firms. We examine whether the effects of parental background in firm selection contribute to the persistence of income … the economic background of their parents. This influence on wages is significant and relatively greater than the impact of …

results show that students attending vocational schools perform significantly worse than those in general schools, except in … Portugal. Considering only general school students, the differences between big and small cities are not statistically … significant, while among students in vocational schools, those in a small city tend to perform better than those in a big city …

opportunities in Italy. Our analysis relies on a rich dataset that contains data both on individuals and their real parents, as well …

in the Economics gender gap among treated students. …