In an online experiment, we provide US citizens with information on both inequality of outcomes and opportunities and test the impact on preferences for redistribution. Information on wealth inequalities in the US increases consensus on a more progressive tax system, whereas information on lack of social mobility in the US increases participants’ preferences for redistribution via fiscal spending. Both informational treatments have a stronger imp…
Children’s Subjective Well-Being in Rich Countries
Child Well-Being in Advanced Economies in the Late 2000s
This paper aimed at comparing the well-being of children across the most economically advanced countries of the world while discussing the methodological issues involved in comparing children’s well-being across countries. A Child Well-being Index was constructed to rank countries according to their performance in advancing child well-being. The Index used 30 indicators combined into 13 components, again summarised in 5 dimensions for 29 rich cou…
Inequality, Power and Participation – Revisiting the Links
Drawing on the contributions from the World Social Science Report 2016, Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World, this article examines the relationship between economic inequality and political participation. In particular, using the lens of the ‘power cube’ approach (www.powercube.net), we argue that understanding the impact of inequality on political participation requires moving beyond the study of its impact on more conventional fo…
Welfare spending and political conflict in Latin America, 1970–2010
Redistributive Preferences and Protests in Latin America
This article analyzes the role of individual redistributive preferences on protest participation. The article focuses on Latin America, a region that has experienced substantial protests and demonstrations in the last decade, making use of individual-level data on redistributive preferences and protest participation collected across eighteen countries in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The results show evidence for an association between strong individual …
Chinese development assistance and household welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa
How Social Assistance Affects Subjective Wellbeing
This paper investigates the effects of social assistance on subjective well-being looking at the case of Kyrgyzstan. For this purpose, we exploit recent changes in the design of social assistance and apply a difference in difference (DiD) method combined with an inverse probability weighting (IPW) technique. In contrast to the existing literature, we find that in the short-term, the receipt of social assistance benefits is associated with lower l…
Re-election incentives and the adoption of early childhood development programmes
What incentives matter for governments to adopt pro-poor early childhood development (ECD) policies? This paper addresses this question by employing a regression discontinuity design (RDD) to study the effect of mayoral re-election incentives on the adoption of the “Happy Child” ECD Programme in Brazil. The analysis finds that municipalities with first-term mayors (those that were eligible for re-election for another consecutive mandate) had a hi…
Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences
In an online experiment, we provide US citizens with information on both inequality of outcomes and opportunities and test the impact on preferences for redistribution. Information on wealth inequalities in the US increases consensus on a more progressive tax system, whereas information on lack of social mobility in the US increases participants’ preferences for redistribution via fiscal spending. Both informational treatments have a stronger imp…
Can Preferences for Redistribution Explain the Impact of Austerity on Political Participation? Evidence from the UK
Many European countries introduced austerity policies to control rising debt in the wake of the Great Recession of the late 2000s. Recent research suggests that austerity fuelled political polarization, instability, and populism in Europe. However, the motives behind citizens' responses to austerity are not well understood. Using the case of the UK, we study whether preferences for redistribution drive the effect of austerity on political partici…
Child Work in Developing Countries
Child work is still widely prevalent in many countries: it refers to both income-generating activities and unpaid care and domestic activities. However, the existing literature and international statistical standards either aggregate these two forms of work or focus exclusively on income-generating work. In this paper, we show the differences and similarities in the prevalence and determinants of paid and unpaid child work using data from nationa…
Lockdown and Unrest
This paper analyses how pre-pandemic levels of inequality across US counties have shaped the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of protests. The results from difference-in-differences and instrumental variable models using high-frequency weekly data show that more stringent measures to contain the pandemic increased the incidence of protests, but only in US counties with high levels of inequality before the start of the pandemic whe…
The impacts of integrating microfinance with agricultural extension on seasonal food insecurity
Neither microfinance alone nor bundled with agricultural extension reduces food insecurity. • Dietary diversity fell during harvest and lean seasons in the bundled group. • Rigid loan repayment misaligns with agricultural cash flows, limiting program synergies. We study the impact of bundling microfinance with farming extension services on seasonal food security in rural Uganda. Using an experimental design, we monitor seasonal changes through a …
Economics (11 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (7 obras) · Demographic economics (6 obras) · Development economics (6 obras) · Politics (6 obras) · Economic growth (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Inequality (4 obras)