Maria De Paola

Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza 87036

Italy

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1.

Workplace Training in Europe

Number of pages: 187 Posted: 18 Jul 2005
Andrea Bassanini, Alison L. Booth, Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola and Edwin Leuven
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), University of Padua - Department of Economics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
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training, Europe, training policies

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Education as a Tool for the Economic Integration of Migrants

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9836
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Apr 2016
Maria De Paola and Giorgio Brunello
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of Padua - Department of Economics
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education, immigration, European migration policies, school tracking, class composition

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Market Failures and the Under-Provision of Training

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Oct 2004
Giorgio Brunello and Maria De Paola
University of Padua - Department of Economics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
Downloads 340 (137,918)
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training, efficiency, turnover

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Does Reminding of Behavioural Biases Increase Returns from Financial Trading? A Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10983
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia and Fabio Piluso
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria and University of Calabria
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financial trading, behavioural biases, reminders, nudges, home bias, status quo bias, risk aversion

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Online Teaching, Procrastination and Students' Achievement: Evidence from COVID-19 Induced Remote Learning

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15031
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 May 2022
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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online teaching, students' performance, COVID-19, procrastination

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The Effect of Multigrade Classes on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills: Causal Evidence Exploiting Minimum Class Size Rules in Italy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11211
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Dec 2017
Daniele Checchi and Maria De Paola
Università degli Studi di Milano - Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Aziendale (DEPA) and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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multigrade classes, mixed-age classes, cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills

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Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards Competition: Evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8859
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Mar 2015
Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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attitudes towards competition, gender gaps, risk-aversion, self-confidence, discrimination, academic promotions, natural experiment

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The Costs of Early School Leaving in Europe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7791
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Giorgio Brunello and Maria De Paola
University of Padua - Department of Economics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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early school leaving, Europe, policy evaluation

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Training and the Density of Economic Activity: Evidence from Italy

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Jul 2004
Giorgio Brunello and Maria De Paola
University of Padua - Department of Economics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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training, local labor markets, Italy

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Who Performs Better Under Time Pressure? Results from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8708
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Dec 2014
Maria De Paola and Francesca Gioia
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria
Downloads 94 (420,207)
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time pressure, time constraints, gender differences, student performance

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Candidates' Quality and Electoral Participation: Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8102
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Apr 2014
Marco Alberto De Benedetto and Maria De Paola
University of London - Birkbeck College and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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politicians' quality, turnout, fuzzy regression discontinuity design, instrumental variables

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Do Women Shy Away from Public Speaking? A Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12959
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Maria De Paola, Rosetta Lombardo, Valeria Pupo and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Calabria and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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public speaking, psychological gender differences, gender, leadership, glass ceiling, field experiment

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Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?

IZA Working Paper No. 3277
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 May 2008
Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
University of Padua - Department of Economics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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optimal effort, fields of study, Italy, random assignment, peer effects

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More Apples Less Chips? The Effect of School Fruit Schemes on the Consumption of Junk Food

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More Apples Less Chips? The Effect of School Fruit Schemes on the Consumption of Junk Food

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6496
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Apr 2012
Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola and Giovanna Labartino
University of Padua - Department of Economics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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EU School Fruit campaign, junk food, Rome

More Apples Less Chips? The Effect of School Fruit Schemes on the Consumption of Junk Food

ISER Discussion Paper No. 840
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 May 2012
Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola and Giovanna Labartino
University of Padua - Department of Economics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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EU school fruit campaign, junk food, Rome

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Skilled Workers' Unemployment and Firms' Training Decisions

University of Siena, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 344
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Jan 2003
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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Procrastination, Academic Success and the Effectiveness of a Remedial Program

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8021
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Mar 2014
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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procrastination, self-control, time preferences, time consistency, impatience, human capital, academic success, dropout, remedial courses

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Are Men Given Priority for Top Jobs? Investigating the Glass Ceiling in the Italian Academia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9658
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Jan 2016
Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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gender discrimination, glass ceiling, academic promotions, natural experiment

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Long Lasting Differences in Civic Capital: Evidence from a Unique Immigration Event in Italy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8808
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Feb 2015
Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola and Colin P. Green
Lancaster University, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Department of Economics
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social capital, electoral turnout, migration, persistence

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Selection and Incentives Under Time Pressure: The Importance of Framing

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13474
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jul 2020
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia and Valeria Pupo
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria and University of Calabria
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time pressure, bonus, penalty, incentive schemes, framing, selection, lab-in-the-field experiment

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The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10604
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Mar 2017
Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola, Colin P. Green and Vincenzo Scoppa
Lancaster University, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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immigration, geographical mobility, voting behavior, political economy, regression discontinuity design

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Are Females Scared of Competing with Males? Results from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7799
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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gender differences, attitude toward competition, psychological differences, tournaments, field experiment, student achievements

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The Health-Wealth Trade-Off During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Communication Matters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13943
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Dec 2020
Vincenzo Carrieri, Maria De Paola and Francesca Gioia
"Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria
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Fertility Decisions and Employment Protection: The Unintended Consequences of the Italian Jobs Act

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12991
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Maria De Paola, roberto nisticò and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, CSEF - University of Naples Federico II and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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labor market reform, employment protection legislation, fertility, difference-in-differences

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Free-Riding and Knowledge Spillovers in Teams: The Role of Social Ties

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10257
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Oct 2016
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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team, free-riding, knowledge spillover, social ties, randomized field experiment

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The Adverse Consequences of Tournaments: Evidence from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9854
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Apr 2016
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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rank-order tournaments, incentives, prize spread, risk-aversion, randomized experiment

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The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipalities

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7612
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Sep 2013
Marco Alberto De Benedetto and Maria De Paola
University of London - Birkbeck College and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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incumbency, political participation, electoral turnout, social capital

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Teamwork, Leadership and Gender

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11861
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2022
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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stereotypes, gender, leadership, team, randomized experiment

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The Spillover of Anti-Immigration Politics to the Schoolyard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13449
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola, Colin P. Green and Vincenzo Scoppa
Lancaster University, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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elections, politics, immigration, bullying, schooling

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Does Patience Matter for Marriage Stability? Some Evidence from Italy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7769
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Dec 2013
Maria De Paola and Francesca Gioia
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria
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divorce, time preferences, impatience, risk aversion

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Leadership at School: Does the Gender of Siblings Matter?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6976
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Nov 2012
Giorgio Brunello and Maria De Paola
University of Padua - Department of Economics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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non-cognitive skills, school behaviors, siblings

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Civicness Drain

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Civicness Drain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11955
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2023
Marco Casari, Andrea Ichino, Moti Michaeli, Moti Michaeli, Maria De Paola, Ginevra Marandola and Vincenzo Scoppa
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna, University of HaifaHebrew University of Jerusalem - Center for the Study of Rationality, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, European Commission, Joint Research Centre and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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social capital, migration, Italy, honesty game, experiments

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Gender Differences in Reaction to Psychological Pressure: Evidence from Tennis Players

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9315
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Sep 2015
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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gender differences, psychological pressure, choking under pressure, feedback, tennis

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External Monitors and Score Manipulation in Italian Schools: Symptomatic Treatment or Cure?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12591
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 09 Sep 2019
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Marco Alberto De Benedetto and Maria De Paola
University of Padua, University of Padua, University of London - Birkbeck College and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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education, testing, external monitoring, long-run effects

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Term Limit Extension and Electoral Participation: Evidence from a Diff-in-Discontinuities Design at the Local Level in Italy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11865
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Oct 2018
Marco Alberto De Benedetto and Maria De Paola
University of London - Birkbeck College and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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diff-in-discontinuities, voter turnout, political competition

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Pension Reforms, Longer Working Horizons and Absence from Work

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15871
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Jan 2023
Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola and Lorenzo Rocco
University of Padua, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of Padua
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absences from work, retirement, Italy

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Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14040
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2023
Maria De Paola, Roberto Nisticò and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics and Statistics (DiSES), University of Naples Federico II and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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fertility, promotion, academic career, career uncertainty

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The Long-Run Effects of College Remedial Education

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15082
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 May 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2022
Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa and Janna Smirnova
University of London - Birkbeck College, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of Calabria
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remediation, education, employment, RDD

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The Long-Run Earnings Effects of Winning a Mayoral Election

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15864
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 14 Jan 2023
Marco Bertoni, Giorgio Brunello, Lorenzo Cappellari and Maria De Paola
University of Padua, University of Padua, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics
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returns to office, political selection, revolving door, rent-seeking, close elections

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Does Teacher Quality Affect Student Performance? Evidence from an Italian University

Posted: 03 Jul 2016
Maria De Paola
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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teaching quality, student performance

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Family Ties and Training Provision in an Insider-Outsider Framework

Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2003
Posted: 29 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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On-the-job training, family ties, insider-outsider, altruism, hiring

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Delegation, Skills Acquisition and Turnover Costs

International Journal of the Economics of Business, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2007
Posted: 29 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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organizational design, delegation, human capital, turnover costs, bureaucracy

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Firms' Training Decisions and Unemployment in Italian Labour Markets

Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 103-26, 2002
Posted: 29 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Training, Unemployment, Italian labour markets, Productivity differentials, Turnover

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The Role of Family Ties in the Labour Market: An Interpretation Based on Efficiency Wage Theory

Labour, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 603-623, December 2001
Posted: 29 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Family Ties, Efficiency Wages, hiring, altruism, unemployment

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Task Assignment, Incentives and Technological Factors

Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 43-55, January 2009
Posted: 26 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Task assignment, delegation, principal-agent, communication costs, hierarchy, delegation, incentives

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Peer Group Effects on the Academic Performance of Italian Students

Applied Economics, 2009
Posted: 24 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Peer Group Effects, Education, Academic Performance, Two-Stage Least Squares

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Organizational Design, Project Selection and Incentives

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 3, pp. 424-449, 2006
Posted: 23 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Organizational structure, Incentives, hierarchy, delegation, screening, agency costs

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Returns to Skills, Incentives to Study and Optimal Educational Standards

Journal of Economics, Vol. 92, No. 3, 2007
Posted: 20 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Education, Student Effort, Educational Standard, Incentives, Returns to Skills, Wage compression

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The Effects of Managerial Turnover: Evidence from Coach Dismissals in Italian Soccer Teams

Posted: 10 Jan 2009
Maria De Paola and Vincenzo Scoppa
Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics and Università degli Studi della Calabria - Department of Economics and Statistics

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Managerial Turnover, Dismissal; Performance evaluation; Sport economics