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Vincenzo
Scoppa
Associate
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics, Università della
Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
Address
and contacts
Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica
Università
della Calabria
87036
Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), ITALY
Tel.+39
0984 492464
Fax
+39 0984 492421
E-mail:
v.scoppa@unical.it
Web
page: http://www.ecostat.unical.it/Scoppa
Education
1996
– Ph. D. in Economics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
1994
– Post-graduate Visiting Student, School of Economic
Studies – University of Manchester (UK).
1991
– Master in Economics, Coripe Piemonte,
1991
- Degree in Economics at
Present
Position
2004
- present: Associate professor of Economics
Previous
Positions
1999-2000:
Senior Economist in the Italian Prime Minister Office,
Teaching
Intermediate
Macroeconomics
Economics
of Contracts
Teaching
Experience
Intermediate
Macroeconomics
Intermediate
Microeconomics
Research
- Fields of Interest
Economics
of Contracts
Labour
Economics
Education Economics
Growth
Economics
Referee
Publications
Journal
articles
“Can Gender Quotas Break Down Negative Stereotypes? Evidence from Changes in Electoral Rules”, (with Maria De Paola and Rosetta Lombardo), Journal of Public Economics, 2010, forthcoming.
“Worker Absenteeism and Incentives: Evidence from Italy”, Managerial and Decision Economics, 2010, forthcoming.
“Shirking and Employment Protection Legislation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”, Economics Letters, 2010, forthcoming.
“The Use of Informal Networks in Italy: Efficiency or Favoritism?”, (with Michela Ponzo), Journal of Socio-Economics, 2010, 39, 1, pp. 89-99.
"Intergenerational Transfers of Public Sector Jobs: A Shred of Evidence on Nepotism", Public Choice, 2009, 141, pp. 167–188.
"Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter" (with Giorgio Brunello and Maria De Paola), Economic Inquiry, 2009, forthcoming.
Previous version:
“Residential
Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?”, IZA Discussion Paper 3277, January 2008.
"An Empirical Study of Happiness in Italy” (with Michela Ponzo), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: (Contributions), Vol. 8 : Iss. 1, Article 15. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol8/iss1/art15.
“Il Ruolo dei Network Sociali nel Mercato del Lavoro Italiano: Evidenza e Ipotesi Interpretative” (with Maria De Paola and Michela Ponzo), La Rivista delle Politiche Sociali (Italian Journal of Social Policy), n. 2, 2008, pp. 125-142.
"Task Assignment, Incentives and Technological Factors" (with Maria De Paola), Managerial and Decision Economics, 2009, Vol. 30, Issue 1 (January), pp. 43-55.
Presented as "Task Assignment among Heterogenous Agents, Communication Costs and Incentives", 2007 Conference of European Association of Labor Economists (EALE), Oslo, September 2007.
"Peer Group Effects in the Academic Performance of Italian Students" (with Maria De Paola), Applied Economics, forthcoming 2008. Presented at 2007 Conference of European Association of Labor Economists (EALE), Oslo, September 2007.
“Returns
to Skills, Incentives to Study and Optimal Education Standards" (with
Maria De Paola), Journal
of Economics, 2007, vol. 92, No. 3, pp.
229-262.
“Are
Subjective Evaluations Biased by Social Factors or Connections? An Econometric Analysis of
Soccer Referee Decisions”, forthcoming Empirical Economics,
2007, vol. 32 (abstract).
“Delegation, Skills Acquisition and Turnover Costs” (with Maria De Paola), 2007, International Journal of the Economics of Business, February 2007, 14, 1, pp. 111-133.
“Quality of Human and
Physical Capital and Technological Gaps across Italian Regions”, 2007, Regional
Studies,
Vol. 41, Number 5, July 2007, pp. 585-599.
"Organizational
Design, Project Selection and Incentives" (with Maria De Paola), 2006, Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics,
162,
September (3), pp. 424-449.
“I
benefici e i costi della delega del potere decisionale” (with Maria De Paola), Quaderni
di Rassegna Sindacale,
n. 2, 2005, pp. 73-96.
"Contratti
incompleti ed enforcement endogeno. Una rassegna della letteratura",
Economia
Politica,
Anno XX, n. 3, dicembre 2003, pp. 391-440.
"The Role of Turnover
Costs in the Enforcement of Performance Related Pay Contracts", Metroeconomica,
vol. 54, n. 1, February 2003, pp. 60-78.
"Family Ties and Training
Provision in an Insider-Outsider Framework", (with Maria De Paola), Journal of Socio-Economics,
vol. 32, n. 2, anno 2003, pp. 197-217
"Azzardo
morale dell'impresa negli investimenti in capitale umano generico"
(with Maria De Paola), Politica
Economica,
Anno XIX, n. 1, Aprile 2003, pp. 31-62.
"Firms’
Training Decisions and Unemployment in Italian Labour Markets"
(with Maria De Paola), Giornale
degli Economisti e Annali di Economia,
vol. 61, n. 1, Giugno 2002, pp. 103-26. [abstract]
"Complementarietà
tra istruzione e investimenti in training delle imprese: alcune interpretazioni teoriche",
(with Maria De Paola) in Rivista
di Politica Economica,
Settembre-Ottobre 2002, vol. 92, n. 9-10, pp. 97-125
"The Role of Family Ties
in the Labour Market. An Interpretation Based on Efficiency Wage Theory",
(with Maria De Paola), Labour,
vol. 15, n. 4, December 2001, pp. 603-23.
