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Age effects in primary education: A double disadvantage for second‐generation immigrants
Abstract The immigrant background is an acknowledged source of disadvantage. We study whether this background interacts with absolute and relative age effects generating additional barriers—that is, a double disadvantage—for second‐generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school.
Antonio Abatemarco +3 more
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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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Exploring the corruption‐inefficiency nexus using an endogenous stochastic frontier analysis
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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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
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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Agenda 2030: Survey on Sustainable Development Goals through INVALSI data [PDF]
Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development is a shared action plan for people, for the planet and for prosperity, adopted in September 2015 by the 193 United Nations (UN) Member States.
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La tensione fra prove standardizzate e valutazione soggettiva: voci di due docenti a confronto
In questo contributo verranno presentate e analizzate le riflessioni di due insegnanti di matematica in servizio in Italia a proposito delle prove standardizzate promosse dall’italiano Istituto nazionale per la valutazione del sistema educativo di ...
Francesco Beccuti
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Didattica della grammatica e prove INVALSI
The main purpose of this article is to examine some questions of the Invalsi test on the Italian language, which is carried out by Italian students at three different stages of their school career, i.e. at the years 2 (age 6-7) and 5 (age 9-10) of the primary school, at year 3 of the secondary school (age 12-13), and at year 2 of the high school (age ...
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Drivers of school choice: Primary school selection in a free choice context
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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L'articolo ricostruisce la storia dei test di intelligenza con il fine di evidenziare alcune analogie presenti fra le prove INVALSI e i test intellettivi.
Renato Foschi
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