This work is structured in two parts. The first shows, briefly, the role of the Cooperative Extension Service in US agriculture. The second explains the main characteristics of the FINPACK software package and the potential to adapt it to European agriculture. Between these two parts is a short...

We use longitudinal data from over 1.5 million students to examine the impact of COVID-19 on students’ achievement in mathematics and reading in primary and lower secondary schools in Italy, as well as its impact on inequalities by gender and socio-economic condition. On average, the cohort of...