Research — Stefano Verzillo

★ Flagship papers Selected Publications

Econometrica Optimal transport · NL registry data · Matching models

"Assortative Matching on Income"

Chiappori P.A., Fiorio C., Galichon A. and Verzillo S.

Journal HCEO WP Replication Package

Forthcoming NL Data

J. Econ. Behavior & Org. DiD · firm-level data · Covid-Aid treatment

"The Impact of Financial Support to Firms During Crises: The Case of Covid-Aid in EU"

Canzian G., Crivellaro E., Duso T., Ferrara A., Sasso A. and Verzillo S.

Journal DIW CESifo CEPR

Forthcoming ES-IT Data

Intl. J. Industrial Org. DiD · EU telecom regulator data · RLAH Regulation

"Evaluating the Impact of Price Caps — Evidence from the European Roam-Like-at-Home Regulation"

Canzian G., Mazzarella G., Ronchail L., Verboven F. and Verzillo S.

Journal CEPR CESifo

Published 2025 EU Data

JRSS – Series A Spatial RDD · Administrative borders · Italian health records

"Administrative border effects in Covid-19 related mortality"

Berta P., Bratti M., Fiorio C.V., Pisoni E. and Verzillo S.

Journal IZA SSRN

Published 2025 IT Data

Rev. Econ. & Statistics IV · Italian academic registries · Career incentives

"Incentives and Careers in Academia: Theory and Empirical Analysis"

Checchi D., De Fraja G. and Verzillo S.

Vol. 103(4), pp. 786–802

Journal CEPR IZA Replication Package

Published 2021 IT Data

Working Paper RDD & DiD · ERC administrative records · Long-run treatment effects

"The Long-Term Causal Effects of Winning an ERC Grant"

Ghirelli C., Havari E., Meroni E. and Verzillo S.

IZA Discussion Paper N. 16108 · Banco de España WP N. 2313

IZA Banco de España

Submitted EU Data

Full research record — by theme

Policy Evaluation & EU Regulation

"The Impact of Financial Support to Firms During Crises: The Case of Covid-Aid in EU"

Canzian G., Crivellaro E., Duso T., Ferrara A., Sasso A. and Verzillo S.

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations

Journal CEPR DIW CESifo

Forthcoming ES-IT Data

"The Long-Term Causal Effects of Winning an ERC Grant"

Ghirelli C., Havari E., Meroni E. and Verzillo S.

IZA Discussion Paper N. 16108 · Banco de España WP N. 2313

IZA Banco de España

Submitted EU Data

"Evaluating the Impact of Price Caps — Evidence from the European Roam-Like-at-Home Regulation"

Canzian G., Mazzarella G., Ronchail L., Verboven F. and Verzillo S.

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2024

Journal CEPR CESifo

Published 2025 EU Data

"Does labour protection influence mental-health responses to employment shocks? Evidence on older workers in Europe"

Di Novi C., Paruolo P. and Verzillo S.

Economic Modelling, Vol. 126, 106406

Journal HEDG SSRN

Published 2023 EU Data

Labour, Education & Economics of Science

"Italian Academics and External Activities. An Ineffective Reform?"

Checchi D., De Fraja G., Marra A. and Verzillo S.

In Progress IT Data

"A New Algorithm for Evaluating Scientific Research"

De Fraja G. and Verzillo S.

In Progress

"Assortative Matching on Income"

Chiappori P.A., Fiorio C., Galichon A. and Verzillo S.

Econometrica — forthcoming

Journal HCEO WP

Forthcoming NL Data

"How to Pay for Scientific Research"

Checchi D., De Fraja G., Marchiori C., Minelli E. and Verzillo S.

C.E.P.R. Discussion Paper N. 19083

CEPR

Submitted

"The Atlas of Data Science Research"

Montanelli S., Picascia S., Salini S. and Verzillo S.

IEEE Access, Vol. 13, pp. 175943–175959

Journal

Published 2025

"Incentives and Careers in Academia: Theory and Empirical Analysis"

Checchi D., De Fraja G. and Verzillo S.

The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 103(4), pp. 786–802

Journal CEPR IZA

Published 2021 IT Data

"Have you read this? An empirical comparison of the British REF peer review and the Italian VQR bibliometric algorithm"

Checchi D., Ciolfi A., De Fraja G., Mazzotta I. and Verzillo S.

