4 papers
Tracing the Genetic Footprints of the UK National Health Service
Nicolau Martin-Bassols, Pietro Biroli, Elisabetta De Cao +3
The establishment of the UK National Health Service (NHS) in July 1948 was one of the most consequential health policy interventions of the twentieth century, providing universal a…
Aggregating Epigenetic Clocks to Study Human Capital Formation
Giorgia Menta, Pietro Biroli, Divya Mehta +2
Epigenetics is the study of how people's behavior and environments influence the way their genes are expressed, even though their DNA sequence is itself unchanged. By aggregating a…
Beyond Time: Unveiling the Invisible Burden of Mental Load
Francesca Barigozzi, Pietro Biroli, Chiara Monfardini +3
This paper introduces a novel, scalable methodology to measure individual perceptions of gaps in mental load -- the cognitive and emotional burden associated with organizing househ…
Seeing Stereotypes
Elisa Baldazzi, Pietro Biroli, Marina Della Giusta +1
Reliance on stereotypes is a persistent feature of human decision-making and has been extensively documented in educational settings, where it can shape students' confidence, perfo…