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View article: Is it a Matter of Skills? High School Choices and the Gender Gap in STEM
Is it a Matter of Skills? High School Choices and the Gender Gap in STEM Open
This paper examines whether the gender gap in skills, favoring boys in mathematics and girls in language, contributes to the gender gap in STEM choices in high school. While previous research has linked skills to educational choices, it fi…
View article: Gender differences in high school choices: do math and language skills play a role?
Gender differences in high school choices: do math and language skills play a role? Open
This paper focuses on the gendered choice of high school in the Italian context, where children are tracked at age 14 and are free to choose the type of school, with no binding teacher recommendation or ability restriction. It is therefore…
View article: Was the trip worth it? Consistency between decision and experienced utility assessments of recreational nature visits
Was the trip worth it? Consistency between decision and experienced utility assessments of recreational nature visits Open
This paper assesses the relationship between decision utility and experienced utility of recreational nature visits. The former is measured as the travel cost to reach that site as routinely used by the travel cost method (TCM), and the la…
View article: Estimating the Impact of Temperature and Rainfall on Malaria Incidence in Ghana from 2012 to 2017
Estimating the Impact of Temperature and Rainfall on Malaria Incidence in Ghana from 2012 to 2017 Open
Malaria has a significant impact on the lives of many in Ghana. It is one of the key causes of mortality and morbidity, resulting in 32.5% of outpatient visits and 48.8% of under 5-year-old hospital admissions. Future climate change may im…
View article: Do Men Care? Estimating Men’s Preferences for Spending Time with Their Children
Do Men Care? Estimating Men’s Preferences for Spending Time with Their Children Open
Is the time men use on childcare and household work the result of preferences or cultural, institutional and economic constraints? Can such constraints be measured when we only observe men’s choices (functionings) but not their capabilitie…
View article: Going Beyond Test Scores: The Gender Gap in Italian Children’s Mathematical Capability
Going Beyond Test Scores: The Gender Gap in Italian Children’s Mathematical Capability Open
This paper investigates the relationship between gender, attitudes, and test scores in mathematics. The study argues that measures of children’s capability in mathematics must include some indicators of attitudes toward the subject. These …
View article: The Gender Gap in Attitudes and Test Scores: A New Construct of the Mathematical Capability
The Gender Gap in Attitudes and Test Scores: A New Construct of the Mathematical Capability Open
In most OECD countries, girls outperform boys in all subjects except mathematics. Usually, only test scores are utilised as a measure of mathematical skills. In this paper, we argue that in order to measure children's capability in mathema…
View article: Labor force heterogeneity and wage polarization: Italy and Spain
Labor force heterogeneity and wage polarization: Italy and Spain Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the change in the Italian and Spanish wage polarization degree in a time of economic crisis, taking into account the factors affecting labor force heterogeneity. Gender differences in the evol…
View article: A microsimulation model to measure the impact of the economic crisis on household income
A microsimulation model to measure the impact of the economic crisis on household income Open
Purpose – The current economic crisis has significantly increased unemployment, showing higher persistence than expected. However, since microdata from household surveys are issued with delay, they do not allow a prompt analysis of the imp…