Journal articles and working papers are downloadable at http://ideas.repec.org/e/pci11.html

(1) Economic Thought of the 20th Century (English translation, edited and expanded by A. Cigno, of C. Napoleoni, Il Pensiero Economico del'900), London: Martin Robertson, 1972 (*)

(2) Modelling Economic Change: the Recursive Programming Approach (with R. H. Day), Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1978

(3) Economics of the Family, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press and Clarendon Press, 1991 [revised paperback edition, 1994; Japanese edition, 1997].

(4) Gary S. Becker: L’Approccio Economico al Comportamento Umano, (Italian translation, edited and introduced by A. Cigno, of Gary S. Becker’s major contributions), Bologna: Il Mulino, 1998.

(5) The Economics of Child Labour (with F. C. Rosati), New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005 (**) .

(6) Children and Pensions (with M. Werding), Cambridge (Mass.): MIT Press, 2007

B. Selected articles

(1) "Un modello multiperiodale per l'ottima dimensione degli impianti" (with F. Donati), Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia 115, 1967

(2) "A linear model of production, distribution and growth" in W. Gossling (ed.), Input-Output in the UK, London: Frank Cass, 1970

(3) "Production and investment response to changing market conditions, technical know-how and government policies", Review of Economic Studies XXXVIII, 63-94, 1971

(4) "Economies of scale and industrial location", Regional Studies 5, 295-301, 1972

(5) "Diffusion of innovations under imperfect competition" in R. H. Day and T. Groves (eds.) Adaptive Economic Models, New York: Academic Press, 1975

(6) The Debate on Natural Resources and the Fate of Humanity, or Do We Need Economists?, Inaugural Lectures Series, Hull: University of Hull Press, 1977

(7) "Depletion of natural resources and accumulation of capital when population is endogenous: an activity analysis", Metroeconomica, 1979

(8) "Bounded rationality and intertemporal decision making" (with R. B. Hool), Metroeconomica, 350-366, 1979

(9) "Recenti sviluppi nella teoria dell'equilibrio economico generale", Studi Economici 15, 1980

(10) "Search and consumer surplus: a generalisation", Bulletin of Economic Research 31, 98-99, 1979

(11) "Take-over bids, the managerial theory of the firm and the free-rider problem: Discussion" in D. A Currie and W. Peters (eds.) Contemporary Economic Analysis, London: Croom-Helm, 1980

(12) "Growth with exhaustible resources and endogenous population", Review of Economic Studies XLVIII, 281-287, 1981

(13) "On optimal family allowances", Oxford Economic Papers 35, 13-22, 1983

(14) "Human capital and the time-profile of human fertility", Economics Letters 35, 13-22, 1983

(15) "Su un altro tentativo di rivalutare la teoria del capitale di Walras", Studi Economici 19, 171-184, 1984

(16) "Teoria del capitale di Walras: commento", Studi Economici 19, 1984

(17) "Further implications of learning-by-doing", Bulletin of Economic Research 36, 97-108, 1984

(18) "Consumption vs. procreation in economic growth" in G. Steinmann (ed.), Economic Consequences of Population Change in Industrialized Countries, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1984

(19) "Fertility and the tax-benefit system: a reconsideration of the theory of family taxation", Economic Journal 96, 1035-1051, 1986

(20) "Dynamic interactions between economic, ecological and demographic variables" in J. B. Shukla, T. G.Hallam and V. Capasso (eds.), Mathematical Modelling of Environmental and Ecological Systems, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1987

(21) "Cause e rimedi economici del calo della natalità", Economia Politica V, 9-30, 1988

(22) "Some macroeconomic consequences of the New Home Economics" in R. Lee, B. Arthur and G. Rodgers (eds.), Economics of Changing Age Distributions in Developed Countries, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988

(23) "The timing of births: a theory of fertility, family expenditures and labour market participation over time" in A. Wenig and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Demographic Change and Economic Development, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1989

(24) "A microeconomic analysis of the timing of births" (with J. H. Ermisch), European Economic Review 33, 737-760, 1989

