In this paper, we evaluate the impact of participation in the Villaggi per Crescere (Villages for Growing Up) program. These "villages" are physical spaces where families with preschool-aged children can engage in shared activities and receive parenting support.

What is the best way to reform Social Security? Academic literature offers diverging advice. There is a well-known result that the optimal size of Social Security is zero, implying it is best to phase the program out.

We revisit the economic effects of marriage, analysing its heterogeneous impact on the intra-household labour division following childbirth. Can marriage promote coordination of work and child activities between parents and a gender egalitarian division of labour?

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