I am Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) at the Department of Economics and Law of the Sapienza University of Rome. I currently teach Public Economics as Aggregate Professor at the Faculty of Economics in Latina. I obtained a PhD in Economics in the Department of Public Economics of Sapienza University of Rome and I previously held posts at the Departments of Economics of the Universities of Trento, Siena, Padua, and Cassino.

I collaborate with the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and with the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises in Trento.

I am founding editor of the Social Capital Gateway, website providing resources for social sciences, and chief editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (JEOD). I am currently a top 5% author in the RePEc worldwide ranking of economists in terms of 4 of the 33 RePEc criteria. Here is my Google Scholar Citation Profile (H-Index = 13 as of May 2013).

I also write two blogs on topics of economics and politics for the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano and for the Italian magazine MicroMega (Espresso-La Repubblica Group). Besides my research activity, I have a passion for photography and I collaborate with Getty Images as a freelance photographer. Here is my photostream on Flickr.com.

Contact

Email: fabio.sabatini@uniroma1.it or fa.sabatini@gmail.com.
Address for correspondence: Sapienza Università di Roma, Facoltà di Economia, via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161, Roma, Italy.
 

Current Position

• Assistant Professor (Ricercatore), Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome.

• Aggregate Professor of Public Economics, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome.

External affiliations

• Research Associate, Laboratory for Comparative Social Research of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

• Senior Researcher, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse), Trento

• Research Affiliate, Health, Econometrics and Data Group, University of York.
 

Editorial activities

• Author and editor of  Social Capital Gateway, web site providing resources for the study of social capital acknowledged by the Journal of Economic Education as an exemplary material for teaching and learning economics.

• Chief Editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (JEOD). 

• Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Comparative and International Social Policy (Taylor & Francis), the Open Journal of Business and Management (Scientific Research Publishing) and of Impresa Sociale (Consorzio CGM).

• Editor of the NEP (New Economics Papers) Report on Social Norms and Social Capital within the RePEc Project. NEP Reports are sponsored by the State University of New York.

• Author of two blogs in the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano and in the Italian magazine MicroMega (Gruppo Espresso-La Repubblica).

• Co-editor of the blog Programmi in Movimento in the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.

• Referee for the following peer-reviewed journals: American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Applied Economics, British Journal of Sociology, Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society, Comparative Political Studies, Economics Bulletin, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, European Sociological Review, International Review of Economics, International Sociology, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Cultural Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Happiness Studies, Journal of Socio-Economics, QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi Doria, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Regional Studies, Review of Economics of the Household, Review of Income and Wealth, Review of Social Economy, Rivista di Politica Economica, Small Business Economics, Social Indicators Research, Social Networks, Social Science and Medicine, Sociological Research Online, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography).
On average, I perform a review per week.
 

Articles in international refereed journals

• Sabatini, F., Modena, F., Tortia, E. (2013). Do cooperative enterprises create social trust? Small Business Economics, Doi: 10.1007/s11187-013-9494-8.

• Modena, F., Rondinelli, C., Sabatini, F. (2013). Economic insecurity and fertility intentions: The Case of Italy. Review of Income and Wealth, doi: 10.1111/roiw.12044.

• Antoci, F., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2013). Economic growth, technological progress and social capital: the inverted U hypothesis. Metroeconomica 64(3), 401-431.

• Antoci, A., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2013). Bowling alone but tweeting together: the evolution of human interaction in the social networking Era. Quality & Quantity, doi: 10.1007/s11135-013-9863-z.

• Antoci, A., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2012). The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Hypertechnological Growing Economy. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 81 (3), 802-814.

• Sabatini, F. (2012). Who Trusts Berlusconi? An Econometric Analysis of the Role of Television in the Political Arena. Kyklos, 65: 111–131.

• Modena, F., Sabatini, F. (2012). I Would if I Could: Precarious Employment and Childbearing Intentions in Italy. Review of Economics of the Household 10 (1), 77-97.