(25) "Home-production and the allocation of time" in D. Sapsford and Z. Tsannatos (eds.), Current Issues in Labour Economics, London: Macmillan, 1989

(26) "A sequential probability model of fertility patterns" (with T. Barmby), Journal of Population Economics 3, 31-52, 1990

(27) "Teoria economica della popolazione e trasferimenti intergenerazionali: perchè i sistemi pensionistici a ripartizione sono intrinsecamente instabili" in F. R. Pizzuti and G. M. Rey (eds.) Il Sistema Pensionistico: un Riesame, Bologna: Il Mulino, 1990

(28) "Teoria economica della famiglia", Enciclopedia dell'Economia, Milano: Garzanti, 1992

(29) "Teoria economica della popolazione", Enciclopedia della Economia, Milano: Garzanti, 1992

(30) "Children and pensions", Presidential Address to the European Society of Population Economics, Journal of Population Economics 5, 175-184, 1992

(31) "Saving and age structure", introduction to Symposium on Saving and Age Structure (ed. by A. Cigno), Journal of Population Economics 5, 257-260, 1992

(32) "The effects of financial markets and social security on saving and fertility behaviour in Italy" (with F. C. Rosati), Journal of Population Economics 5, 319-341, 1992

(33) "Intergenerational transfers without altruism", European Journal of Political Economy 9, 505-518, 1993

(34) "Economic considerations in the timing of births: theory and evidence" in J. H. Ermisch and N. Ogawa (eds.) The Family, the Market and the State in Ageing Societies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994

(35) "A cost function for children: theory and some evidence" in O. Ekert-Jaffé (ed.) Standard of Living and Families: Observation and Analysis, Paris: John Libbey, 1994

(36) "Risparmio, fecondità e previdenza sociale: un approccio basato sulla nuova economia della famiglia", Rivista Italiana di Economia 0, 49-64, 1995

(37) "Public pensions with endogenous fertility", Journal of Public Economics 57, 169-173, 1995

(38) "Jointly determined saving and fertility behaviour: theory, and estimates from Germany, Italy, UK, and USA" (with F. C. Rosati) European Economic Review 40, 1561-1589, 1996

(39) "Nuove prospettive teoriche ed empiriche su risparmio e previdenza sociale in Italia" (con F.C. Rosati), Economia Politica XIII, 83-111, 1996

(40) "Cost of children, parental decisions, and family policy", Labour 10, 461-474, 1996

(41) "Rise and fall of the Japanese saving rate: the role of social security and intra-family transfers" (with F. C. Rosati), Japan and the World Economy 9, 81-92, 1997

(42) "Fertility decisions when infant survival is endogenous", Journal of Population Economics 11, 21-28, 1998

(43) "Voluntary transfers among Italian households: altruistic and non-altruistic explanations" (with G. C. Giannelli and F. C. Rosati), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 9, 435-451, 1998

(44) "Traitement fiscal optimal des familles quand la fécondité est endogène" (with A. Pettini), L'Actualité Economique: Revue D'Analyse Economique 75, 239-252, 1999 [reprinted in N. Marceau, P. Pestieau and F. Vaillancourt (eds.), Economie Publique, Paris: Editions Economica, 2000]

(45) "Self-enforcing family constitutions: implications for saving, fertility and intergenerational transfers" in A. Mason and G. Tapinos (eds.), Sharing the Wealth: Demographic Change and Economic Transfers between Generations, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000

(46) "Pension reform and demographic trends: comment" in H. de l'Argentaye, P.A. Muet, J. F. Rischard and E. Stiglitz (eds.), Governance, Equity and Global Markets, Paris: Conseil d'Analyse Economique and the World Bank, 2000

(47) "Mutual interest, self-enforcing constitutions and apparent generosity" (with F. Rosati), in L.A. Gérard-Varet, S.C. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier (eds.), The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism, London and New York: MacMillan and St. Martin's Press for IEA, 2000

(48) "Comparative advantage, observability, and the optimal tax treatment of families with children", International Tax and Public Finance 8, 451-466, 2001

