Roberto Iacono
@robertoiacono.org
Prof Economics NTNU, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE III, CESifo & WIL. Main organiser of LISIT. PI of @welgain.bsky.social. Father of two! https://www.robertoiacono.org/
#Walmart #Supercenter openings are associated with a 2.2 percentage point (18%) rise in #poverty, and the increase persists for at least a decade. Our article is now published in #LabourEconomics, with @zparolin.bsky.social, Clemente Pignatti & Rafael Pintro-Schmitt.
#BasicIncome and #JobGuarantee are often pitted against each other. In our @econfip.bsky.social brief with @maxkasy.bsky.social, we argue they can be complements: Cash gives autonomy & security; Guaranteed jobs add latent benefits of work that cash alone doesn't deliver econfip.org/wp-content/u...
The American Sociological Review issue with our paper on labor unions and Walmart's buyer power, with @joshuachoper.bsky.social and @zparolin.bsky.social, is now out alongside several other articles that are worth checking out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/asra/91/3
American Sociological Review - Volume 91, Number 3
Table of contents for American Sociological Review, 91, 3
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📄New WP out: "Labor Market Consequences of Generative AI: Early Evidence from Norway" www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo... Does GenAI displace early-career workers? Together w/ Dennis Facius (EUI), we bring population-wide evidence from Norway to one of the most urgent questions in labor economics these days
🎉 New paper out in World Development by @welgain.bsky.social's PI @robertoiacono.org & Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati (UCD): "Unintended Consequences of Externally Aided Projects on Fiscal Transfers: A Subnational Study of India" 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X26001439
Unintended consequences of externally aided projects on fiscal transfers: a subnational study of India
We investigate the impact of foreign aid on inter-governmental transfers in India. While anecdotal evidence suggests that the central government subst…
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📢New Working Paper! "Dual Income Taxation and Top Income Shares" ✍️ Michele Ceraolo, @robertoiacono.org & Fernando Rios-Avila What are the distributional consequences of Dual #Income Taxation (DIT)?💲 Find out: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
🚨New WP🚨 We study DIT across 20 countries (1980–2019). DIT adoption increases the top 10% share by 0.67 pp & the top 1% by 0.50 pp. Efficiency gains come at an equity cost. W/ M. Ceraolo & F. Rios-Avila. ifo.de/en/cesifo/publications/2026/working-paper/dual-income-taxation-and-top-income-shares
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Huge congrats to #WelGain member Jorge Luis Garcia (Texas A&M) on his new paper in AEJ: Economic Policy! He shows India's rural employment guarantee raises household consumption but cuts women's labor force participation & well-being — exactly the kind of hidden effect WelGain aims to surface.
Guaranteed Employment in Rural India: Intrahousehold Labor and Resource Allocation Consequences
(May 2026) - I investigate the intrahousehold labor and resource allocation consequences of an employment guarantee targeting rural households in India. The guarantee insures household earnings, repla...
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4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) to be held 7th-8th September in Trondheim, Norway. sites.google.com/site/prgreen... Keynotes: Elizabeth Cascio (Dartmouth) and Björn Öckert (IFAU) Call for papers open soon Funded by EduGAP project samforsk.no/prosjekter/e... #EconConf
WEEP 2026
The Department of Economics at NTNU and NTNU Samfunnsforskning are pleased to announce the 4th Workshop on Education Economics and Policy (WEEP) in Trondheim, Norway 7th-8th September 2026. We invite...
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🔥 Just accepted for publication at AEJ:Policy 🔥 "Employing the unemployed of Marienthal: Evaluation of a guaranteed job program" maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p...
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#CFA: We are hiring 2 Postdocs and 1 PhD to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (c.1750-1950). Join us in Trondheim! 2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... (deadline for applying: March 15)
Senior researchers in History (291971) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Senior researchers in History (291971), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026
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Our WelGain project member @lukaslehner.bsky.social interviewed on the UK's benefits bill. Framing correctly the cost of welfare, and unveiling the hidden benefits of social programs, is central to the WelGain project. Stay tuned for more!
Lukas Lehner@lukaslehner.bsky.social · 7mo agoReform UK recently claimed that the UK’s benefits bill would be much higher than in other Western countries. That's simply incorrect. I spoke to @timharford.ft.com for #BBC More or Less about the actual cost of welfare. BBC: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6WyJ...
Eager to start a PhD and work with Norwegian register data? Apply! inomics.com/job/phd-cand...
