This thesis combines five essays in the fields of Labor Economics and the Economics of Education. The goal of the … university or at the government level) can influence these choices to some extent. The first two chapters examine the role of … policy maker who cares about average achievement should compose groups so that peer quality across groups balances. Chapter 2 …

years later, we examine whether these goals were met by reviewing quantitative articles from sociology and economics. We …

We investigate the gender gap in Economics among bachelor's and master's graduates in Italy between 2010 and 2019 …. First we establish that being female exerts a negative impact on the choice to major in Economics: at the bachelor level …, only 73 women graduate in Economics for every 100 men, with the mathematical content of high school curricula as the key …