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Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

This paper studies how schooling admission tests affect economic performance in an economy where individuals are endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple model with selective government held schools, where...

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Are the More Educated Receiving More Training? Evidence from Thailand

Ariga, Kenn; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off … education and off the job training. We also find that education and training are technical complements, especially in the case …

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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?

Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …

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Does School Tracking Affect Equality of Opportunity? New International Evidence

Checchi, Daniele; Brunello, Giorgio - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2006

attainment and earnings by arguing that the signalling role of formal education – captured by attainment – matters more than …

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When the cat is near, the mice won't play: the effect of external examiners in Italian schools

Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner has both a direct and an indirect negative effect on the performance of monitored classes in standardized educational tests. The direct effect is the difference in the test performance between classes of the same...

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When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools

Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner in standardized school tests reduces the proportion of correct answers in monitored classes by 5.5 to 8.5% – depending on the grade and the test – with respect to classes in schools with no external monitor. We...

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When the Cat is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools

Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

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When the cat is near, the mice won't play: The effect of external examiners in Italian schools

Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - In: Journal of Public Economics 104 (2013) C, pp. 65-77

We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner has both a direct and an indirect negative effect on the performance of monitored classes in standardised educational tests. The direct effect is the difference in the test performance between classes of the same...

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School Quality and Family Background in Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

We study whether the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase in parental education … parental education has had an even stronger impact on attainment. We also find that the positive impact of better school … quality on educational attainment and returns to education has been particularly significant for the individuals born in …

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The Returns to Education in Italy: A New Look at the Evidence

Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona; Lucifora, Claudio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private returns to education in … Italy. First, we show that, whilst returns to education in Italy (based on gross wages) are in line with the European … marginal return to the marginal cost of education - we speculate that either marginal costs are steeper in Italy or that a …

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