Claudio Lucifora
Biographic Data
| ID | 879787 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claudio Lucifora |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claudio |
| FAMILY NAME | Lucifora |
| SIGNATURE | LUCIFORA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6352-1709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Pandemic shocks and unintended healthcare disruptions: Chronic patients during Covid-19
Strategies for population-level identification of post-acute sequelae of Covid-19 through health administrative data
Introduction: Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) encompass several clinical outcomes, from new-onset symptoms to both acute and chronic diagnoses, including pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. Health administrative data (HAD) from health information systems allow population-level analyses of such outcomes. Our primary aim was to identify clinical conditions potentially attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the types of HAD and "d…
In the eye of the storm. Long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare utilization in Lombardy
Covid-19 induced an increase in unmet health needs due to mobility restrictions and social distancing policies, fear of contagion and overload of healthcare facilities. Using administrative data for the Metropolitan Area of Milan in Lombardy and a rigorous empirical strategy, this paper investigates the impact of Covid-19 on the provision of outpatient care between January 2018 and June 2021. We find a large and persistent drop in outpatient trea…
Aging well in an aging society: Italy at the forefront of global aging and the Age-It Research Program
Leveraging Italy's unique demographic profile and internal heterogeneity, Age-It promotes sustainable aging by harnessing the opportunities embedded in demographic change. The program ranges from the biology of aging to mental and physical health prevention, long-term care, labor market dynamics, and social participation-ultimately aiming to reshape how aging is perceived and managed in aging societies
The long-term effects of hospitalization on health care expenditures: An empirical analysis for the young-old population in Lombardy
As the burden of acute care on government budgets is mounting in many countries, documenting the evolution of health costs following patients' hospital admission is essential for assessing overall hospital-related costs. In this paper, we investigate the short- and long-term effects of hospitalization on different types of health care expenditures. We specify and estimate a dynamic DID model using register data of the entire population of individ…
Turning a ‘Blind Eye’? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment
Turning a ‘blind eye’ to non‐compliance with minimum wage standards is sometimes presented as a pragmatic way to accommodate higher wages while not harming employment opportunities for workers employed in marginal firms. In this paper, we model firms' wage and employment decisions, and show that there may be a trade‐off between non‐compliance and employment. The main predictions of the model are tested empirically using data from the Italian labo…
Losing Control? Unions’ Representativeness, Pirate Collective Agreements, and Wages
This paper documents the evolution of sector‐level collective agreements in Italy and investigates wage differentials associated with the diffusion of non‐representative agreements, often signed by unknown organizations—that is, the so‐called pirate agreements. Using employer–employee data from Social Security Archives, we find that non‐representative agreements are associated with significant wage penalties (up to −8 percent) compared with regul…
Turning a "Blind Eye"? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment
Influenza vaccination behavior and media reporting of adverse events
Performance-Related Pay and Firm Productivity: Evidence from a Reform in the Structure of Collective Bargaining
The authors investigate the causal effect on firm productivity of a switch from fixed wages to collective performance-related pay, exploiting a reform in the structure of collective bargaining triggered by a social pact. They find that an increase in the adoption of collective performance-related pay leads to a 3 to 5% productivity gain but that such effect declines over time. They show that the effect on productivity varies substantially by firm…
Earnings differentials between immigrants and natives: The Role of Occupational Attainment
This paper brings new evidence to the existing literature on earnings differentials and returns to human capital for immigrants and natives. It is the first paper analysing this topic using data drawn from the Italian Labour Force Survey, a large nationally representative dataset. We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower for immigrants as compared to natives and that there is no return to pre-immigration work experience, sugge…
Mental Health and Working Conditions in Europe
The authors investigate recent patterns in mental health at the workplace across 15 European countries using three waves of the European Working Conditions Survey. Their study shows that adverse working conditions, defined in terms of job demands and job hazards, are strongly associated with workers' mental health problems, and it also finds a causal effect of job quality on workers' mental health. Their analysis detects heterogeneous effects acr…
Wage Flexibility in Regional Labour Markets: Evidence from Italy and Germany
