This literature review looks at the evidence on the wider non-economic benefits of higher
education for students. It also looks at the impact, through graduates and knowledge …

Social policy can be defined as the laws, rules, directives, programs, and other instruments
employed by government to increase investments in human capital, encourage behaviors …

There is a strong, positive, and well-documented correlation between education and health
outcomes. In this paper, we attempt to understand to what extent this relationship is causal …

In cross-country data, teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on
projects together) are related to various dimensions of social capital. In micro-data from …

Negli Stati Uniti l'economia postindustriale, basata sul sapere e sull'innovazione, sta
cambiando profondamente il mercato del lavoro, sia per la tipologia dei beni prodotti sia per …

The process of individual identity formation is still an enigma, as is the capacity of public
bodies to intervene in it. In 1983, the Catalan education system became bilingual, and …

In this paper, I compare two reforms that raised the minimum school‐leaving age to 16 in
France (1967) and in England and Wales (1972). Using a regression discontinuity design, I …

We experimentally study the effect of financial education on investment attitudes in a large
sample of high school students in Italy. Students in the treated classes were taught a course …

In this paper we study the effects of educational reforms on school attainment. We construct
a dataset of relevant reforms that occurred at the national level over the last century, and …

Despite the increased attention to students leaving secondary education without a diploma
numerous students still dropout yearly. This paper makes a distinction between the …