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Davide Dragone

Davide Dragone

@davidedragone.bsky.social

740 followers 1K following 130 posts

Professor of Economics, Univ. Bologna
Research on risky health behaviors, addiction, obesity, sex work
https://sites.google.com/site/davidedragone/

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Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · 7d

In one hour!

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Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · 11d

Next VERB seminar. Add it to your calendar!
healtheconomics.org/event/do-vap...

#healtheconomics #econsky

Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Jörg Oechssler, Kris Inwood , and 5 more Stephen P. Jenkins, Jörg Oechssler, Kris Inwood, Aaron Sojourner, Davide Dragone, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Todd Pugatch, Georg Weizsäcker

Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 11d

I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.

If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.

Reposted by John Mullahy, Davide Dragone, David Slusky

John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 12d

Registration is open for the Fifth Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics, which will be held March 18-20, 2026 in Galway at @uniofgalway.bsky.social.

To register, email Ciaran O'Neill at Ciaran.ONeill@qub.ac.uk

More info here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...

Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics

www.maxwell.syr.edu

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · 21d

This workshop is friendly, informal, and collaborative. No fees, good food 😊

Preference will go to young presenters and full papers, but extended abstracts and senior researchers are also welcome.

Please share!

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · 21d

𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐁 brings together researchers studying the economics of health and risky behaviors, including gender violence, substance use, sex work, gambling, and LGBTQIA+ studies.

Reposted by John Mullahy, Valerie Mueller, Aaron Sojourner

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · 21d

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 (HERB 2026)

📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026

🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025

🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb

#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky

Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)

Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)

eventi.unibo.it

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · 23d

Congrats!! Well deserved!

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Sep 23

Hedgehog of the day. Mints removed. Next, please!

Hedgehog

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Sep 4

@pierluigisacco.bsky.social

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Aug 19

My daughter is so jealous!

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Aug 16

"Mussolini himself probably did not know what he was going to do—except stay in power. A parliamentary majority backed the fascist govt at the beginning, & most of the people thought fascism was a temporary interlude... thought Italy could later return to freedom"
www.historians.org/resource/the...

When the king called on Mussolini to form a government in October 1922, very few people in the world had any idea of what was meant by a totalitarian form of government. Mussolini himself probably did not know what he was going to do—except stay in power. A parliamentary majority backed the fascist government at the beginning, and most of the people thought fascism was a temporary interlude. They thought Italy could later return to freedom, and in the meantime fascism could take care of the crisis.

When Mussolini stepped into power, fascism had none of the superior-race, blood-and-soil trappings that came to Germany with Hitlerism. All the other elements of fascism were there, however: belief in violence, disbelief in legal processes, rabid nationalism, and so on. But the regime was not totalitarian in its first three years. Opposition parties were still legal, a strong opposition press operated under difficulties, and Mussolini kept talking about a return to normalcy

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Fabio Sabatini @fabiosabatini.bsky.social · Aug 11

🧵 It sounds like Mao’s China, but it’s the United States of America. From now on, research funding will be screened by government-appointed political commissioners, tasked with assessing whether projects advance the “president’s policy priorities” and align with “American values.”

#EconSky

1/9

Science under Big Brother’s thumb

Trump aims to turn public science into a tool of ideological propaganda. Stripping away scientific autonomy is a way to rewrite reality and entrench authoritarian rule

civiceconomist.substack.com

Reposted by Davide Dragone

Marina Della Giusta @mardelgiu.bsky.social · Aug 2

📢🧵 New paper! #EconTwitter
How does intensive social media use affect puberty timing and risky behaviours in adolescence?
📄 Riskonnected: Social Media, Puberty and Risky Behaviours in Adolescence with Margherita Agnoletto
and Silvia Mendolia #ChildDevelopment #DigitalWellbeing

Reposted by Davide Dragone

Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Aug 1

Today, I encountered yet another instance where a scholar, influenced by a targeted harassment campaign on social media, formed a misrepresented view of my research after reading certain posts and working papers. How much longer will I have to endure this? 1/2

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Fabio Sabatini @fabiosabatini.bsky.social · Aug 1

La proposta di Meloni di istituire un fondo europeo per sussidiare le imprese esposte ai dazi è sbagliata e dannosa.
Ho provato a spiegarlo nel nuovo post sul mio blog - nonché nuovo episodio del mio podcast. 👇
fabiosabatini.substack.com/p/lautolesio...

