Does the Expansion of Higher Education Increase the Equality of Educational Opportunities? Evidence from Italy [PDF]
This paper studies the role of the expansion of higher education (HE) in increasing the equality of tertiary education opportunities. It examines Italy’s experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range of ...
Bratti, Massimiliano +2 more
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COVID-19 in Romania-the militarization of social life and the banality of death. [PDF]
Poenaru F.
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Este artigo, baseado em três livros de Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950), trata de sua tese sobre o processo de declínio e perecimento do sistema capitalista e da burguesia como classe social dominante.
Jorge Miglioli
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Fertility, Non-Altruism and Economic Growth: Industrialization in the Nineteenth Century [PDF]
This paper presents a model of fertility, which is specific for the industrialization that took place during the nineteenth century and which was concurrent with the demographic transition that occurred over the period.
Elise s. Brezis
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Science, Bourgeois Dignity, and the Industrial Revolution [PDF]
What happened to make for the factor of 16 were new ideas, what Mokyr calls “industrial Enlightenment.” But the Scientific Revolution did not suffice. Non-Europeans like the Chinese outstripped the West in science until quite late.
McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen
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Global health and the elite capture of decolonization: On reformism and the possibilities of alternate paths. [PDF]
Krugman DW.
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Straining Under Contradiction? Contradictory Class Locations and Job Strain in the United States. [PDF]
Eisenberg-Guyot J +2 more
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Health and socio-demographic conditions as determinants of marriage and social mobility [PDF]
This paper makes use of data collected from military registers and marriage certificates for the population of Alghero, in Sardinia, for the period 1866-1925, with the aim of investigating the role played by physical characteristics and health in the ...
Marco Breschi +2 more
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Talking about the Pigou Paradox: Socio-Educational Background and Educational Outcomes of AlmaLaurea [PDF]
Italy has an immobile social structure. At the heart of this immobility is the educational system, with its high direct, but especially indirect cost, due to the extremely long time necessary to get a degree and to complete the subsequent school-to-work ...
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto +1 more
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