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Is TFP clean or dirty? The nexus between environmental and economic efficiency
No full textImprovements in economic productivity are a key driver of economic growth and a primary objective of many national and international policy initiatives. Yet, whether growth-oriented industrial policies also deliver environmental benefits remains debated. This paper investigates the empirical relationship between Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and environmental performance using panel data on about 3000 European firms from 2005 to 2019. We propose a novel framework in which profit-maximizing firms enhance TFP by adopting input-saving technologies, thereby improving environmental efficiency in terms of output per unit of pollution. At the same time, these TFP-enhancing technologies may be associated with higher emissions per unit of input. We estimate three efficiency measures – TFP, input emissions efficiency, and overall environmental efficiency – and analyse their empirical relationship. Our findings reveal that higher TFP is associated with improved overall environmental efficiency, albeit with a weak trade-off with input emission efficiency. The relationship is heterogeneous across different types of firms, as high-TFP firms tend to exhibit lower input emission efficiency, especially when they are already at the top of the environmental efficiency distribution. Overall, our findings suggest that while growth policies can support environmental goals, they are insufficient to drive the green transition on their own, suggesting a complementary role for technology regulations that limit the adoption of input-saving technologies associated with high emissions per unit of input
Assessment and self-assessment in teacher training: a survey of practices and perceptions among trainee teachers
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Teaching, Research and Dissemination of European Values: Results of the Jean Monnet Module: “Storia dei Valori Europei e della Carta dei Diritti Fondamentali dell’Unione Europea”
No full textThis paper briefly presents the results of the Jean Monnet Module “Storia dei valori europei e della Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea” (STOVALUE), implemented at eCampus University between 2022 and 2025 with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The project aimed to enhance the understanding of the European Union’s founding values and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights through university teaching, interdisciplinary research, and civic outreach in secondary schools. At a time marked by political fragmentation and growing democratic uncertainty, the Module sought to reconnect historical and philosophical traditions with the contemporary discourse on human rights, citizenship, and European identity. The project received positive recognition from both the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC). The STOVALUE experience thus provides a model for integrating research, pedagogy, and outreach in the dissemination of EU values and citizenship education
Mechanics of Additive & Advanced Manufacturing, Inverse Methods and Machine Learning, Vol. 5
No full textIl “soffitto della badessa” dal monastero del Corpus Domini: una committenza cortese fra musica e pittura
No full textItalian Validation and Psychometric Properties of the New Work Values Scale
No full textThe construction of a fulfilling career and the people management processes within organizations, like the selection of personnel, require a multidisciplinary approach that takes into account psychological, social, and cultural factors. Various concepts have been suggested to explain work motivations and organizational outcomes, including work values. Work values can encompass individual preferences, as well as moral standards and social norms. This broad definition has led to a variety of work value measurement instruments. One brief and cutting-edge measure that integrates different approaches is the New Work Values Scale (NWVS). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian form of this measure (NWVS-I). A sample of 397 Italian adults from 19 to 66 years of age (M = 30.78, SD = 13.38) participated in the study and completed both the New Work Values Scale—Italian form (NWVS-I) and the Portraits Value Questionnaire (PVQ). First, we evaluated the structure of the New Work Values Scale—Italian form (NWVS-I) through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), followed by a concurrent validity analysis correlating the dimensions of the New Work Values Scale—Italian form (NWVS-I) with those assessed by the Portraits Value Questionnaire (PVQ). We also tested gender invariance. The results confirmed the factor structure of the scale and its validity in the Italian context. The New Work Values Scale—Italian form (NWVS-I) is a useful measure in understanding the work values of individuals in the Italian context. This measure can be used for a wide range of applications, contributing to promoting greater awareness of one’s values and facilitating career choices, personnel selection, and people management aligned with a vision of sustainable organizational development
Can the optimal fiscal policy counteract corporate tax evasion without harming job creation?
No full textThis paper studies the relationship between corporate tax evasion, job creation, and the optimal fiscal policy. As a rule, an optimal fiscal policy should spur tax compliance (thereby reducing tax evasion) without harming job creation. Anti-tax evasion policies, therefore, should be related to job creation policies. The paper finds that anti-tax evasion and job creation policies change according to the extent of tax evasion in the economy. Precisely, when tax evasion is widespread, a lower tax burden (tax cuts or provision of fiscal rewards) requires tighter tax audits; whereas, where most people comply with tax rules, a decrease in tax audits is possible. A system of two simultaneous equations carried out on a panel dataset that covers 54 countries (both developed and developing) and four years (2018-2021) supports the model-generated theoretical relationships
A new method of expanding the reconstruction of the occupational structure in Renaissance Florence: A preliminary investigation with insights into the economic impact of political and economic changes, in La mobilità sociale nelle società preindustriali: tendenze, cause ed effetti (secc. XIII-XVIII) / Social mobility in pre-industrial societies: tendencies, causes and effects (13th-18th centuries), edited by Angela Orlandi, Firenze University Press, Firenze, 2025, pp. 461-475, ISBN 979-12-215-0667-9, DOI 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.22 DOI 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9
No full textPerforming Accountability During a Crisis: Insights from the Italian Government's Response to the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
No full textThis paper analyses the form that government accountability takes during a crisis. Based on 52 press conferences, declarations, and speeches made by Italian central government officials in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the paper shows that accountability was enacted, in practice, through Goffmanian performances, in three separate ways. First, performances aimed at defining the crisis, first as a situation under control, and later as an emergency. Second, performances served to allocate responsibility for ending the crisis, first to the government and then to the citizenry. Finally, performances allowed the establishment of a hierarchy of the values that would justify the crisis response policies—preserving access to healthcare as opposed to safeguarding other economic, individual, and societal interests. Variations in the elements of performances gave rise to three shifting configurations of accountability—paternalistic, political, and communal—that followed the evolution of the crisis. Collectively, the findings deepen our understanding of the role that accountability has in the justification of the crisis response policies