<em>Structural Funds, Productivity and Employment: a Study on the Italian Regions</em> (by Gianluigi Coppola, Sergio Destefanis) - ABSTRACT: Objectives In this paper we study the impact of the European Structural Funds on the convergence process of the 20 Italian administrative regions. We consider the...

<em> Indicatori sintetici ed aree geografiche sub-nazionali: un'applicazione all'economia italiana </em> (by Antonio Corvino, Ernesto Somma) - ABSTRACT: Objectives The use of synthetic indicators for the reading and interpretation of phenomena of economic character has assumed during the time an...

<em>SIS-RAI: the statistical information system of the Direzione Amministrazione abbonamenti of the Italian public radio and television system (RAI)</em> (by Bruno Chiandotto, Bruno Bertaccini) . Objectives Current Italian law, (R.D.L. 21/02/1938 n. 246), requires that every household owning one or more...

<em>Demographic and territorial differentials of subcontracting labour supply in Lumbardy Objectives</em> (by Giuseppe A. Micheli) - ABSTRACT: As data on subcontract work are easily available and monitorable, they are frequently used in the economic research about the unanticipated effects (tramp vs...

<em> Airport service quality and customer satisfaction: a methodology that supports the traditional one</em> (by Valerio Gatta). Objectives In this paper we consider the problem of service quality measurement. In marketing literature the study of service quality has focused on customer evaluation. Often,...

<em>Statistics for the social enterprise of quality</em> (by Maurizio Carpita, Elena Poli). Objectives The present study firstly proposes to extend the standard total quality approach, to take into account the peculiarities of the social enterprises, as the non profit organiza- tions offering social...

<em>Competences of graduates by Rasch analysis</em> (by Lucio Bertoli-Barsotti, Silvia Biffignandi, Valeria Caviezel). Objectives In this study we apply the Rasch analysis to evaluate the competences of graduates in their job (required and effective competences). The database comes from a study of...

<em>Role and problems of the statistical methods to evaluate services related to goods production systems</em> (by Umberto Magagnoli, Gabriele Cantaluppi). Objectives This paper gives a brief overview of the statistical methods concerning new features in Quality Control either in the productive and...

<em>A longitudinal analysis of academic achievements in the University of Bologna</em> (by Stefania Mignani, Paola Monari, Silvia Bianconcini, Silvia Cagnone). Objectives The aim of this paper is to analyze academic achievement of a cohort of students enrolled in 2001 at one of the most numerous...

<em>Objectives The aim of this paper is to propose an alternative method for choosing some potential poles to be inserted in multi-step models, in order to build sub regional areas for the analysis of the income circuit</em> (by Andrea Ciccarelli) - ABSTRACT: Methods and Results Starting from the...