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Territorial Differences in Italian Students' Mathematical Competencies : Evidence from PISA 2003
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2007
In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students' mathematical competencies. Our analysis benefits from a new data set that merges the 2003 wave of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) with territorial data collected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777469
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Geographical Differences in Italian Students' Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from Pisa 2003
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - In: Giornale degli Economisti 66 (2007) 3, pp. 299-333
In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of geographical differences in Italian students’ mathematical competencies. We analyze a novel data set that combines the 2003 wave of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) with information about local economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612313
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Territorial Differences in Italian Students’ Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students’ mathematical competencies. Our analysis benefits from a new data set that merges the 2003 wave of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) with territorial data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700899
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Skilled or educated? : educational reforms, human capital and earnings
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Castelnovo, Paolo; Checchi, Daniele; … - 2016
We use OECD-PIAAC data to estimate the earnings effects of both years of education and of numerical skills. Our … percentage points return to an equivalent increase in numerical skills. Our results suggest that the same set of unobservables … drives the accumulation of both formal years of education and numeracy skills. OLS estimates underestimate returns to human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776249
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La Germania può essere un termine di paragone per l’Italia? Istruzione e formazione in un’economia di mercato coordinata
Ballarino, Gabriele; Checchi, Daniele - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2013) 1, pp. 39-74
Germany can be taken as a reference case for reforming activities called for by the recent economic crisis. In this article we revise recent reforms in the labour market and in the educational sector. This reforms were effective in containing the unemployement, especialy of young people, without...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010858740
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La Germania può essere un termine di paragone per l’Italia? Istruzione e formazione in un’economia di mercato coordinata
Checchi, Daniele - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2013) 1, pp. 39-74
Germany can be taken as a reference case for reforming activities called for by the recent economic crisis. In this article we revise recent reforms in the labour market and in the educational sector. This reforms were effective in containing the unemployement, especialy of young people, without...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010699407
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Closing the gender gap? : life competences and social environment
Braga, Michela; Checchi, Daniele - In: Rivista di politica economica 98 (2008) 9/10, pp. 155-196
This paper investigates whether adult proficiency formation is affected by social environments. Using the Italian sample of the ALL survey conducted in 2003, which includes cohorts born between 1938 and 1988, we exploit temporal and regional variations in indicators of women empowerment to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003946545
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The effect of multigrade classes on cognitive and non-cognitive skills : causal evidence exploiting minimum class size rules in Italy
Checchi, Daniele; De Paola, Maria - 2017
We analyse how schooling in multigrade classes affect the formation of student cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776000
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School quality and family background in Italy
Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - 2003
observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the 1980s have had a significant impact on the educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282202
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School quality and family background in Italy
Brunello, Giorgio (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the 1980s have had a significant impact on the educational … education. -- education ; quality ; Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001745326