Alessandro Cigno

Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence

Professor of Economics

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http://www.alessandrocigno.it/

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1.

Does Globalisation Increase Child Labour?

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 May 2002
Alessandro Cigno, Furio C. Rosati and Lorenzo Guarcello
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, University of Rome Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics and International Labour Office
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Child Labour, Globalisation, Education, Health, Skill Premium, Trade

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Scholarships or Student Loans? Subsidizing Higher Education in the Presence of Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 31 Jul 2003
Alessandro Cigno and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
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Scholarships, Student Loans, Graduate Tax,

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Why Do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Feb 2001
Alessandro Cigno and Furio C. Rosati
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Rome Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics
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The Role of Social Security in Household Decisions: VAR Estimates of Saving and Fertility Behaviour in Germany

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Feb 2001
Alessandro Cigno, Luca Casolaro and Furio C. Rosati
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Bank of Italy and University of Rome Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics
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The Supply of Child Labour

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Apr 2004
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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child labour, bonded labour, education, health, credit, insurance, poverty

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How to Avoid a Pension Crisis: A Question of Intelligent System Design

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How to Avoid a Pension Crisis: A Question of Intelligent System Design

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2590
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Mar 2009
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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pension reform, implicit pension taxes and subsidies, child benefits, fertility, labour productivity

How to Avoid a Pension Crisis: A Question of Intelligent System Design

CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 56, Issue 1, pp. 21-37, 2010
Posted: 22 Feb 2010
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence

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Pension reform, implicit pension taxes and subsidies, child benefits, fertility, labour productivity

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Is There Such a Thing as a Family Constitution? A Test Based on Credit Rationing

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 May 2005
Alessandro Cigno, Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Furio C. Rosati and Daniela Vuri
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, University of Florence - Dipartimento di Studi sullo Stato, University of Rome Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics and University of Rome Tor Vergata
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family constitution, altruism, exchange, private transfers, personal services

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A Theoretical Analysis of the Effects of Legislation on Marriage, Fertility, Domestic Division of Labour, and the Education of Children

CESifo Working Paper No. 2143
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Nov 2007
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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gender, education, labour participation, fertility, civil partnership, marriage, divorce, alimony, dowry, bride-price, school-leaving age

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Is There a Social Security Tax Wedge?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1967, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1772
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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tax wedge, Bismarck, Beveridge, public pensions, implicit pension tax, labour

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Transfers to Families with Children as a Principal-Agent Problem

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Mar 2001
Alessandro Cigno, Annalisa Luporini and Anna Pettini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche and University of Florence
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Direct and Indirect Taxation When Households Differ in Market and Non-Market Abilities

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Sep 2001
Alessandro Cigno and Alessandro Balestrino
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and Universita di Pisa - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
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The Political Economy of Intergenerational Cooperation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1632
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Jan 2006
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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intergenerational cooperation, family, fertility, saving, private transfers, education, child benefits, pensions, self-enforcing constitutions, direct democracy, representative democracy, constitutions

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A Constitutional Theory of the Family

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1797
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Oct 2005
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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families, self-enforcing constitutions, renegotiation-proofness, altruism, fertility, saving, transfers, attention, pensions, credit rationing

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How to Deal with Covert Child Labour, and Give Children an Effective Education, in a Poor Developing Country: An Optimal Taxation Problem with Moral Hazard

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3077
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Jun 2010
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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child labour, education, uncertainty, moral hazard

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Taxing Family Size and Subsiding Child-Specific Commodities: Optimal Fiscal Treatment of Households with Endogenous Fertility

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Aug 2001
Alessandro Cigno and Anna Pettini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Florence
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Endogenous Fertility, Optimal Indirect Taxation, Child-Specific Commodities, Child Benefits

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What's the Use of Marriage?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4635
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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gender, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, alimony, matrimonial property, fertility, division of labour

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Optimal Policy Towards Families with Different Amounts of Social Capital, in the Presence of Asymmetric Information and Stochastic Fertility