(49) "Self-selection, redistribution, and endogenous fertility" (with A. Balestrino and A. Pettini), in M. Bordignon and D. Da Empoli (eds.), Politica Fiscale, Flessibilità dei Mercati e Crescita, Milano: Franco Angeli, 2001

(50) "Family theory: economics of intergenerational relations", in N. J. Smelser and P. B. Baltes (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2001

(51) "Child labour, education and nutrition in rural India" (with F. C. Rosati), Pacific Economic Review 7, 65-83, 2002

(52) "Endogenous fertility and the design of family taxation" (with A. Balestrino and A. Pettini), International Tax and Public Finance 9, 175-193, 2002

(53) "Taxing family size and subsidizing child-specific commodities?" (with A. Pettini), Journal of Public Economics 84, 75-90, 2002

(54) "Does globalization increase child labor?" (with F. C. Rosati and L. Guarcello), World Development 30, 1579-1589, 2002

(55) "Transfers to families with children as a principal-agent problem" (with A. Luporini and A. Pettini), Journal of Public Economics 87, 1165-1172, 2003

(56) "The impact of social security on saving and fertility in Germany" (with L. Casolaro and F. C. Rosati), FinanzArchiv 59, 189-211, 2003

(57) "Doing wonders with an egg: optimal redistribution when households differ in market and non-market ability" (with A. Balestrino and A. Pettini), Journal of Public Economic Theory 5, 479-498, 2003

(58) "Globalisation can help reduce child labour", CESifo Economic Studies 49, 515-526, 2003

(59) "Hidden information problems in the design of family allowances" (with A. Luporini and A. Pettini), Journal of Population Economics 17, 645-655, 2004

(60) "Endogenous child mortality, price of child-specific goods and fertility decisions: evidence from Argentina" (with G. Pinal) in D. Heymann, F. Navajas and E. Bour (eds.), Latin American Economic Crises, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

(61) "A constitutional theory of the family", Journal of Population Economics 19, 259-283, 2006

(62) "The political economy of intergenerational cooperation" in S. C. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity, [Handbooks in Economics Series, edited by K. J. Arrow and M. D. Intriligator], Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2006

(63) "Is there such a thing as a family constitution? A test based on credit rationing" (with G. C. Giannelli, F. C. Rosati and D. Vuri), Review of Economics of the Household 4, 183-204, 2006

(64) "Is there a social security tax wedge?", Labour Economics 15, 68-77, 2008

(65) A gender-neutral approach to gender issues, in F. Bettio and A. Verashchagina (eds.), Economics and Gender, London: Routledge, 2008

(66) "Scholarships or student loans? Subsidizing higher education in the presence of moral hazard" (with A. Luporini), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 11, 55-87, 2009.

(67) “The economics of child labour”, in K. G. Dau-Schmidt, S. D. Harris and O. Lobel (eds.), Labor and Employment Law and Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009.

(68) “How to avoid a pension crisis: A question of intelligent system design”, CESifo Economic Studies 56, 21-37, 2010.

(69) “Given that people live longer, why should we worry that fewer are born?” in N. Takayama and M. Werding (eds.), Fertility and Public Policy: How To Reverse the Trend of Declining Birth Rates, Cambridge MA: MIT-Press, 2011.

(70) “Introduction to the Symposium on taxation and the family” (with P. Pestieau and R. Rees), CESifo Economic Studies 57, 203-215, 2011.

(71) “Agency in family policy: A survey”, CESifo Economic Studies 57, 305-331, 2011.

(72) “Optimal family policy in the presence of moral hazard when the quantity and quality of children are stochastic” (with A. Luporini), CESifo Economic Studies 57, 349-364, 2011.

(73) "The Economics of Marriage", Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 12 (Special Issue), 28-41, 2011.

(74) "How to deal with covert child labour, and give children an effective education, in a poor developing country", World Bank Economic Review (Advance Access) 1–17, doi:10.1093/wber/lhr038, 2011

C. Discussion Papers

Recent discussion papers can be viewed at

CESifo (http://www.cesifo-group.de/)

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IZA (http://www.iza.org/)

(*) In 1978, this book was selected by the Royal Society for the Blind to be made into a “Talking Book”.

(**) Selected by Cornell University Library as “Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics”.