Francesco Mattioli
francescomattioli.bsky.social
Francesco Mattioli
@francescomattioli.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Bocconi University – Research in political economy, economics of institutions and culture, public economics, demography, policy evaluation.

https://mattioli-francesco.github.io
🚨 Culture or institutions - what comes first?

New evidence on how culture explains welfare state expansion. We show that welfare state expenditure:

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽⚖️ Increases with trust and gender equality
🏠 Declines with familism
...and much more

📃 Paper: lnkd.in/g39X72gW
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨 Does political selection matter for demographic outcomes?

In a new @iza.org DP with Alessandra Minello and Tommaso Nannicini, we find that college-educated #politicians played a crucial role in reducing excess #mortality during #COVID.

📃Paper: docs.iza.org/dp17992.pdf

#econbluesky #polisci
July 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM