Mirco Tonin

Research Fellow

Free University of Bozen/Bolzano

mirco.tonin@unibz.it

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Research Interests

Mirco Tonin is Professor of Economic Policy at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, in Italy. He is also a research affiliate at CESIfo in Munich and a research fellow at the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy at Bocconi University. He received his PhD in Economics from Stockholm University in 2007. He has worked as a consultant to the International Labour Office and the World Bank.

His research focuses on labor economics and public finance. In particular, he is interested in the determinants of workers' intrinsic motivation, the impact of in-work benefits and employment protection legislation on labor market outcomes, and in tax enforcement issues.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 2011.

TWITTER: @mircotonin

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15212

Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties

Stefano Castriota, Sandro Rondinella, Mirco Tonin

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2023, 329, 116011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14012

Communities and Testing for COVID-19

Steven Stillman, Mirco Tonin

published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 23, 617 - 625

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13805

National or Local? The Demand for News in Italy during COVID-19

Stefano Castriota, Marco Delmastro, Mirco Tonin

published as 'National or local infodemic? The demand for news in Italy during COVID-19' in: International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2023, 23, 507–536

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13092

Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration

Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Mirco Tonin

published as ' Expectations, reference points, and compliance with COVID-19 social distancing measures' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2023, 103, 101983

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12996

Class Size Effects in Higher Education: Differences across STEM and Non-STEM Fields

Elif Kara, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

substantially revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 82, 102104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12693

Stay or Flee? Probability versus Severity of Punishment in Hit-And-Run Accidents

Stefano Castriota, Mirco Tonin

published as 'Stay or flee? Hit-and-run accidents, darkness and probability of punishment' in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2023, 55, 117 - 144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11720

When the Market Drives You Crazy: Stock Market Returns and Fatal Car Accidents

Corrado Giulietti, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11674

Paying for What Kind of Performance? Performance Pay and Multitasking in Mission-Oriented Jobs

Daniel Jones, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

substantially revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, 142, 480-507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11458

Water Tariffs and Consumers' Inaction

Carmine Ornaghi, Mirco Tonin

published as 'Inattention Matters: An Analysis of Consumers’ Inaction in Choosing a Water Tariff' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21 (4), 1686–1719,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11366

Pay-What-You-Want to Support Independent Information: A Field Experiment on Motivation

Alessandra Casarico, Mirco Tonin

substantially revised version published as 'A field experiment on fundraising to support independent information' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, 227-250

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9290

Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services: A Field Experiment in the US

Corrado Giulietti, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published as 'Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services: A Field Experiment in the United States' in: Journal of the European Economic Association. 2019, 17 (1), 165 - 204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8414

The Sources of the Gender Gap in Economics Enrolment

Mirco Tonin, Jackline Wahba

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2015, 61 (1), 72-94

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8238

Are Public Sector Workers Different? Cross-European Evidence from Elderly Workers and Retirees

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 4:11, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7995

Referral Incentives in Crowdfunding

Victor Naroditskiy, Sebastian Stein, Mirco Tonin, Long Tran-Thanh, Michael Vlassopoulos, Nicholas R. Jennings

published in: Proceedings of the Second AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing, 2014, 171-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7523

Peer Pressure and Productivity: The Role of Observing and Being Observed

Sotiris Georganas, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 117, 223-232.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7294

Sharing One's Fortune? An Experimental Study on Earned Income and Giving

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 66, 112-118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7084

In-Work Benefits and the Nordic Model

Ann-Sofie Kolm, Mirco Tonin

published as 'Benefits Conditional on Work and the Nordic Model' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 127, 115–126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6716

Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

substantially revised version published as 'Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment' in: Management Science, 2015, 61(8), 1795-1811

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6388

Experimental Evidence of Self-Image Concerns as Motivation for Giving

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 90, 19-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5942

Underreporting of Earnings and the Minimum Wage Spike

Mirco Tonin

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:2

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5660

Minimum Wage and Tax Evasion: Theory and Evidence

Mirco Tonin

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1635-1651