Davide Dragone
@davidedragone.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Univ. Bologna
Research on risky health behaviors, addiction, obesity, sex work
https://sites.google.com/site/davidedragone/
Research on risky health behaviors, addiction, obesity, sex work
https://sites.google.com/site/davidedragone/
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Next VERB seminar. Add it to your calendar!
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October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Next VERB seminar. Add it to your calendar!
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Next VERB seminar. Add it to your calendar!
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#healtheconomics #econsky
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#healtheconomics #econsky
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Next VERB seminar. Add it to your calendar!
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#healtheconomics #econsky
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#healtheconomics #econsky
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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.
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.
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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.
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.
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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...
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
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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...
To register, email Ciaran O'Neill at Ciaran.ONeill@qub.ac.uk
More info here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
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📢🚨 #HERB2026 is on 🚨📢
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
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
📍 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
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
📢🚨 #HERB2026 is on 🚨📢
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
Interested in health and risky behaviors? Submit your paper to this conference
Davide, Paolo, and I have been organizing this conference for 4 years now, and every time I love it.
Good people, good food, nice discussions. The papers are not too bad either 😜
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
📍 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
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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
📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026
🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025
🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb
#healtheconomics @healtheconomics.bsky.social #econsky
Hedgehog of the day. Mints removed. Next, please!
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Hedgehog of the day. Mints removed. Next, please!
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"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"
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August 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"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...
www.historians.org/resource/the...
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🧵 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
#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
August 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🧵 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
#EconSky
1/9
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📢🧵 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
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
August 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📢🧵 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
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
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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
August 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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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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...
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
August 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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...
Ho provato a spiegarlo nel nuovo post sul mio blog - nonché nuovo episodio del mio podcast. 👇
fabiosabatini.substack.com/p/lautolesio...
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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
July 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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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The academic community must stand against misinformation and protect researchers from being unjustly targeted. N/N #AcademicIntegrity #AcademicSky #EconSky
July 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The academic community must stand against misinformation and protect researchers from being unjustly targeted. N/N #AcademicIntegrity #AcademicSky #EconSky
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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
@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
econstor.eu
July 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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...
July 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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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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
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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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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
#EconSky
July 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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
#EconSky
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This is the core issue highlighted by this event: If you are a senior professor and dislike an article's findings or a scientific committee's decision, you can overrule them—even forcing a retraction—through a harassment campaign on social media.This seems possible with @springernature.com journals
This is so worrying and so bad for JOPE's reputation. I thought retractions were the consequence of fraud, not of senior professors not liking certain results #healteconomics #econsky
July 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is the core issue highlighted by this event: If you are a senior professor and dislike an article's findings or a scientific committee's decision, you can overrule them—even forcing a retraction—through a harassment campaign on social media.This seems possible with @springernature.com journals
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It’s been almost a month since the unjust retraction was forced through—a decision not made by the scientific committee, but pushed by those who waged a 16-month online harassment campaign against my work.
1/3
1/3
*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
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
July 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s been almost a month since the unjust retraction was forced through—a decision not made by the scientific committee, but pushed by those who waged a 16-month online harassment campaign against my work.
1/3
1/3
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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
Any advice on how to confront this? Solidarity and suggestions welcome. 2/3
July 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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
Any advice on how to confront this? Solidarity and suggestions welcome. 2/3
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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
July 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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
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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
➡️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
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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
➡️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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🧠 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
🔬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
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🧠 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
🔬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
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📉 Our model explains the decline in unpaid sex and fertility: As digital sex (porn, platforms, AI) lowers the cost of paid sex, people reallocate time away from intimacy....
👉 Less unpaid sex
👉 Lower fertility
👉 More demand for paid sex
👉 Less unpaid sex
👉 Lower fertility
👉 More demand for paid sex
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📉 Our model explains the decline in unpaid sex and fertility: As digital sex (porn, platforms, AI) lowers the cost of paid sex, people reallocate time away from intimacy....
👉 Less unpaid sex
👉 Lower fertility
👉 More demand for paid sex
👉 Less unpaid sex
👉 Lower fertility
👉 More demand for paid sex