Economica, Vol. 88(352), pp. 1107–1129

Journal CEPR IZA

Published 2021

"The 'gravity' of quality: Research quality and the attractiveness of universities in Italy"

Bratti M. and Verzillo S.

Regional Studies, Vol. 53(10), pp. 1385–1396

Journal IZA

Published 2019 IT Data

"Network Management as a Contingent Activity"

Cristofoli D., Trivellato B. and Verzillo S.

Public Management Review, Vol. 21(12), pp. 1775–1800

Journal

Published 2019

"Selections from Ordered Sets"

Checchi D., De Fraja G. and Verzillo S.

Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 50(4), pp. 677–703

Journal IZA

Published 2018

"Family Splitting versus Joint Taxation: a case-study"

Verzillo S., Santoro A. and Mezzanzanica M.

Economia Politica, Vol. 34(2), pp. 337–354

Journal

Published 2017 IT Data

"Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from Italy"

Lovaglio P.G. and Verzillo S.

Quality and Quantity, Vol. 50(2), pp. 791–822

Journal

Published 2016 IT Data

"Human Capital Estimation in Higher Education"

Lovaglio P.G., Vacca G. and Verzillo S.

Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, Vol. 10(4), pp. 465–489

Journal

Published 2016

"The Effects of Decentralization on Academic Recruitment in Italy"

Battistin E., Checchi D. and Verzillo S.

Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione, Vol. 58, pp. 50–79

Journal

Published 2014 IT Data

Health Economics

"The Health Price of Traffic: Evidence from Public Transport Strikes"

Berta P., Muzzì S., Siciliani L. and Verzillo S.

In Progress IT Data

"Learning from the Oldest: The Impact of Ageing on Healthcare Expenditure"

Bersani C., Berta P., Muzzì S., Serrano Alarcón M. and Verzillo S.

In Progress IT Data

"Optimal Healthcare Contracts: Theory and Empirical Evidence"

Berta P., De Fraja G. and Verzillo S.

R&R at JEMS

HEDG

Revise & Resubmit IT Data

"The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Non-deferrable Diseases"

Muzzì S., Berta P., Lovaglio P.G. and Verzillo S.

Research in Economics

Forthcoming IT Data

"Administrative border effects in Covid-19 related mortality"

Berta P., Bratti M., Fiorio C.V., Pisoni E. and Verzillo S.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A, 2024

Journal IZA SSRN

Published 2024 IT Data

"The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on AMI and Stroke mortality in Lombardy"

Rossi C., Berta P., Curello S., Lovaglio P.G., Magoni M., Metra M., Roccaro A.M., Verzillo S. and Vittadini G.

PLOS ONE, 16(10) e0257910

Journal Medrxiv

Published 2021 IT Data

"How have casemix, cost and hospital stay of inpatients in the last year of life changed over the past decade? Evidence from Italy"

Berta P., Lovaglio P.G. and Verzillo S.

Health Policy, Vol. 125(8), pp. 1031–1039

Journal

Published 2021 IT Data

"A Bivariate Prediction Approach for Adapting the Health Care System Response to the Spread of COVID-19"

Berta P., Lovaglio P.G., Paruolo P. and Verzillo S.

PLOS ONE, 15(10) e0240150

Journal

Published 2020 IT Data

"Real Time Forecasting of Covid-19 Intensive Care Units demand"

Berta P., Lovaglio P.G., Paruolo P. and Verzillo S.

HEDG Working Paper 20/16

HEDG

Working Paper IT Data

"Evaluating Organizational Change in Healthcare: the Patient-Centered Hospital model"

Fiorio C., Gorli M. and Verzillo S.

BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 18(1), 95

Journal

Published 2018 IT Data

"The Redistributive Effects of Copayment in Outpatients Prescriptions: Evidence from Lombardy"

Berta P., Martini G., Levaggi R. and Verzillo S.

BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 17(1), 336

Journal

Published 2017 IT Data

Others

"%Cem: A SAS Macro to Perform Coarsened Exact Matching"

Berta P., Bossi M. and Verzillo S.

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol. 87(2), pp. 227–238

Journal

Published 2017

Book Chapters & Technical Reports

"Administrative Data Access on Firms and Markets" Duso T., Quatraro F., Santoleri P., Schiersch A. and Verzillo S. (2026)
In: Berton F. and Paruolo P. (Ed.) Data-Driven Learning in the EU, Springer — Springer
"The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Non-deferrable Diseases" Muzzì S., Berta P., Lovaglio P.G. and Verzillo S. (2025)
In: Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, Springer, pp. 79–85 — Springer
"Study on the Effectiveness of COVID-Aid on Firms" Canzian G., Crivellaro E., Duso T., Ferrara A., Sasso A. and Verzillo S. (2024)
Publications Office of the European Union, JRC135571 — JRC
"Topic-Driven Detection and Analysis of Scholarly Data" Ferrara A., Montanelli S., Verzillo S. (2022)
In: Checchi D., Jappelli T. and Uricchio A. (eds) Teaching, Research and Academic Careers, Springer — Springer
"Monitoring Multidimensional Inequalities In The European Union" Alberti V. et al. (2021)
EUR 30649 EN, Publications Office of the European Union — JRC
"Positive Externalities of EU Actions on Sustainability of Health Systems" Guthmuller S., Paruolo P., Verzillo S. (2021)
In: Baltagi B. and Moscone F. The Sustainability of Health Care Systems in Europe, Emerald — Emerald
"Roots and Development of Achievement Gaps" Van Huizen T., Lovaglio P.G., Passaretta G. et al. (2019)
ISOTIS Report — PDF
"The Role of PISA in Regional and Private/Public Debates in Italy" Checchi D. and Verzillo S. (2018)
In: Volante L. PISA, Educational Governance, and Transnational Policy, Routledge
"Google Scholar as a Citation Database for Non-bibliometric Areas" Ferrara A., Montanelli S., Verzillo S. (2018)
In: Bonaccorsi A. The Evaluation of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Springer
"Feasibility Study on Measuring the Causal Impact of Erasmus+ Actions" Schnepf S.V., Ghirelli C., Verzillo S. (2017)
Publications Office of the European Union, JRC105692 — PDF

Selected Seminars & Conference Presentations

2026 EQUIPRICE Mini-Workshop (Cargese, FR), April 27–May 2

2025 Workshop "The Organisation, Economics and Policy of Scientific Research", April 3–4, BETA & University of Strasbourg (FR) · IMT (Invited seminar), June 18, Lucca

2024 ICSSI – International Conference on Science of Science and Innovation, July 1–3, National Academy of Science, Washington D.C. (USA)

2023 NBER Summer Institute 2023 (Science of Science Funding), July 20–21, Cambridge MA (USA) · US Government – FCC Economic Analysis Division Seminar Series (online)

2022 21 LAGV journées, June 6–8 (Marseilles) · Empirical Health Economics Workshop, July 12–14 at JRC Ispra (local organizer)

2021 COMPIE 2021, June 23–25 · Micro HEW – Health Econometrics Workshop, July 21 (local organizer)

2020 VII Health Econometrics Workshop, July 14–17, JRC Ispra (local organizer) · COVER – COVid-19 Empirical Research Webinar, October 30, University of Milan

2019 Health Economics Workshop, DEMM-University of Milan (invited discussant) · The Cowles Foundation Workshop 'Matching: Optimal Transport and Beyond', September 27–28 (Yale School of Management, invited paper)

2018 ESPE Conference, June 25–27 (Antwerp) · EuHEA Conference, July 11–14 (Maastricht) · Health Econometrics Workshop – HEW, July 17–19 (Bergamo)

2017 University of Oxford (Invited Seminar), April 5 · EHEW, May 19–20 (Oslo) · ECINEQ, July 17–19 (New York) · EALE Conference, September 21–23 (St. Gallen)

2016 SASE Annual Conference, June 24–26, UC Berkeley (USA) · Health Econometrics Workshop – HEW, July 22–24 (Bari)

2013–15 ANVUR (Rome) · IWAEE (Catanzaro) · Applied Economics Meeting (Gran Canaria) · IZA/CEPR ESSLE (Ammersee) · AIEL (Pisa) · EALE (Turin) · ECINEQ (Bari) · SIS (Brescia) · and others

Referee for

BMC Health Service Research, British Medical Journal, BMJ Open, Economic Modelling, Educational Research for Policy and Practice, Frontiers in Education, Health Economics, Health Policy, Higher Education Quarterly, Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, International Journal of Educational Management, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Public Health, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Italian Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, PloS One, Public Management Review, Quality and Quantity, Review of Social Economy, RIV – Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione, Scuola Democratica, Statistica Applicata – Italian Journal of Applied Statistics.