"I
vincoli al licenziamento come 'commitment device' nei contratti impliciti incentivanti",
Politica
Economica,
Anno XVII, n. 1, Aprile 2001, pp. 47-72.
"Uneven
Regional Development in Italy: Explaining Differences in Productivity Levels"
(with Francesco Aiello), Giornale
degli Economisti e Annali di Economia,
vol. 60, n. 2, Settembre 2000, pp. 270-98.
"Un
modello con contratti di agenzia self-enforcing e reputazione dell’impresa",
Rivista
Italiana degli Economisti,
1999, Anno IV, n. 1, Aprile, pp. 37-72. [abstract]
Book
Economia del Personale. Selezione, formazione, incentivi, struttura organizzativa (Personnel Economics), with Maria De Paola (in Italian), Carocci Editore, 2008.
Economia dei
Contratti (The Economics of Contracts),
with
Antonio Nicita (in Italian), Carocci Editore, 2005
Recent Working Papers
“Can Gender Quotas Break Down Negative Stereotypes? Evidence from Changes in Electoral Rules” (with Maria De Paola and Rosetta Lombardo), Working Paper 2009-10, Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica, Università della Calabria.
“Class Size and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Italy” (with Maria De Paola), MPRA Paper 16945, University Library of Munich, Germany.
“Technological Catch-Up or Neoclassical Convergence? Identifying the Channels of Convergence for Italian Regions,” Working Papers 2009-04, Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica. January 2009. Anche in: Munich Research Paper Archive, MPRA Paper No. 13051, .
“Shirking and Employment Protection Legislation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” MPRA Paper 16694, University Library of Munich, Germany.
“Worker Absenteeism and Incentives: Evidence from Italy”, MPRA Paper 16858, University Library of Munich, Germany.
“The Effects of Managerial Turnover: Evidence from Coach Dismissals in Italian Soccer Teams” (with Maria De Paola), 2008, MPRA Paper 11030, University Library of Munich, Germany.
“A Signalling Model of School Grades: Centralized versus Decentralized Examinations” (with Maria De Paola), Leading House Economics of Education - Working Paper No. 25, Universität Zürich, June 2008. (anche come Atti del VI Labour Economics Workshop "BRUCCHI LUCHINO" - Salerno 14-15 December 2007.
"The Economics of Nepotism" (with Michela Ponzo)
“Regional Productivity Differentials and Convergence in Italy: Evidence from Panel Data” (with Francesco Aiello).
Book
Chapters, Working Papers and Others
"Residential Peer Effects in Higher Eduction: Does the Field of Study Matter?" (with Giorgio Brunello and Maria De Paola), IZA Discussione Paper no. 3277, January 2008.
"Convergence
and Regional Productivity Divide in Italy: Evidence from Panel Data"
(with Francesco Aiello) in Impresa, mercato, lealtà territoriale - Atti della
XXVII Conferenza italiana di Scienze Regionali - Pisa 12/14 October 2006.
“Returns
to skills, incentives to study and optimal educational standards”
(with Maria De Paola) - IV Convegno Brucchi Luchino (Milano, 9 dicembre 2005) e al XX
Convegno AIEL (Roma, 22-23 settembre 2005).
"Relazioni
industriali, sindacati e contrattazione collettiva" (with Maria De Paola), in
Lucifora, C. (ed.), Mercato,
occupazione e salari: la ricerca sul lavoro in Italia, Rapporto ISFOL, 2003, Mondadori,
Milano, pp. 58-83.
"Il
ruolo dei legami familiari nel mercato del lavoro: una nuova formulazione dei modelli di
salari di efficienza e di insiders-outsiders", (with Maria De Paola), in Anania, G.,
(ed.), Scelte pubbliche, strategie private e sviluppo economico in Calabria, Rubbettino
Editore, Soveria Mannelli (CZ), 2001, pp. 749-781.
"Teoria
e regole della scelta collettiva",
in Botarelli, S. (ed.), Fondamenti di Scienza delle Finanze, cap. 2, pp. 37-60, Hoepli,
Milano,1999.
"Il
sistema previdenziale e assistenziale",
in Botarelli, S. (ed.), Fondamenti di Scienza delle Finanze, cap. 10, pp. 235-59, Hoepli,
Milano, 1999.
"Analisi
del sistema economico regionale calabrese. Aspetti strutturali e dinamici", (with
Domenico Cersosimo), in Cersosimo, D., Orlando, S., Rossi, G. (ed.), Strategie e percorsi
dello sviluppo endogeno: il RIS in Calabria, Meridiana Libri Editore, 2000.
"Firm specific
investment in human capital as an enforcement mechanism alternative to efficiency
wages", Quaderni
"Il
ruolo della reputazione e degli investimenti specifici come meccanismi di enforcement
endogeno", Tesi di Dottorato, Università degli Studi di Siena, 1997.
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