L’autolesionismo di Trump e Meloni

Diversamente dalla narrazione dominante, l’UE non è stata umiliata e Trump ha solo danneggiato l'economia americana. Ma la proposta miope e autolesionista di Meloni rischia di ribaltare la situazione

fabiosabatini.substack.com

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Jul 30

#econsky #healtheconomics @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social @mardelgiu.bsky.social

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Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 30

Me gustaría escribir en castellano un breve hilo sobre una vivencia negativa de los últimos meses. En marzo del 2024 publiqué un artículo que encontraba que la prohibición de la compra de la prostitución en Suecia aumentaba las violaciones de entre el 40 y el 60% 1/N

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Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 30

The academic community must stand against misinformation and protect researchers from being unjustly targeted. N/N #AcademicIntegrity #AcademicSky #EconSky

Reposted by Steven Pressman, Mirco Tonin, Davide Dragone

Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social · Jul 21

JOB AD: @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social in #Trento (Italy) is looking for a #Researcher in Quantitative Public #Policy Evaluation to conduct (quasi)experimental evaluation research across different policy areas. 2Y+ contract - apply by 18/08 - Please, REPOST #EconSky LINK: jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Offe...

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Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 21

My article for
@i4replication.bsky.social
is now online! econstor.eu/bitstream/10... In it, I apply the methodology from Adema, Folke & Rickne (2025a) to Ciacci’s (2025) sample. Results are statistically indistinguishable from Ciacci (2024) and robust to multiple checks, including: 1/N

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Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 18

The thread below further illustrates the original decision made by the scientific committee — a decision that was only overturned following a social media harassment campaign, setting a troubling precedent that such campaigns can pressure 1/2

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Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 17

I hope someone at @springernature.com still values #ScientificIntegrity enough to uphold the original decision of the impartial scientific committee—rather than capitulating to the biased outcome driven by a 16-month social media harassment campaign.

#EconSky

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Jul 17

#healtheconomics #econsky

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Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 17

I feel overwhelmed and trapped in a David vs. Goliath battle, fighting simply to restore the original, unbiased outcome determined by the scientific committee. The system failed; truth and due process lost to mob tactics.

Any advice on how to confront this? Solidarity and suggestions welcome. 2/3

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Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 11

*Chronicle of an Ideological Harassment Campaign Foretold*

This short thread outlines how a harassment campaign overruled a scientific decision made by scholars in a @springernature.com journal.

In March 2024, two Swedish academics posted harassing tweets 1/N

Reposted by Davide Dragone

Ricardo Ciacci Strina @riccardociacci.bsky.social · Jul 16

It is deeply disheartening to witness a campaign that, from the outset, sought to retract my work simply because it disagreed with the findings. Rather than engaging in a constructive debate (advancing the literature), critics seized on issues with the replication code as a pretext to justify 1/3

Davide Dragone @davidedragone.bsky.social · Jul 16

@mardelgiu.bsky.social

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Marina Della Giusta @mardelgiu.bsky.social · Jul 15

We contributes to the economics of:
➡️Sexual behavior
➡️Human capital
➡️Gender
➡️Labor
➡️Fertility
📄: @https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/18002/an-economic-theory-of-sexual-exchanges-and-human-capital Feedback welcome! @scottcunningham.bsky.social @draliceevans.bsky.social

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Marina Della Giusta @mardelgiu.bsky.social · Jul 15

🧠 We contribute a unified rational choice framework that:
🔬Encompasses paid sex and marriage
🔬Explains segregation in sex markets
🔬Models sexual activity and fertility as time allocations
🔬Endogenizes gendered outcomes via norms and human capital