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Age effects in primary education: A double disadvantage for second‐generation immigrants

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, Volume 92, Issue 2, Page 470-503, October 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Capturing Perceived Gendered Expectations in the Workplace: Development and Validation of the ‘Perfection Bias’ Scale

open access: yesEuropean 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
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the corruption‐inefficiency nexus using an endogenous stochastic frontier analysis

open access: yesSouthern 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
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of math anxiety and self‐efficacy in middle school STEM choices: A 3‐year longitudinal study

open access: yesBritish 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
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing matching patterns in marriage: Theory and application to Italian data

open access: yesQuantitative 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
wiley   +1 more source

Agenda 2030: Survey on Sustainable Development Goals through INVALSI data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
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

open access: yesDidattica della Matematica
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
doaj   +1 more source

Didattica della grammatica e prove INVALSI

open access: yesLingue antiche e moderne, 2016
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 ...
openaire   +1 more source

Drivers of school choice: Primary school selection in a free choice context

open access: yesBritish 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
wiley   +1 more source

Vino vecchio in botti nuove: i test di intelligenza, la valutazione scolastica e il benessere della società

open access: yesInternational Journal of Psychoanalysis and Education, 2017
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
doaj  

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