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1664
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Mar 2006
Alessandro Cigno and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
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education, stochastic fertility, child benefits, pensions, scholarships, social capital, asymmetric information, multi-agency

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Is Marriage as Good as a Contract?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4555
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 22 Jan 2014
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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contracts, hold-up problem, separate-property marriage, community-property marriage, divorce legislation

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Hidden Information Problems in the Design of Family Allowances

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Jul 2003
Alessandro Cigno, Annalisa Luporini and Anna Pettini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche and University of Florence
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Family Allowances, Parental Ability, Hidden Information, Agency Problem, Optimal Taxation

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The Role of Trade and Offshoring in the Determination of Child Labour

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8878
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Mar 2015
Alessandro Cigno, Giorgia Giovannetti and Laura Sabani
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Università di Firenze and University of Florence
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trade barriers, FDI, skill endowment, skill premium, school enrolment, child labour

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Agency in Family Policy: A Survey

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2664
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Jun 2009
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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optimal taxation, optimal family allowances, hidden ability to raise children, hidden educational investments, endogenous and exogenous fertility

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How to Deal with Covert Child Labour, and Give Children an Effective Education, in a Poor Developing Country

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5663
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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child labour, education, uncertainty, moral hazard, optimal taxation

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Student Loans and the Allocation of Graduate Jobs

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Student Loans and the Allocation of Graduate Jobs

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5230
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Mar 2015
Alessandro Cigno and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
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higher education, matching tournaments, credit rationing, separating equilibria

Student Loans and the Allocation of Graduate Jobs

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, Vol. 52, Issue 1, pp. 339-378, 2019
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Feb 2019
Alessandro Cigno and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
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Self-Enforcing Family Rules, Marriage and the (Non)Neutrality of Public Intervention

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5948
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Jul 2016
Alessandro Cigno, Mizuki Komura and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Musashi University and University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
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marriage, family constitution, preference transmission, policy neutrality

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Optimal Family Policy in the Presence of Moral Hazard, When the Quantity and Quality of Children are Stochastic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4179
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 May 2009
Alessandro Cigno and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Florence - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
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stochastic quantity and quality of children, moral hazard, population externalities, family allowances, scholarships, pensions

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The Role of Trade and Offshoring in the Determination of Relative Wages and Child Labour

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6549
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Jul 2017
Alessandro Cigno, Giorgia Giovannetti and Laura Sabani
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Università di Firenze and University of Florence
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child labour, education, trade liberalization, skill endowments, skill premium

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Evolution of Individual Preferences and Persistence of Family Rules

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Evolution of Individual Preferences and Persistence of Family Rules

CESifo Working Paper No. 8576
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Oct 2020
Alessandro Cigno, Alessandro Gioffré and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Florence
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family rule, care of the elderly, matching, evolution, migration

Evolution of Individual Preferences and Persistence of Family Rules

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12373
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Alessandro Cigno, Alessandro Gioffré and Annalisa Luporini
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, University of Florence - Department of Economics and Management and University of Florence
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matching, evolution, family rule, care of the elderly, migration

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A Strictly Economic Explanation of Gender Norms: The Lasting Legacy of the Plough

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13128
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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hold-up problem, comparative advantage, migration, matching, plough, social norm

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Rules, Preferences and Evolution from the Family Angle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14621
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Aug 2021
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence
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Endogenous Fertility and the Design of Family Taxation

Posted: 23 Sep 2002
Alessandro Balestrino, Alessandro Cigno and Anna Pettini
Universita di Pisa - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence and University of Florence

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Optimal direct and indirect taxation, endogenous fertility, comparative advantage, self-selection, child benefits

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Comparative Advantage, Observability, and the Optimal Tax Treatment of Families with Children

Posted: 26 Nov 2001
Alessandro Cigno
Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence

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Comparative advantage, fertility, income and commodity taxation, child benefits, self selection, incentive compatibility