Gaetano Vecchione
Biographic Data
| ID | 4805418 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gaetano Vecchione |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gaetano |
| FAMILY NAME | Vecchione |
| SIGNATURE | VECCHIONE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Naples Federico II |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6683-4716 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Take Me Home, Country Roads
We examine whether historical diasporas shape current foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, using Italian data from the ‘age of mass migration’ (1876–1925). We find that Italian regions with larger diasporas at the turn of the twentieth century maintain persistent economic ties with their historical destinations. Specifically, our gravity estimates show that greater historical diasporas are associated with larger inward and outward FDI flows bet…
The social role of peripheral universities and tax exemptions, the Italian case
In Covid We Trust
By changing many aspects of everyday life, the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distance policies implemented to face it have affected the behaviour of people all over the world. Has the pandemic also affected people’s approach towards the divine? Previous evidence suggests that prayer searches on the Internet rose during the pandemic and that people tend to rely mainly on intrinsic rather than extrinsic religiousness to cope with adversity. In t…
I want to break free
The revolution in the organization of work, induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, has had, and will have, some long-lasting consequences on how jobs will be performed, affecting adult life well-being. What we know so far about the determinant of satisfaction for work–life balance may not be valid anymore considering this sudden revolution in work organization. This \npaper presents an empirical analysis based on a cross-sectional survey of 803 worker…
Rule of law and regulatory quality as drivers of entrepreneurship
This paper investigates empirically the effects of institutions on new business formation in the Italian provinces over the period 2004–12. According to the results, local institutional quality positively affects entry rates, and its impact is stronger in high-tech industries. Among different institutional dimensions, rule of law turns out to be more important in southern lagging regions, while regulatory quality seems more relevant in the develo…
The rule of law and educational choices
The rule of law and educational choices: evidence from Italian regions. Regional Studies. Educational choices about post-secondary fields of study vary across space and time due to psychological, social and economic motivations. A strand of the literature has focused on the role of institutional environment. In this vein, this paper emphasizes the link between regional institutions and students’ preferences by pointing out how effective rule of l…
Do Institutions Play a Role in Skilled Migration? The Case of Italy
Nifo A. and Vecchione G. Do institutions play a role in skilled migration? The case of Italy, Regional Studies. This paper is based on the idea that the migration choices of the highly skilled are driven by the search for favourable socio-economic contexts able to ensure higher income, better employment opportunities but also better institutions. By using data on a sample of 47 300 Italian graduates, the impact of provincial institution quality o…
Do Institutions Play a Role in Skilled Migration? The Case of Italy
Nifo A. and Vecchione G. Do institutions play a role in skilled migration? The case of Italy, Regional Studies. This paper is based on the idea that the migration choices of the highly skilled are driven by the search for favourable socio-economic contexts able to ensure higher income, better employment opportunities but also better institutions. By using data on a sample of 47 300 Italian graduates, the impact of provincial institution quality o…
I want to break free
The revolution in the organization of work, induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, has had, and will have, some long-lasting consequences on how jobs will be performed, affecting adult life well-being. What we know so far about the determinant of satisfaction for work–life balance may not be valid anymore considering this sudden revolution in work organization. This \npaper presents an empirical analysis based on a cross-sectional survey of 803 worker…
Rule of law and regulatory quality as drivers of entrepreneurship
This paper investigates empirically the effects of institutions on new business formation in the Italian provinces over the period 2004–12. According to the results, local institutional quality positively affects entry rates, and its impact is stronger in high-tech industries. Among different institutional dimensions, rule of law turns out to be more important in southern lagging regions, while regulatory quality seems more relevant in the develo…
The rule of law and educational choices
The rule of law and educational choices: evidence from Italian regions. Regional Studies. Educational choices about post-secondary fields of study vary across space and time due to psychological, social and economic motivations. A strand of the literature has focused on the role of institutional environment. In this vein, this paper emphasizes the link between regional institutions and students’ preferences by pointing out how effective rule of l…
Do Institutions Play a Role in Skilled Migration? The Case of Italy
Nifo A. and Vecchione G. Do institutions play a role in skilled migration? The case of Italy, Regional Studies. This paper is based on the idea that the migration choices of the highly skilled are driven by the search for favourable socio-economic contexts able to ensure higher income, better employment opportunities but also better institutions. By using data on a sample of 47 300 Italian graduates, the impact of provincial institution quality o…
The rule of law and educational choices
The rule of law and educational choices: evidence from Italian regions. Regional Studies. Educational choices about post-secondary fields of study vary across space and time due to psychological, social and economic motivations. A strand of the literature has focused on the role of institutional environment. In this vein, this paper emphasizes the link between regional institutions and students’ preferences by pointing out how effective rule of l…
Rule of law and regulatory quality as drivers of entrepreneurship
This paper investigates empirically the effects of institutions on new business formation in the Italian provinces over the period 2004–12. According to the results, local institutional quality positively affects entry rates, and its impact is stronger in high-tech industries. Among different institutional dimensions, rule of law turns out to be more important in southern lagging regions, while regulatory quality seems more relevant in the develo…
In Covid We Trust
By changing many aspects of everyday life, the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distance policies implemented to face it have affected the behaviour of people all over the world. Has the pandemic also affected people’s approach towards the divine? Previous evidence suggests that prayer searches on the Internet rose during the pandemic and that people tend to rely mainly on intrinsic rather than extrinsic religiousness to cope with adversity. In t…
I want to break free
The revolution in the organization of work, induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, has had, and will have, some long-lasting consequences on how jobs will be performed, affecting adult life well-being. What we know so far about the determinant of satisfaction for work–life balance may not be valid anymore considering this sudden revolution in work organization. This \npaper presents an empirical analysis based on a cross-sectional survey of 803 worker…
The social role of peripheral universities and tax exemptions, the Italian case
Take Me Home, Country Roads
We examine whether historical diasporas shape current foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, using Italian data from the ‘age of mass migration’ (1876–1925). We find that Italian regions with larger diasporas at the turn of the twentieth century maintain persistent economic ties with their historical destinations. Specifically, our gravity estimates show that greater historical diasporas are associated with larger inward and outward FDI flows bet…
Economics (6 works) · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Quality (philosophy (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)