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Here you can find some freely downloadable working papers of mine.

• Assessing Models in Frontier Analysis through Dynamic Graphics (with G. Porzio), WP 3.84, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, University of Salerno, 1999.

• Differenziali territoriali di produttività ed efficienza negli anni ’90: i livelli e l’andamento, DP n. 59, Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica, University of Salerno, 2001.

• Assessing the Productive Efficiency of Non-profit Organisations: A Comparative Analysis (with O.W. Maietta),  DP n. 63, Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica, University of Salerno, 2001.

• The efficiency of volunteering organisations: A Free Disposal Hull analysis of Italian health volunteering (with O.W. Maietta), Centro per la Formazione in Economia e Politica dello Sviluppo Rurale, WP n. 8, University of Naples "Federico II", 2002.

• Convexity, productivity change and the economic performance of countries (with G. Storti), WP 3.126, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, University of Salerno, 2002.

• Public Capital and Total Factor Productivity. New Evidence from the Italian Regions (with V. Sena), DP n. 73, Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica, University of Salerno, 2003. A revised version of this paper, with a longer data-set, can be found at http://econpapers.repec.org/article/tafregstd/v_3a39_3ay_3a2005_3ai_3a5_3ap_3a603-617.htm

• Measuring Macroeconomic Performance Through a Non-parametric Taylor Curve, CSEF WP. n. 95, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Salerno, 2003.

• Patterns of corporate governance and technical efficiency in Italian manufacturing (with V, Sena), Finance, EconWPA, 2004. A revised version of this paper, with a longer data-set, can be found at  http://econpapers.repec.org/article/wlymgtdec/v_3a28_3ay_3a2007_3ai_3a1_3ap_3a27-40.htm

• The stock of human capital in the ltalian regions (with A. Taddeo, M. Tornatore), WP 3.142, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, University of Salerno, 2004.

• Matching Efficiency and Labour Market Reform in Italy. A Macroeconometric Assessment (with R. Fonseca), DP n. 93, Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica, University of Salerno, 2005. A revised version of this paper can be found at  http://econpapers.repec.org/article/blalabour/v_3a21_3ay_3a2007_3ai_3a1_3ap_3a57-84.htm

• Unit root and cointegration tests for cross-sectionally correlated panels. Estimating regional production functions (with R. Basile, M. Costantini), DP n. 94, Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica, University of Salerno, 2005. A revised version of this paper can be found at http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeeecmode/v_3a26_3ay_3a2009_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a320-327.htm

• A Procedure for Detecting Outlier Estimation (with G. Storti), WP 3.172, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, University of Salerno, 2005.

• Evaluating Business Incentives: An Analysis on Capitalia Firm Data (with G. Storti), WP 3.173, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, University of Salerno, 2005.

• Inequality and Labour-market Performance. A Survey Beyond an Elusive Trade-off (with G. Mastromatteo), WP 3.176, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, University of Salerno, 2005.

• Health, Capabilities and Functionings: An Empirical Analysis for the UK (with V. Sena), CSEF WP. n. 151, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Salerno, 2006

• Labour-Market Reforms and the Beveridge Curve. Some Macro Evidence for Italy (with R. Fonseca), CSEF WP n. 168, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Salerno, 2006.

• Technology and Firm Size Distribution: Evidence from Italian Manufacturing (with P. Ganugi, L. Crosato), DP n. 102, Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica, University of Salerno, 2007.

• Inflation, Central Bank Independence and Corporatism: An Empirical Test (with M.O. Rizza), Quaderni di Ricerca - 40 anni di attività dell'Ente Einaudi (1965 - 2005), n. 62, Ente per gli Studi Monetari Bancari e Finanziari L. Einaudi. Roma, 2007.

• Winds of Change and Policies. The Inequality-Employment Trade-off in the OECD (with G. Mastromatteo), WP 3.198, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, University of Salerno, 2008.

• Firm Size Distribution and Returns to Scale. Non-Parametric Frontier Estimates from Italian Manufacturing (with P. Ganugi, L. Crosato), CSEF WP. n. 228, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Salerno, 2009.

• Labor-market Performance in the OECD: An Assessment of Recent Evidence (with G. Mastromatteo), WP 559, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, NY USA, 2009.

• It's wages, it's hours, it's the Italian wage curve (with G. Pica), CSEF WP. n. 247, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Salerno, 2010.

• More Jobs? A Panel Analysis of the Lisbon Strategy (with G. Mastromatteo), CSEF WP. n. 264, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Salerno, 2010.

• Risk and Regulation: The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks (with C. Barra and G. Lubrano Lavadera), CSEF WP 290, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, University of Salerno, 2011.
  
  
   

You may be interested in the web-pages of a couple of books which I co-edited:

• The European Labour Market. Regional Dimensions (edited with F.E. Caroleo), Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2006.
  You may also see a review of this book at: http://econpapers.repec.org/article/liuliucej/v_3a5_3ay_3a2008_3ai_3a1_3ap_3a125-129.htm

• Paid and Unpaid Labour in the Social economy. An International Perspective (edited with M. Musella), Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2009

If you are interested in other published work of mine (see the CV) which you cannot find here or retrieve otherwise (Repec, SSRN), please feel free to ask it to me at: destefanis@unisa.it