• Antoci, F., Sabatini, F., Sodini, M. (2012). See You on Facebook! A framework for analyzing the role of computer-mediated interaction in the evolution of social capital. The Journal of Socio-Economics 41, 541–547.

• Fiorillo, D., Sabatini, F. (2011). Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health. Social Science and Medicine, 73, 1644-1652.

• Fiorillo, D., Sabatini, F. (2011). An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Interactions, Income and Health in Italy. Economics Bulletin, 31 (2), 1336-1352.

• Sabatini, F. (2009). Social Capital as Social Networks: a New Framework for Measurement and an empirical analysis of its determinants and consequences. Journal of Socio-Economics, 38 (3), 429-442.

• Sabatini, F. (2009). The relationship between trust and networks. An exploratory empirical analysis. Economics Bulletin 29 (2), 674-685.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Social Capital and the Quality of Economic Development. Kyklos, 61 (3), 466-499.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?. International Journal of Management and Decision Making 9, (5), 454-480.
 

Refereed notes and book reviews

• Sabatini, F. (2005). Resources for the Study of Social Capital. Journal of Economic Education, 36 (2), 198.

• Sabatini, F. (2003). Review Essay of Ben Fine, "Social Capital versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millenium". Economic Notes, 32 (3), 403-408.
 

Working Papers

• Degli Antoni, G., Sabatini, F. (2013). Disentangling the relationship between nonprofit and social capital: the role of social cooperatives and social welfare associations in the development of networks of strong and weak ties. EconomEtica working paper n. 48, Milano. Submitted.

• Sabatini, F. (2011). The relationship between happiness and health: evidence from Italy. University of York, Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Paper n. 11/07. Submitted.

• Fiorillo, D., Sabatini, F. (2011). Structural social capital and health in Italy. University of York Health, Econometrics and Data Group working paper 11/23. Submitted (2nd round).

• Sabatini, F. (2011). Can a click buy a little happiness? The impact of business-to-consumer e-commerce on subjective well-being. EERI (Economics and Econometrics Research Institute, Brussels) Research Paper 2011_12. Submitted (2nd round).

• Sabatini, F. (2010). Does Social Capital Create Trust? Evidence from a Community of Entrepreneurs. University of Siena, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, n. 552. Submitted (3rd round).

Please check my profile on Ideas for a complete list of my working papers.
 

Articles in Italian refereed journals

• Sabatini, F. (2009). Il capitale sociale nelle regioni italiane: un’analisi comparata. Rivista di Politica Economica 99 (2), 167-220.

• Sabatini, F. (2007). Un atlante del capitale sociale italiano. QA, Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi Doria 1/2007, 41-73.

• Sabatini, F. (2004). Il concetto di capitale sociale nelle scienze sociali. Una rassegna della letteratura economica, sociologica e politologica. Studi e Note di Economia 2/2004, 73-105.
 

Books

• Garofalo, G., Sabatini, F. (eds) (2008). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Cecchi, C., Grando, S., Sabatini, F. (2008). Campagne in sviluppo. Capitale sociale e comunità rurali in Europa. Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier.

• Cecchi, C., Sabatini, F. (2007). Il capitale sociale per la pianificazione e gestione dei servizi pubblici locali. Roma, Officina Edizioni.
 

Book Chapters

• Sabatini, F. (2011). Il capitale sociale in Provincia di Trento. Comparazione con le regioni italiane mediante analisi in componenti principali. In Borzaga, C. (Ed). Relazioni di qualità: il capitale sociale in Provincia di Trento. Trento: Edizioni 31.

• Sabatini, F. (2009). The Labour Market. In Svendsen, G.T. and G.L.H. Svendsen (eds). Handbook of Social Capital. The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and Economics. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA.

• Cecchi, C., Molinas, L., Sabatini, F. (2008). Is Social Capital a Policy Tool Against Poverty and Inequality? A Discussion of Development Strategies in Rural India. In Basile, E. and I. Mukhopadhyay (eds). Institutional Perspectives on Rural India. London, New York, Delhi, Anthem Press.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Capitale sociale, imprese sociali, spesa pubblica. In Pelligra, V. (ed). Imprese sociali. Scelte individuali e interessi comuni. Milano, Paravia Bruno Mondadori.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Capitale sociale, fiducia e crescita economica. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Misurare il capitale sociale. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Guida pratica alla misurazione del capitale sociale. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2008). Capitale sociale e fiducia: un'analisi econometrica. In Garofalo, G, F. Sabatini (eds). Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio. Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Sabatini, F. (2007). The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: a Critical Perspective. In Osborne, M., Sankey, K. e Wilson, B. (eds). Social Capital, Lifelong Learning Regions and the Management of Place: an international perspective. London and New York, Routledge.
 

Other publications

• Borzaga, C., Ferri, G., Sabatini, F. (2012). Editorial. Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity 1 (1), 1-6.

• Sabatini, F. (2011). Se la TV non sposta un voto, perché invaderla? Un'analisi econometrica del ruolo della televisione nella costruzione del consenso. Micromega.

• Sabatini, F. (2011). Capitale sociale. Entry in the Garzanti Encyclopedia of Economics. Milano, Garzanti.

• Sabatini, F. (2007). Capitale sociale, imprese sociali, spesa pubblica e sviluppo in Italia. Impresa sociale 2 (76), 192-234.

• Sabatini, F. (2005). Uganda: l'allievo modello della Banca Mondiale? Le nuove contraddizioni della cooperazione allo sviluppo. Disuguaglianze, Trimestrale per l'analisi dei processi di sviluppo e sottosviluppo  5 (5), 122-134.

• Sabatini, F. (2004). Che cosa è il capitale sociale. Disuguaglianze, Trimestrale per l'analisi dei processi di sviluppo e sottosviluppo  3 (4), 41-55.
 

Editorials in magazines and newspapers (in Italian)

• Interviews at "Lezioni dalla crisi", Rai Tre (in Italian): Le imprese italiane nella crisi (May 29, 2012), Un'economia moderna e dinamica (June 14, 2012).

• Interview at "Report", Rai Tre (in Italian): Secs Appeal (October 7, 2012).

• Interview at BBC: The Italian Connection (February 23, 2013).

• Selected editorials for Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian): Femminicidio, l'insopportabile retorica del lutto e dello shock (with Barbara Befani) (May 28, 2013) Tagliate altre tasse, non l'Imu (May 5, 2013), Matrimonio gay, è il momento di agire (with Carlo D'Ippoliti) (April 24, 2013), Intanto l'economia si spegne (April 10, 2013), M5S tra meritocrazia e le mille balle blu (March 24, 2013), M5S, i voti che non tornano e qualche vecchio vizio (March 21, 2013), M5S e Pd: non sprecate questa occasione storica (March 11, 2013), Movimento 5 Stelle, Google non basta (March 5, 2013), Una maggioranza, vi prego, contro il conflitto di interessi (February 26, 2013), Tu quoque, Oscar Giannino (February 19, 2013), La demagogia di Berlusconi e la necessità di una nuova agenda europea per la sinistra (January 11, 2013), Valentina e Ilaria, ricercatrici unite contro i baroni (December 20, 2012), Berlusconi si può battere (December 9, 2012), Investire nella scuola e nell'università fa bene all'economia (December 7, 2012), Questa politica economica distrugge la coesione sociale (November 16, 2012), Diritti civili e omofobia, il ritardo dell’Italia non fa bene all’economia (November 8, 2012), L’apologia di fascismo è ancora un reato (November 6, 2012), Il berlusconismo non è finito, prepariamoci (October 27, 2012), Berlusconi si ritira: inutile se non si elimina il conflitto di interessi (October 25, 2012), Invece di colpire la cooperazione sociale tagliamo qualche F-35 (October 20, 2012), La legge di stabilità stabilizza soltanto le disuguaglianze (October 15, 2012).

• Selected editorials for MicroMega (in Italian): L'aumento dell'Iva e la spesa pubblica (May 28, 2013), Decrescita, recessione e felicità: contro le semplificazioni di Beppe Grillo (with Luciano Canova) (April 15, 2013), Pd, 24 ore per tornare alla ragione (ed evitare l'autodistruzione) (April 17, 2013), Monti, una sobria e rispettabile scelta politica. Di destra (January 9, 2013), Lo spread e il governo che verrà (December 12, 2012), Non si esce dalla crisi distruggendo la coesione sociale (18 novembre 2012), Se la politica economica dimentica i consumatori (October 16, 2012), La rete è vita (August 30, 2012), L'incredibile odissea di una ricercatrice contro i muri di gomma universitari (June 10, 2012), La de-feudalizzazione dell'Università (May 23, 2012), Hollande, una speranza per l'Europa e una lezione per la sinistra italiana (May 6, 2012), Università, la rivolta dei ricercatori contro i concorsi manipolati (May 2, 2012), L'economia del pene (April 15, 2012), Pareggio di bilancio e declino del welfare, dov'è la sinistra? (April 11, 2012), Lavoro, la fine del Pd (March 21, 2012), Bindi, il Pd e i matrimoni omosessuali (March 12, 2012), Un'altra brutta storia sui concorsi universitari (February 19, 2012), Il posto fisso, che noia, la precarietà, che tragedia (February 2, 2012), Istruzioni per salvare l'economia dagli economisti (January 20, 2012).

• Selected editorials in online magazines: Il ruolo della Tv nella costruzione del consenso e l'urgenza di regole sul conflitto di interessi "nelMerito.com, June 10, 2011), Perché in Italia si fanno sempre meno figli (Neodemos, 19 gennaio 2011, con Francesca Modena), Lavoro e culle vuote: quanto pesa la precarietà (inGenere, January 11, 2011).
 

Previous positions

• November 2010 - June 2012: Senior Researcher, University of Trento, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse).

• November 2006 - October 2010: Research Fellow, University of Siena, Department of Economics and Faculty of Political Sciences.

• July 2006 - July 2007: Holder of a Research Grant funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization for the research project The Role of FAO and IFAD in Building Social Capital in Rural Areas, University of Padua, Department of Economics Marco Fanno.

• October 2005 - November 2006: Research Fellow, University of Cassino, Department of Economics.
 

Teaching

• 2012/2013: Lecturer (Professore aggregato) of Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2012/2013: Teaching assistant of Political Economy. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2011/2012: Lecturer (Professore aggregato) of Public Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2011/2012: Teaching assistant of Political Economy. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2009/2010: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of Mathematical Economics. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2009/2010: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of Social Capital and Development Processes. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2008/2010: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of Development Economics. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2008/2009: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of European Economic Policy. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2008/2009: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2007/2008: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2006/2010: Teaching assistant of Economic Policy. University of Siena, Faculty of Political Science.

• 2006/2010: Teaching assistant of Political Economy. University of Siena, Faculty of Economics.

• 2006/2010: Teaching assistant of Business Economics. Siena University for Foreigners, Faculty of Economics.

• 2006/2007: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2005/2006: Lecturer (Professore a contratto) of Economics of Monetary Union. Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi, Faculty of Economics.

• 2003/2004: Teaching assistant of Advanced Economic Policy. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Economics.

• 2003/2004: Teaching assistant of Economic Policy. University LUISS Guido Carli, Faculty of Economics.

 

Other professional experience

• January 2008 - August 2009: Consultant of the Department of Economics of the University of Trento within a research project on the measurement of social capital in the Province of Trento.

• October 2007 - December 2007: Consultant of the Associazione Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno within the Research Project "Capitale sociale e sviluppo economico nel Mezzogiorno italiano" (Social capital and economic development in the Italian Mezzogiorno).

• September 2007 - December 2007: Consultant at the International Project Office of the Università Telematica Guglielmo Marconi for the development of research projects to be submitted to the European Commission, with particular regard for the 7th European Framework Programme (7FP). Responsible for the development and management of the Collaborative project SOCIAL NET, ‘The role of social capital and public policy in determining EU development trajectories’, submitted to the 7FP.

