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Separating Gender Composition Effect from Peer Effects in Education [PDF]
, 2014 This paper aims to highlight the importance of considering endogenous peer effects, as defined by Manski (1993), in order to identify gender composition effect on education outcome appropriately.
Jahanshahi, Babak
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European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 872-892, August 2025.ABSTRACT Research showed that, in the workplace, women have to meet more requirements than men, a phenomenon that has been labelled ‘perfection bias’. In the current research, we developed and validated a tool to capture individuals’ perceptions of such a phenomenon and its association with women's well‐being.
Sara Panerati +6 more
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Leader as Policy Device: The Hybridization of Head Teachers in Italy [PDF]
, 2015 The aim of this article is to show how educational policies in Italy in the last 15 years have conceived headship as a «lever of change», producing a sort of «subjection» which implies a remarkable hybridization of the role.
GRIMALDI E., SERPIERI R.
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Sport education and lifelong learning in the Cemea experience: Cecrope Barilli and Ettore Gelpi
Formare, 2019 This work is a reflection on sport and its educational value. We shall be focusing on how necessary it is to be aware that humans, before being a mind, have a body, and that education, conceived as a lifelong global project, cannot neglect the body and ...
Veronica Riccardi
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Exploring the corruption‐inefficiency nexus using an endogenous stochastic frontier analysis
Southern Economic Journal, Volume 91, Issue 3, Page 811-849, January 2025.Abstract Several scholars report that, due to reverse causality, the endogeneity problem makes it difficult to identify the real effect of institutional factors at the local level, such as corruption, on firm efficiency. This study employs a panel stochastic frontier analysis that endogenizes production efficiency and robustly assesses the effect of ...
Massimo Finocchiaro Castro +1 more
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The influence of the time variable on Invalsi Tests of math
Formare, 2018 The essay presents the results of a survey aimed at evaluating how the time variable influences the performance of Invalsi math tests in the Italian secondary school.
Stefania Pinnelli, Marina De Nunzio
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British Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume 94, Issue 4, Page 1091-1108, December 2024.Abstract Introduction In today's world, which is progressively oriented towards science and technology and facing a growing demand for skilled professionals, it becomes essential to identify the factors that encourage individuals to pursue careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Alessandro Cuder +6 more
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Analyzing matching patterns in marriage: Theory and application to Italian data
Quantitative Economics, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 737-781, July 2024.Social scientists have long been interested in marital homogamy and its relationship with inequality. However, measuring homogamy is not straightforward, particularly when one is interested in assessing marital sorting based on multiple traits. In this paper, we argue that Separate Extreme Value (SEV) models not only generate a matching function with ...
Pierre‐André Chiappori +2 more
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Large-scale Assessments in EducationCivic engagement represents a key aspect of a democratic society and is itself a multidimensional construct. Research has shown that the promotion of civic engagement is an important component of civic and citizenship education intended in a broad sense,
Valeria Damiani +4 more
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Drivers of school choice: Primary school selection in a free choice context
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 1396-1419, June 2024.Abstract In Italy, parents are free to choose the primary school for their children without restrictions imposed by catchment areas. This freedom of choice, inspired by quasi‐market mechanisms, aims to foster competition between schools and raise educational standards.
Andrea Parma +2 more
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