ante players' abilities. It is found that a larger prize spread encourages women to increase effort, even when controlling …

There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely … to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare …

when we control for municipality fixed effects as well as non-random sorting of women into municipalities using regression … women. The evidence is suggestive that female mayors are less able at fostering cooperation among men, or alternatively …, that men are more reluctant to be headed by women. Other interpretations receive less support in the data. Our results may …

Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower … offering at a positive price lower quality than the public school can be an equilibrium. The calibrated parameters for Italy …

levels over time in Italy. However, focusing on equality of circumstances, we show that there is still a persistent …

volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The …

opportunities. It examines Italy's experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range …

researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …