The establishment of institutions fostering the cooperation of #localgovernments can boost the economic performance of #metropolitanareas and local labour markets blog post extracted from our article on Economic Geography tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Ca' Foscari Economia LSE Geography & Environment

| EconPapers | Policies aiming to 'rationalise' the school network may foster population decline Marco Di Cataldo & Giulia Romani show that an Italian reform imposing the closure of undersized #primaryschool has led to a reduction of population and #income🔗bit.ly/WPDecon23

Very happy to share this new working paper joint with Marco Di Cataldo! We investigate the local impact of closing undersized #schools in Italy between 2010-2019. 1/n 🧵 #EconTwitter

Congratulations Giulia Romani, PhD, on successfully defending your Thesis!! Proud supervisor here 😊 Ca' Foscari Economia Unive Ca' Foscari

Wonderful presentation by daria denti at #unica today on her joint work with Marco Di Cataldo on local quality of justice systems and crime GSSI Social Sciences LSE Geography & Environment

The "donut effect" discussion centers on impact to urban areas. But demographic redistribution will have an equally profound effect on "peripheral" areas & role of public service provision (e.g. schools) will be central. .Marco Di Cataldo & .Giulia Romani unive.it/pag/fileadmin/…

NEW! Growing up in an area of economic distress has a long term impact on your income and political views, no matter where you end up Open access in Journal of Urban Economics: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

In our latest Discussion Paper, Marco Di Cataldo and Giulia Romani examine the demographic and income effects of primary school closures by exploiting an Italian education reform that resulted in a significant contraction of the school network. 🔴 zurl.co/pbR2

#CohesionPolicy vs. Recovery & Resilience Facility #RRF - John Bachtler presents 3 possible scenarios for the future: 1) status quo, 2) mixed model, 3) nationalisation of cohesion #RSA2023 #Ljubljana Regional Studies Association EUinmyRegion🇪🇺

Department dinner on the canal. Comparative advance of working Ca' Foscari Economia #EconTwitter

Less developed regions can minimise the potential job losses from the restructuring european value chain thanks to Investment Promotion Agences Marco Di Cataldo Riccardo Crescenzi

Presentation at #ERSA2023 ✅ Happy to have presented my work with Marco Di Cataldo and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose on #institutions and #EUfunds

Thrilled to speak at #EconGeo seminar Geosciences UU -Huge thanks to @K_J_Schaefer for the invitation! 🌐 Shared insights from our newly published paper Marco Di Cataldo Filippo Boeri on the localized effects of confiscated #mafia assets on realestate. Check it out ➡️shorturl.at/ivx04

Honored and grateful to receive the Stough-Johansson Springer Award 🌟that I share with my great co-author Marco Di Cataldo. Big thanks to WRSA & editors of Annals of Regional Science for the award and to GSSI Social Sciences for the feedbacks on the paper draft 🙏

On Thursday, the Report of the High-Level Group on the Future of #Cohesion Policy was launched in #Brussels. I normally don't do threads 🧵 but, given the importance of the Report and its potential policy influence, this time it is worth it: data.europa.eu/doi/10.2776/97…

Does merging courts improve justice and deter crime or it does the opposite, by depriving communities of a key local institution? In this new GSSI Social Sciences WP with Marco Di Cataldo, we show that court merging is good for justice efficiency & crime deterrence link 👇

Outstanding Thesis defence by an outstanding new PhD! Congratulations Elena Renzullo, proud of you! Now go and shine!! Ca' Foscari Economia LSE Geography & Environment

In #Italy, #EU funds do much more than mend roads—they redraw electoral maps. Marco Di Cataldo & Elena Renzullo new research in the Journal of Economic Geography reveals that new, visible projects translate into #votes. But only where need and scale converge. doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lb…