Ammermüller A., Lucifora C., Origo F. and Zwick T. Wage flexibility in regional labour markets: evidence from Italy and Germany, Regional Studies. This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups and regions. It derives theoretical hypotheses on group-specific correlations between regional unemployment and individual wages distinguishing between regions. Using micro-data matched…
Low-wage employment in Europe: A review of the evidence
In this study, we review the patterns of low pay in Europe. We first describe the evolution of aggregate low-wage employment and the incidence of low pay among several groups of workers, then we look at the compositional changes that occurred in recent decades. Given the prevalence of wage regulation and collective bargaining in most European countries, we also analyse the role of labour market institutions on low pay. We show that minimum wages …
New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes
Journal Article New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes. Get access New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes. Edited by Metcalf David and Milner Simon. (London and New York: Routledge, 1993. Pp. ix + 275. £37.50 hardback. ISBN 0 415 09151 9.) C. Lucifora C. Lucifora Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 105, Issue 430, 1 May 1995, Pages 755–756, htt…
Earnings differentials between immigrants and natives: The Role of Occupational Attainment
This paper brings new evidence to the existing literature on earnings differentials and returns to human capital for immigrants and natives. It is the first paper analysing this topic using data drawn from the Italian Labour Force Survey, a large nationally representative dataset. We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower for immigrants as compared to natives and that there is no return to pre-immigration work experience, sugge…
Mental Health and Working Conditions in Europe
The authors investigate recent patterns in mental health at the workplace across 15 European countries using three waves of the European Working Conditions Survey. Their study shows that adverse working conditions, defined in terms of job demands and job hazards, are strongly associated with workers' mental health problems, and it also finds a causal effect of job quality on workers' mental health. Their analysis detects heterogeneous effects acr…
Wage Flexibility in Regional Labour Markets: Evidence from Italy and Germany
Ammermüller A., Lucifora C., Origo F. and Zwick T. Wage flexibility in regional labour markets: evidence from Italy and Germany, Regional Studies. This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups and regions. It derives theoretical hypotheses on group-specific correlations between regional unemployment and individual wages distinguishing between regions. Using micro-data matched…
Aging well in an aging society: Italy at the forefront of global aging and the Age-It Research Program
Leveraging Italy's unique demographic profile and internal heterogeneity, Age-It promotes sustainable aging by harnessing the opportunities embedded in demographic change. The program ranges from the biology of aging to mental and physical health prevention, long-term care, labor market dynamics, and social participation-ultimately aiming to reshape how aging is perceived and managed in aging societies
Turning a ‘Blind Eye’? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment
Turning a ‘blind eye’ to non‐compliance with minimum wage standards is sometimes presented as a pragmatic way to accommodate higher wages while not harming employment opportunities for workers employed in marginal firms. In this paper, we model firms' wage and employment decisions, and show that there may be a trade‐off between non‐compliance and employment. The main predictions of the model are tested empirically using data from the Italian labo…
Performance-Related Pay and Firm Productivity: Evidence from a Reform in the Structure of Collective Bargaining
The authors investigate the causal effect on firm productivity of a switch from fixed wages to collective performance-related pay, exploiting a reform in the structure of collective bargaining triggered by a social pact. They find that an increase in the adoption of collective performance-related pay leads to a 3 to 5% productivity gain but that such effect declines over time. They show that the effect on productivity varies substantially by firm…
New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes
Journal Article New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes. Get access New Perspectives on Industrial Disputes. Edited by Metcalf David and Milner Simon. (London and New York: Routledge, 1993. Pp. ix + 275. £37.50 hardback. ISBN 0 415 09151 9.) C. Lucifora C. Lucifora Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 105, Issue 430, 1 May 1995, Pages 755–756, htt…
Low-wage employment in Europe: A review of the evidence
In this study, we review the patterns of low pay in Europe. We first describe the evolution of aggregate low-wage employment and the incidence of low pay among several groups of workers, then we look at the compositional changes that occurred in recent decades. Given the prevalence of wage regulation and collective bargaining in most European countries, we also analyse the role of labour market institutions on low pay. We show that minimum wages …
Wage Flexibility in Regional Labour Markets: Evidence from Italy and Germany
