We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to male enrollment rate ratio …

Justification for policies to encourage investments in education, particularly for individuals at the lower end of the … potentially loss averse around their expected outcome make risky investments in education and we draw on optimal tax theory to … preferences, standard risk aversion and labour supply behaviour, (ii) the risk properties of education, and (iii) the degree of …