• January 2006 - January 2007: Consultant of the University of Tuscia, Faculty of Economics, within the research project on "Social capital and local development: the case of Tuscia".

• July 2006 - November 2006: Consultant of the Organisation for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Task: preparing a paper to be used at the seminar on Social Enterprise and Social Capital organised by the OECD LEED Centre for Local Development and the World Bank, Trento, 15-18 November 2006.

• August 2006 - October 2006: Consultant of Pol.i.s. Campania (Agency of the Campania Regional Government) for the organization of a Conference on Social capital and crime, held in Ottaviano (Naples).

• January 2006 - June 2006: Consultant of the University of Padua, Department of Economics “Marco Fanno”, within the research project on "Civil Economy and Microcredit".

• January 2006 - June 2006: Consultant of the RESTRIM Project (Restructuring in Marginal Rural Areas: the role of social capital in rural development), a European Commission Framework Five funded project that examines the role of civil society in promoting economic competitiveness and quality of life for rural residents.

• June 2004 - May 2005: Consultant of the Research Group of the University of Rome La Sapienza, Faculty of Economics, on "A Plan of Services for Managing City", co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).

 

Invited presentations as keynote speaker or as member of the scientific committee (selection)

• From 2007 I have been member of the scientific committee of the Annual Workshop for Young Economists on Social Economy, which takes place every year in Forlì (Bologna) under the organization of the University of Bologna.

• 2012, November 13-14: invited speaker at the Conference "Micro-Level Socialisation through Civic Engagement? Institutions, Associations and Trust", organized by the Department of Applied Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Brussels, Belgium.

• 2012, June 21-23: member of the Organizing Committee of the Association for Social Economics 2012 World Congress. Glasgow, UK.

• 2011, October 26-27: keynote speaker at the Conference "Knowledge-Based Development: Enterprises, Cities and Countries". Vale dos Vinhedos - Bento Gonçalves, Brazil. Download the presentation.

• 2010, July 7-8: invited speaker at the conference "The Economic Effects of Trust", organized by the Fundaciòn Confianza and the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. Santander, Spain.

• 2010, March 12: invited speaker at the workshop "Poverty, inequality and social protection in Africa", organized by the European Commission. Brussels, Belgium.

• 2009, December 2-5: member of the scientific committee of the Conference "From GDP to Well-Being: Economics on the Road to Sustainability", organized by the University of Ancona. Ancona, Italy.

• 2009, September 24-26: invited speaker at the Conference "Urban Policies and Social Capital", organized by Dynamic Growth Capital and the Social Capital Foundation, Lindköping and Gothenburg, Sweden.

• 2009, September 3-4: invited speaker at the Conference "Civil society, social capital and economic development", organized by the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and the Jönköping International Business School. Stockholm, Sweden.

• 2007, November 8-9: invited speaker at the Conference: "Social capital and job creation in rural Europe", organized by Eurofound. Lisbon, Portugal.

• 2007, June 1, invited speaker at the conference "The role of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises in the formation of social capital" hosted by the Second Festival of Economics "Human capital, social capital". Trento, Italy.

• 2007, March 4: invited speaker at the Conference "Social Networks, Transactional Economy, and Knowledge-Based Economy in Regional Development" organized by the State University of Moscow and the MGIMO University of Moscow. Moscow, Russia.

• 2007, March 3: chair of the Roundtable "Energy Policy, Regional Development and Transcontinental Interactions of Europe" within the International Forum "Regional Development Policies as Vehicle of Reshaping Global Political and Economic Order" organized by the State University of Moscow and the MGIMO University of Moscow. Moscow, Russia.

• 2006, November 15-18: invited speaker at the Conference "Reviewing OECD experience in the social enterprise sector" organised by the OECD LEED Centre for Local Development and the World Bank. Trento, Italy.

