We use a representative sample of Italian graduates drawn from the Consorzio AlmaLaurea to assess the impact of individual and family characteristics, university inputs and the labour market on the time taken to attain a degree. Our estimates highlight that all these dimensions drive the outcome...

Despite differences existing among tertiary education systems across countries, there is a growing concern about the rise of the time to bachelor degree. Italian university system, in particular, has been traditionally affected by this form of internal inefficiency and a baseline motivation of...

Since Solow’s (1957) contribution, human capital has a central role in the debate on economic growth as a leading long period development factor. If from a theoretical point of view the role of human capital on economic growth both directly and throughout its use in R&D activities is fully...

<em>Capitale umano, capitale sociale e crescita: una prospettiva regionale</em> (by Eliana Baici, Giorgia Casalone) - ABSTRACT: Questo lavoro propone una stima panel dell’effetto del capitale umano e del capitale sociale sulla dinamica della produttività delle regioni italiane nel periodo 1980- 2001....

We estimate structural quantile treatment effects to analyze the relationship between household income and sorting into private or public education, using Italian data. Public education provision is redistributive when rich families, who contribute to its financing, find it optimal to sort out...

Il presente lavoro si propone di analizzare le caratteristiche strutturali dell’economia novarese e le traiettorie evolutive da questa seguite nell’arco dell’ultimo decennio, nell’intento di delinearne i principali punti di forza e di debolezza, anche alla luce delle nuove sfide...