Ammermüller A., Lucifora C., Origo F. and Zwick T. Wage flexibility in regional labour markets: evidence from Italy and Germany, Regional Studies. This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups and regions. It derives theoretical hypotheses on group-specific correlations between regional unemployment and individual wages distinguishing between regions. Using micro-data matched…
Mental Health and Working Conditions in Europe
The authors investigate recent patterns in mental health at the workplace across 15 European countries using three waves of the European Working Conditions Survey. Their study shows that adverse working conditions, defined in terms of job demands and job hazards, are strongly associated with workers' mental health problems, and it also finds a causal effect of job quality on workers' mental health. Their analysis detects heterogeneous effects acr…
Performance-Related Pay and Firm Productivity: Evidence from a Reform in the Structure of Collective Bargaining
The authors investigate the causal effect on firm productivity of a switch from fixed wages to collective performance-related pay, exploiting a reform in the structure of collective bargaining triggered by a social pact. They find that an increase in the adoption of collective performance-related pay leads to a 3 to 5% productivity gain but that such effect declines over time. They show that the effect on productivity varies substantially by firm…
Earnings differentials between immigrants and natives: The Role of Occupational Attainment
This paper brings new evidence to the existing literature on earnings differentials and returns to human capital for immigrants and natives. It is the first paper analysing this topic using data drawn from the Italian Labour Force Survey, a large nationally representative dataset. We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower for immigrants as compared to natives and that there is no return to pre-immigration work experience, sugge…
Influenza vaccination behavior and media reporting of adverse events
Losing Control? Unions’ Representativeness, Pirate Collective Agreements, and Wages
This paper documents the evolution of sector‐level collective agreements in Italy and investigates wage differentials associated with the diffusion of non‐representative agreements, often signed by unknown organizations—that is, the so‐called pirate agreements. Using employer–employee data from Social Security Archives, we find that non‐representative agreements are associated with significant wage penalties (up to −8 percent) compared with regul…
Turning a "Blind Eye"? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment
Turning a ‘Blind Eye’? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment
Turning a ‘blind eye’ to non‐compliance with minimum wage standards is sometimes presented as a pragmatic way to accommodate higher wages while not harming employment opportunities for workers employed in marginal firms. In this paper, we model firms' wage and employment decisions, and show that there may be a trade‐off between non‐compliance and employment. The main predictions of the model are tested empirically using data from the Italian labo…
The long-term effects of hospitalization on health care expenditures: An empirical analysis for the young-old population in Lombardy
As the burden of acute care on government budgets is mounting in many countries, documenting the evolution of health costs following patients' hospital admission is essential for assessing overall hospital-related costs. In this paper, we investigate the short- and long-term effects of hospitalization on different types of health care expenditures. We specify and estimate a dynamic DID model using register data of the entire population of individ…
Strategies for population-level identification of post-acute sequelae of Covid-19 through health administrative data
Introduction: Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) encompass several clinical outcomes, from new-onset symptoms to both acute and chronic diagnoses, including pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. Health administrative data (HAD) from health information systems allow population-level analyses of such outcomes. Our primary aim was to identify clinical conditions potentially attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the types of HAD and "d…
In the eye of the storm. Long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare utilization in Lombardy
Covid-19 induced an increase in unmet health needs due to mobility restrictions and social distancing policies, fear of contagion and overload of healthcare facilities. Using administrative data for the Metropolitan Area of Milan in Lombardy and a rigorous empirical strategy, this paper investigates the impact of Covid-19 on the provision of outpatient care between January 2018 and June 2021. We find a large and persistent drop in outpatient trea…
Aging well in an aging society: Italy at the forefront of global aging and the Age-It Research Program
Leveraging Italy's unique demographic profile and internal heterogeneity, Age-It promotes sustainable aging by harnessing the opportunities embedded in demographic change. The program ranges from the biology of aging to mental and physical health prevention, long-term care, labor market dynamics, and social participation-ultimately aiming to reshape how aging is perceived and managed in aging societies
Pandemic shocks and unintended healthcare disruptions: Chronic patients during Covid-19
Economics (9 works) · Labour economics (8 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 works) · Wage (4 works) · Collective bargaining (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works)