A5047731936- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- School Choice and Performance
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Game Theory and Applications
- Housing Market and Economics
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Global Health Care Issues
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Open Source Software Innovations
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
2012-2023
University of Bologna
2013-2023
International Zinc Association
2010-2023
Center for Economic and Policy Research
2022
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
2007-2020
University of London
2016
Bank of Italy
2016
Collegio Carlo Alberto
2016
University College London
2016
Torino e-district
2015
Abstract We investigate the causal effect of education on health and part it that is attributable to behaviors by distinguishing between short‐run long‐run mediating effects: whereas, in former, only immediate past are taken into account, latter, we consider entire history behaviors. use two identification strategies: instrumental variables based compulsory schooling reforms a combined aggregation, differencing, selection an observables technique address endogeneity both production function....
Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across over time in changes of minimum school leaving age, we study effects quantity education on distribution earnings. We find that compulsory reforms significantly affect educational attainment, especially among individuals belonging to lowest quantiles ability. There is also evidence additional reduces conditional wage inequality, ability are substitutes earnings function.
We adopt a multi-country setup to show that years of schooling have causal protective effect on the body mass index females living in nine European countries. No such is found for males. The not negligible but smaller than one recently United States and stronger among overweight females. discuss possible mechanisms justifying both role education gender difference this role. argue effects additional income, probability employment, frequency vigorous physical activities, off job, may help...
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England Continental Europe, implemented 1936 1975. assess causal effect of on number biological children incidence childlessness. While we find a negative fertility England, this result cannot be confirmed for Europe. The additional generated by expansions Continent did not lead to decrease nor an increase These findings are robust sensitivity falsification checks.
Exploiting admission thresholds to the Bologna day care system, we show using a regression discontinuity (RD) design that one additional month at age 0–2 reduces intelligence quotient by 0.5% (4.7% of standard deviation) 8–14 in relatively affluent population. The magnitude this negative effect increases with family income. Similar impacts are found for personality traits. These findings consistent hypothesis from psychology children experience fewer one-to-one interactions adults, effects...
We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect increasing number immigrants in a classroom on natives' test scores, keeping size and quality two types students constant (pure ethnic composition [PEC] effect). explain why this is relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. The PEC sizable negative (16% standard deviation) language math scores. For first-generation immigrants, more (30% deviation). Estimates that cannot control for endogenous adjustments...
University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from first wave of Global Student Survey, which was administered at 28 universities in United States, Spain, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Italy, and Mexico between April October 2020. The survey addresses contemporaneous outcomes future expectations regarding three fundamental aspects students' lives pandemic: labor market, education, health. document differential responses as a function their...
We investigate the role of bank information policies in fostering accumulation financial knowledge. Exploiting exogenous variability induced by presence a consortium banks Italy (PattiChiari), we find that these are effective for small subsample population (5–10%) and lead to an increase literacy about 10%, on average. Compliance is highest among low-educated respondents older than 60 years. use as instrumental variable estimate effect assets. one standard deviation determines household...
In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to education gradient, using an empirical approach that addresses endogeneity both and in production function. We apply a multi-country data set, which includes 12 European countries has information on education, for sample individuals aged 50+. Focusing self reported poor as our outcome, find protective role males females. When evaluated at mean dependent variable, one additional year reduces self-reported by 7.1%...
In RD designs with multiple cutoffs, the identification of an average causal effect across cutoffs may be problematic if a marginally exposed subject is located exactly at each cutoff. This occurs whenever fixed number treatment slots allocated starting from highest (or lowest) value score, until exhaustion. Exploiting "within" variability cutoff safest and likely efficient option. Alternative strategies exist, but they do not always guarantee meaningful are less precise. To illustrate our...
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source of exogenous variation education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess causal effect on number biological kids incidence childlessness. find that more causes a substantial decrease childlessness an increase average children per woman. Our findings are robust to falsification checks can provide complementary empirical evidence mechanisms leading these surprising results.
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to health education gradient by distinguishing between short-run and long-run mediating effects: while in former only immediate past are taken into account, latter we consider entire history behaviors. use an empirical approach that addresses endogeneity production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health, find has a protective effect for European males females aged 50. also effects - measured smoking, drinking, exercising body...
Who are the girls who decide to sign up for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs coding clubs? In this paper, we rely on a large set of survey data from students analyze how female apply clubs differ other in schools. Girls applying have higher STEM interest, but they perceive their own gender as stronger barrier achieve educational goals. Supporting pool applicants with might substantial role affecting occupational careers closing gaps choices.
We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after II World War to investigate causal effect of education on Body Mass Index (BMI) and incidence overweight obesity among females. Our IV estimates suggest that years schooling have a protective BMI. The size estimated is not negligible but smaller than one found comparable recent work for US. depart from current empirical literature three main directions. First, we multi-country approach. Second, complement standard...
Exploiting admission thresholds in a Regression Discontinuity Design, we study the causal effects of daycare at age 0–2 on cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes 8–14. One additional month reduces IQ by 0.5% (4.5% standard deviation). Effects for conscientiousness are small imprecisely estimated. Psychologists suggest that children experience fewer one-to-one interactions with adults, which should be particularly relevant girls who more capable than boys exploiting stimuli an early age. In...
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source of exogenous variation education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess causal effect on number biological kids incidence childlessness. find that more causes a substantial decrease childlessness an increase average children per woman. Our findings are robust to falsification checks can provide complementary empirical evidence mechanisms leading these surprising results.
Abstract We assess the effect of two antithetic non-monetary incentive schemes based on grading rules students’ effort, using experimental data. randomly assigned students to a tournament scheme that fosters competition between paired up students, cooperative promotes information sharing and collaboration baseline treatment in which can neither compete nor cooperate. In line with theoretical predictions, we find induces higher effort respect cooperation, whereas cooperation does not increase...
We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect increasing number immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping size constant (Pure Composition Effect). explain why this is relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. show that PCE sizeable and negative at age 7 (-1.6% for language math) does not vanish when children grow up 10. Conventional estimates are instead smaller because they confounded by endogenous adjustments implemented principals...
Abstract We provide novel evidence on the existence and extent of intergenerational transmission STEM (science, technology, engineering mathematics) education using a recent large administrative dataset Italian graduates obtained from AlmaLaurea survey. find sizeable associations in university graduation programs demonstrate that these varies strongly according to both parent’s child’s gender. The paternal outweighs maternal relationship is larger for sons than daughters. While documented...
We introduce a new app that collects 24-hour parental time diaries. To assess its validity, we leverage data from sample of more than 500 parents with pre-school aged children. Our findings show our tool is reliable and delivers high-quality data. By exploiting contextual information on the child's involvement feelings during each activity performed parent, construct measures investments capture quality daily parent-child interactions. analyse how these novel relate to alternative...