We study the impact of a program designed to enhance data literacy on graduate students' skills and academic outcomes in a large Italian university. The program (i.e. a minor) targets students who are expected to have weak quantitative competences and offers 120-hours training focused on...

This paper empirically examines the impacts and underlying mechanisms of a digital strategy, along with its four constituent indicators, on enterprise innovation investment. Utilizing a vast sample of companies listed on Chinese stock markets spanning from 2007 to 2022, the study constructs...

Economic growth and development are key to societal well-being, yet emerging economies in Central Asia and the Caucasus face challenges such as labor market inefficiencies, uneven capital distribution, and weak institutions. This study examines the impact of education, institutional quality,...

Much of the extant research on the relationship between founder education level and entrepreneurial success finds that more education is associated with increased success. Using a unique data set of startups from a large startup competition, this paper specifically explores funding success and...

Children early in the birth order get more parental care than later children. Does this significantly affect their life chances? An extensive genealogy of 428,280 English people 1680-2024, with substantial sets of complete families, suggests that birth order had little effect on social outcomes...