Roberto Iacono@robertoiacono.org · 8mo ago📢🚨 PhD position in my new "@welgain.bsky.social" project 🚨 📢 I am looking for a 🎓 PhD student 🎓 interested in impact evaluation, welfare programs, labor & public economics, social policy & inequality, to work with me at NTNU in Trondheim (www.ntnu.edu). (1/3) 👇
✨Winter School #IT19 ✨ Sarting the Nineteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (#IT19) 3 days, 85 participants, 25 talks, 3 lab sessions, 40 posters/presentations, a lot to learn about! @cesifo.org @liser.lu Uni Verona @cy-univ.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social
📢🚨 PhD position in my new "@welgain.bsky.social" project 🚨 📢 I am looking for a 🎓 PhD student 🎓 interested in impact evaluation, welfare programs, labor & public economics, social policy & inequality, to work with me at NTNU in Trondheim (www.ntnu.edu). (1/3) 👇
Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Located in Trondheim, Gjøvik and Ålesund. Specializing in technology and the natural sciences. 40 000 students.
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Fully funded Ph.D. position in economics open - please apply and/or inform your promising students! Application deadline 28 February. www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-... This is an open-topic fellowship, with research proposals aligned with the economics group's research interests being given priority.
PhD Fellowship position in Economics at Oslo Business School, OsloMet
Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with 23,000 students and over 2,600 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conduct...
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Excited to be part of this project, where we'll aim to improve cost-benefit analysis of social policies over the next four years. Thanks for leading the work, @robertoiacono.org!
WelGain@welgain.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe WelGain project has got a website on which you can follow our updates! www.ntnu.edu/isa/welgain
The WelGain project has got a website on which you can follow our updates! www.ntnu.edu/isa/welgain
The WelGain project explores why public debates about welfare often emphasize costs more than benefits. - NTNU
WelGain – Welfare Gains.
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‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital url: academic.oup.com/ser/article/...
‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital
Abstract. Many countries are concerned about the migration of top taxpayers. Yet we know little about how economic elites weigh the taxes they pay when dec
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I will be hiring soon! A fully funded 3-year PhD position at NTNU, supported by our WelGain project. Stay tuned!
Roberto Iacono@robertoiacono.org · 10mo agoTime to celebrate! 🎉 The WelGain project (Tangible welfare costs & hidden welfare gains: unveiling the counterfactual in the evaluation of social programs) has received funding by the RCN, approx. 11.97M NOK (1M EUR). I look forward to serve as PI of an amazing team of colleagues @NTNU and abroad!
📢 Happy to share that our paper "Compulsory activation of young welfare recipients: revisiting the trade-off between workfare and welfare generosity", co-authored with @baardsmed.bsky.social, has been published in the Socio-Economic Review (OUP). 🔗 Read the article: doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
Our speaker this week is @robertoiacono.org (NTNU), who is currently visiting our Department of Economics @unipisa.bsky.social and presents "Capital and Labor Income Mobility", joint with @marcoranaldi.bsky.social and @joelliambuehler.bsky.social . www.ec.unipi.it/eventi/rober... #econsky #seminar
Roberto Iacono (Norwegian University of Science and Technology): Capital and Labor Income Mobility - Dipartimento di Economia e Management
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025, at 2:30 pm Venue: Room Bruguier Pacini, DEM + Online via Teams Speaker: Roberto Iacono…Leggi tutto...
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Being back at @deps-siena.bsky.social today to present my work, 4 years after my sabbatical spent here, has been a great pleasure, and a bit emotional. Keep up the good work, I think @deps-siena.bsky.social is gaining back the glory of its past!
DEPS Siena - Economics & Statistics@deps-siena.bsky.social · 9mo ago📢THIS WEEK @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! @robertoiacono.org (NTNU) "Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform" 🗓️⏲️ Nov 5, 15:00, Goodwin Room #Siena
📢THIS WEEK @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Seminar! @robertoiacono.org (NTNU) "Behavioral responses to wealth taxation: evidence from a Norwegian reform" 🗓️⏲️ Nov 5, 15:00, Goodwin Room #Siena
Happy World Statistics Day! 🎉📊 🔥 Final stretch! Apply to join #FIRE — Finland’s register-based research initiative — as a visiting researcher by Oct 22. 📊🚀 @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social
INVEST Research Flagship Centre@invest-flagship.bsky.social · 10mo agoDo register-based research? 🔎 #FIRE Fellowships offer 1–2 month visits to Finland for postdocs & senior researchers. Apply now 👉 fire-infra.com/en/fire-visi... @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social
Do register-based research? 🔎 #FIRE Fellowships offer 1–2 month visits to Finland for postdocs & senior researchers. Apply now 👉 fire-infra.com/en/fire-visi... @utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social
FIRE Visiting Fellow Programme - FIRE
FIRE fellowships are 1–2 months visits to the Finnish Infrastructure for Register-Based Research (FIRE) to collaborate with our researchers.
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FOUR new positions available at INET Oxford! @zparolin.bsky.social is hiring: 🠺 1x FT Post-Doctoral Researcher in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility 🠺 3x PT Rsearchers in Inequality, Social Policy, and Social Mobility Find out more and apply HERE ➵ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
From the local newspaper Lister (1899), this gem: Political economy. 12-year-old: “What is political economy, Dad?” Dad: “Never buy more votes than you strictly need.”
