This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through … off. Moreover, in both pay schemes information feedback reduces the quality of the low performers' work. …

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 …

better services to students, including information and consulting on vouchers. We show that enrolment in private schools …

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

This paper uses a unique data set containing detailed micro-information on organisations, managers, workers and … 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 …

We use a unique firm-level data set merging administrative information on average wages paid by firms by skill level … (blue collars and white collars), Population Census information on the local stock of human capital available to firms and … survey information on firm characteristics to investigate the existence and magnitude of local human capital externalities in …