CRENoS Working Paper, February 2025
On the Record: What Drives Workplace Injury Reporting?
Fabio Angei
This paper studies the under-reporting of workplace injuries in Italy using administrative data on work accidents. It shows that fatal workplace news increases the reporting of non-severe injuries, suggesting that many accidents remain unreported under normal conditions.
First draft coming soon
Workers Beliefs about Benefits and Costs of Meaningful Work
with Silvia Balia, Rinaldo Brau, and Giovanni Sulis
Based on a survey of 3,510 Italian employees, this project studies how workers evaluate autonomy, competence, and relatedness, and how those beliefs compare with actual outcomes in job satisfaction, work-life balance, and working time.
First draft coming soon
Artificial Intelligence and Support for Labor Market Policies: Evidence from a Survey Experiment
with Silvia Balia, Rinaldo Brau, and Giovanni Sulis
Using a survey experiment with 2,105 Italian employees, we study how information about the potential labor-market implications of Artificial Intelligence affects support for different policies. Respondents are randomly assigned to narratives framing AI as labor substitution, task complementarity, or increased reskilling needs, or to a control group. We measure support for unemployment insurance, short-time work schemes, minimum-income support, publicly funded training, and hiring subsidies. We find that among non-users, the substitution narrative increases support for training and hiring subsidies, whereas among AI users, it reduces support for unemployment insurance and short-time work schemes.
Work in progress
Risk Aversion and Strategic Decision-Making: Evidence from University Housing Allocation
with Alessio Garau