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Why so slow? The School-to-Work Transition in Italy
Pastore, Francesco - 2017
with slow economic growth, rather than the supposedly low degree of labor market flexibility explain high (youth … youth long term unemployed, the so-called Good School and the related introduction of work-related learning, the European … Youth Guarantee and the reform of employment services – have been all recently implemented, which are causing a slow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641603
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Getting it right. Youth employment policy within the EU
Pastore, Francesco - 2017
This essay discusses the determinants of youth unemployment within the EU and then the alternative policy options … currently at stake. We argue that youth unemployment regards especially some peripheral EU countries and is due to a mix of … the European Youth Guarantee, which is underfinanced, but also the introduction of better links between the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011643129
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Coronavirus pandemic, remote learning and education inequalities
Murat, Marina; Bonacini, Luca - 2020
School closures during the 2020 pandemic forced countries to rapidly adopt distance learning, with uncertain effects on education inequalities. Using PISA 2018 data from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, we find that students unable to learn remotely, because of a lack of ICT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290033
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Stuck at a crossroads? The duration of the Italian school-to-work transition
Pastore, Francesco; Quintano, Claudio; Rocca, Antonella - 2020
Purpose – There is a long period from completing studies to finding a permanent or temporary (but at least satisfactory) job in all European countries, especially in Mediterranean countries, including Italy. This paper aims to study the determinants of this duration and measure them, for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290484
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Coronavirus pandemic, remote learning and education inequalities
Bonacini, Luca; Murat, Marina - 2021
By using PISA 2018 data, we investigate the associations between digital divides and educational inequalities in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. We find strong and significant cognitive losses of students lacking the resources needed to learn remotely; everything else...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694242
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Free Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills in Rural China
Zhang, Zheyuan; Xu, Hui; Liu, Ruilin; Zhao, Zhong - 2024
This paper estimates the impact of the Free Education Policy, a major education reform implemented in rural China in 2006, as a natural experiment on the intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills. The identification strategy relies on a difference-in-differences approach and exploits...
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Big Data and Happiness
Rossouw, Stephanie; Greyling, Talita - 2020
The pursuit of happiness. What does that mean? Perhaps a more prominent question to ask is, 'how does one know whether people have succeeded in their pursuit'? Survey data, thus far, has served us well in determining where people see themselves on their journey. However, in an everchanging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261877
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Does it pay to study abroad? Evidence from Poland
Liwiński, Jacek - 2017
Purpose: This paper tries to identify the impact of international student mobility on the first wages of tertiary education graduates in Poland. Design/methodology/approach: The author uses data from the nationwide tracer survey of Polish graduates (Graduate Tracer Study 2007) and regresses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011755775
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Delayed graduation and university dropout: A review of theoretical approaches
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019
This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098927
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The quasi-market of employment services in Italy
Pastore, Francesco - 2019
This paper aims to study the shortcomings and merits of the first experiment of quasi-market in the provision of employment services: the Lombardy DUL (Dote Unica Lavoro). This system, which has inspired the 2015 national reform within the Jobs Act, has reactivated and revitalized the sector by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104228