One out of 1,400 US veterans who are prescribed opioids at an emergency room will eventually die of overdose. Two papers by Sarah Eichmeyer and Jonathan Zhang assess the risks of becoming an addict and worse.

Research, young scholars, internationality and participation in public debate are the priorities set for the Italian Association of Energy Economists

From migrant worker to owner: when temporary migration is used to gain initial capital to become self employed

Bocconi's Laboratory for Effective Anti Poverty Policies provides rigorous empirical evidence on the functioning of experimental educational initiatives, which could be replicated on a large scale to improve the quality of education

IGIER visiting student Nicolas Sourisseau reports on a seminar with Camillo Padoa Schioppa (Washington University)

Luigi Iovino obtained an ERC Consolidator Grant to shed light on how expectations are formed and how they determine economic decisions. Interestingly, his results could provide central banks with effective tools to fine tune the green transition