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Bertola, Giuseppe; Checchi, Daniele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper discusses reforms of Italian secondary schools’ curriculum and funding in light of theoretical considerations, of the experience of other countries, and of empirical evidence. We briefly review socio-economic views on the schooling system’s role in shaping the social structure and...

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Selecting or Rewarding Teachers? International Evidence from Primary Schools

Braga, Michela - 2019

Using data from three waves of PIRLS, this paper examines the effect of teacher quality on fourth-grade students' literacy test scores by exploiting variations induced by reforms in teachers' selection and/or reward schemes. We construct an original data set of relevant reforms taking place at...

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Regional disparities and inequality of opportunity: the case of Italy

Checchi, Daniele; Peragine, Vitorocco - 2005

In this paper we provide a new methodology to measure opportunity inequality and to decompose overall inequality in an ethically offensive and an ethically acceptable part. Moreover, we provide some empirical applications of these new evaluation tools: in the first exercise, we compare the...

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Higher education expansion & labour income inequality in high-income countries: A gender-specific perspective

Sauer, Petra; Van Kerm, Philippe; Checchi, Daniele - 2022

The expansion of higher education since the second half of the 20th century was particularly pronounced among women. In … higher education expansion for labour income inequality has largely treated expansion as gender neutral. With this paper we … inequality to increase tertiary education among women as compared to men. To this end we draw on harmonised data from the …

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Institutional reforms and educational attainment in Europe: A long run perspective

Braga, Michela; Checchi, Daniele; Meschi, Elena - 2011

population and whether various deciles of the education distribution have been differentially affected. We constructed a dataset …

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School quality and family background in Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - 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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La diseguaglianza : istruzione e mercato del lavoro

Checchi, Daniele - 1997 - 1. ed

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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...

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Educational policies in a long-run perspective

Braga, Michela; Checchi, Daniele; Meschi, Elena - In: Economic policy : a European forum 73 (2013), pp. 45-100

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Does educational achievement help explain income inequality?

Checchi, Daniele - In: Inequality, growth, and poverty in an era of …, (pp. 81-111). 2004

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