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Have You Read This? An Empirical Comparison of the British REF Peer Review and the Italian VQR Bibliometric Algorithm
Checchi, Daniele; Ciolfi, Alberto; De Fraja, Gianni; … - 2019
This paper determines the ranking of the publications units of assessment which were submitted to the UK research evaluation carried out in 2014, the REF, which would have been obtained if their submission had been evaluated with the bibliometric algorithm used by the Italian evaluation agency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005856
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Selecting or Rewarding Teachers? International Evidence from Primary Schools
Braga, Michela; Checchi, Daniele; Garrouste, Christelle; … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005901
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The effects of schooling on cognitive skills: Evidence from education expansions
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Checchi, Daniele; Ovidi, Marco - 2022
We quantify the causal effect of schooling on cognitive skills across 21 countries and the full distribution of working-age individuals. We exploit exogenous variation in educational attainment induced by a broad set of institutional reforms affecting different cohorts of individuals in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550296
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Where Do I Stand? Assessing Researchers' Beliefs about Their Relative Productivity
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele; … - 2020
In 2017 the Italian government established the Fund to Finance Basic Research Activities – FFABR – with the purpose of assigning a 3,000 euros research grant to the most productive applicants among eligible assistant and associate professors. We show that, rather surprisingly, many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322436
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The Effects of Schooling on Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Education Expansions
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Checchi, Daniele; Ovidi, Marco - 2023
We quantify the causal effect of schooling on cognitive skills across 21 countries and the full distribution of working-age individuals. We exploit exogenous variation in educational attainment induced by a broad set of institutional reforms affecting different cohorts of individuals in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296620
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Educational Policies and Income Inequality
Checchi, Daniele; van de Werfhorst, Herman G. - 2014
income distributions. By matching inequality measures on test scores, years of education and labour earnings by country …, birth cohorts and gender, we show that inequality in education (measured both at quality and quantity levels) affect … estimation using information on government reforming activity in the field of education. By controlling for country-specific and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377271
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IC Technology and Learning: An Impact Evaluation of Cl@ssi2.0
Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015
In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531687
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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 identification strategy is based on some institutional features of the Italian educational system establishing a minimum number of students per class. Classes that do not reach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816483
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IC technology and learning : an impact evaluation of cl ssi2.0
Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015
In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510702
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Educational policies and income inequality
Checchi, Daniele; Werfhorst, Herman van de - 2014
income distributions. By matching inequality measures on test scores, years of education and labour earnings by country …, birth cohorts and gender, we show that inequality in education (measured both at quality and quantity levels) affect … estimation using information on government reforming activity in the field of education. By controlling for country-specific and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360297