Francesco Pagliacci

Social innovation and natural disasters: the "Casa Italia" Plan

L’articolo offre una lettura critica del Piano Casa Italia alla luce degli studi di Social In-novation e di una prospettiva socio-economica. Il contributo mette a fuoco le principali sfide che il Piano deve affrontare per una sua efficace implementazione e delinea alcune implicazioni per le politiche pubbliche. Il piano puo rappresentare un efficiente strumento di innovazione sociale quando riuscira ad integrare una prospettiva socio-economica all’interno della sua ma-trice tecnico-ingegneristica.

Socioeconomic effects of an earthquake: does spatial heterogeneity matter?

ABSTRACT Estimation of the macroeconomic effects of an earthquake critically depends on the identification of the affected areas boundaries, socioeconomic local heterogeneity and proper counterfactual analysis. By taking the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake (Italy) as a case study, this paper answers these questions in a sub-regional framework. Cluster analysis tackles the heterogeneity issue, returning different types of affected municipalities. A difference-in-differences analysis then suggests that, since 2012, some clusters (and some municipalities within them) have performed better than others. This contrasts with the results observed by comparing the whole affected area with the non-affected one, with implications for both policy interventions and the recovery processes.