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New Evidence on Interregional Mobility of Students in Tertiary Education : The Case of Italy
De Angelis, Ilaria - 2017
A relatively low geographical mobility of students in the Centre and North of the country and a large incidence of … mobility of Italian students has increased in recent years. We highlight that the increase in mobility, which has occurred in a … period of declining entry rates, is not attributable to a change in the composition of the enrolling students. We investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946365
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Home or Away? Gender Differences in the Effects of an Expansion of Tertiary Education Supply
Rizzica, Lucia - 2013
The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the expansion of tertiary education supply on the educational choices of young Italian high school graduates. A quasi-experimental setting given by the reform of the tertiary education system implemented in 2001 is exploited. The reform was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155337
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Quality Differentials in Italian Universities' Freshmen : The Case of Medical and Dental Surgery Schools
Sestito, Paolo; Tonello, Marco - 2011
and stable over time differences in the average quality of freshmen; while students from the South have on average worse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175130
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How the Labour Market Evaluates Italian Universities
Ciani, Emanuele; Mariani, Vincenzo - 2015
We analyse how the labour market implicitly evaluates Italy’s higher education system by estimating differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136874
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Siting Public Facilities : A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Nimby Syndrome in Italy
Occhilupo, Roberta - 2011
preliminary empirical evidence for Italy. It argues that siting procedures taking local preferences into account should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117763
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Universalism vs. Particularism : A Round Trip from Sociology to Economics
de Blasio, Guido - 2014
Social scientists, in particular sociologists, claim that the distinction between universalistic and particularistic values is relevant to explaining the social behaviour of individuals (and societies). This paper provides preliminary empirical evidence that supports the claim. It first defines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055985
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The Economic and Financial Situation of Italian Non Financial Corporations : An International Comparison
De Socio, Antonio - 2011
The paper analyses the main differences in the financial structure of Italian and European non financial corporations in the 2004-2007 period, that is during the years before the financial crisis. The research is based on individual balance sheets of Amadeus (Analyse Major Databases from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132324
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The Crisis and Employment in Italy
Cingano, Federico - 2010
The fall in employment and the increase in unemployment rates in Italy in 2009 were fairly modest, given the sharp drop … drop in participation in the South (the discouragement effect). The results of the Bank of Italy's Survey of Industrial and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135339
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Governance of Italian Pension Funds : Problems and Solutions
Giorgiantonio, Cristina - 2010
of interest. Secondly, we assess the governance of closed and open pension funds in Italy by analyzing their bylaws and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136610
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Housing Rent Dynamics in Italy
Rondinelli, Concetta - 2010
In this paper we focus on tenant rents in Italy and compare results from several methods for the rent dynamic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136613