• 2006, October 18-19: organizer and chair of the Conference "Social Capital and Crime", hosted by Pol.i.s. Campania and the Campania regional government. Ottaviano (Naples), Italy.

• 2006, June 29-30: invited speaker at the Conference Social Capital, Sustainability and Socio-economic Cohesion within the EU MLG structure in development policy, hosted by the London School of Economics. London, UK.
 

Paper presentations (selection)

• 2013, April 28: presentation of the project The Internet, social capital and subjective well-being at the Third LCSR International Workshop, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• 2012, October 4-5: presentation of the paper Structural social capital and health in Italy at the Workshop Social Capital and Health. Padua, Italy.

• 2012, September 20-22: presentation of the paper Employment instability, economic insecurity and fertility intentions: the case of Italy at the Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists. Bonn, Germany.

• 2011, November 22-23: presentation of the paper Economic Insecurity and Fertility: The Case of Italy at the IARIW-OECD Conference on Economic Insecurity. Paris, France.

• 2009, December 2-5: presentation of the paper "The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Growing Hypertechnological Economy" at the Conference "From GDP to Well-Being: Economics on the Road to Sustainability", organized by the University of Ancona. Ancona, Italy.

• 2009, June 25-29: presentation of the paper "Will growth and technology destroy social interaction? The inverted U-shape hypothesis" at the Conference "The evolution and formation of social networks". Paris, France.

• 2009, May, invited speaker at the Workshop "Capitale sociale e responsabilità sociale d’impresa", organized by EconomEtica and the University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Between 2006 and 2011 I held research seminars at the Universities of Bologna, Bologna-Forlì, Cassino, Florence, LUISS Guido Carli, Milan Bicocca, Modena and Reggio Emilia, Naples "Federico II", Naples "Parthenope", Padova, Roma Tre, Rome "La Sapienza", Salerno, Siena, Venice, Verona, Trento.
 

Social Capital Website

Fabio Sabatini is the author and the editor of Social Capital Gateway, web site providing resources for the study of social capital and social interactions which has been acknowledged by the Journal of Economic Education as an exemplary material for teaching and learning economics. Social Capital Gateway is linked as a useful resource for social sciences by hundreds of research institutions all over the world, among which the World Bank, Harvard University, Princeton University, and the London School of Economics.
 

Works in progress

Comments and collaboration proposals are most welcome. Please email me for furhter details and the long abstracts and/or the draft papers of my ongoing projects.

• Arts and humanities as engines of empathy (abstract).

• Beauty, life satisfaction, and trust.

• Institutional trust and pro-social behaviour in a state capacity building process. With Luca Andriani (Birbeck College London).

• Let (not) your left hand know what your right hand does. A field experiment on the role of signaling motivation in donation behavior (abstract). With Tommaso Reggiani (University of Cologne) and Matteo Rizzolli (Bozen University).

• Online networks and the creation of social capital, an evolutionary approach. With Angelo Antoci (University of Sassari) and Mauro Sodini (University of Pisa).

• Online networks and the creation of social capital, an experimental approach. With Angelo Antoci (University of Sassari), Stefania Ottone (University of Milan Bicocca), Mauro Sodini (University of Pisa) and Nazaria Solferino (University of Tor Vergata).

• Religion and trust (co-authors to be defined).

• Social capital and public policies. The crowding-out hypothesis. With Angelo Antoci and Mauro Sodini.

• Social interactions, drinking and smoking. With Damiano Fiorillo (University of Naples Parthenope).

• The determinants of obesity. With Roberta De Santis (Istat).

• The Internet and corruption, a cross-country investigation (co-authors to be defined).

• The Internet and health (abstract). With Damiano Fiorillo (University of Naples Parthenope).

• The Internet, Social Capital, Subjective Well-Being and Health (abstract). With Francesco Sarracino (National Institute of Statistics of Luxembourg).

• Work insecurity and life satisfaction. With Francesca Modena (Bank of Italy).

Note: My profile picture was taken by Fabio Cremasco (Leica M6, Noctilux f/1.0, Ilford Delta 100).