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I vincoli del sistema scolastico e la formazione delle competenze
No full textAl di là delle percezioni individuali, le evidenze empiriche, sia a livello nazionale,
sia internazionale, mostrano come le abilità acquisite dagli studenti siano
fortemente correlate alle diverse opportunità di accesso a determinati percorsi
formativi. Ma quanto le competenze raggiunte dipendono dalle circostanze, e dunque anche da possibili diseguaglianze, e quanto dall’impegno individuale
The economics of education : human capital, family background and inequality
No full textIn an important contribution to educational policy, Daniele Checchi offers an economic perspective on the demand and supply of education. He explores the reasons why, beyond a certain point, investment in education has not resulted in reductions in social inequalities. Starting with the seminal work of Gary Becker, Checchi provides an extensive survey of the literature on human capital and social capital formation. He draws on individual data on intergenerational transmission of income and education for the USA, Germany and Italy, as well as aggregate data on income and educational inequality for a much wider range of countries
Macroeconomic populism: a formal representation and a suggested interpretation of the Peruvian experience (1985-90)
No full textThis paper investigates some reasons for the recurrence of populist governments. When a populist experience is viewed as a political compensation for economic inequalities, the analysis of the emergence of populist government must focus on the interplay of economic and political determinants. A political-economic model with three social groups and three candidates is proposed. It explains the emergence of populist candidates as the result of the existence of a wide informal sector in a polarized society, where pro-labour and pro-capital candidates pursue the exclusive interests of their constituencies. The conditions that make the elections of a populist candidate more likely include the size of the informal sector, the electoral rules, the polarization of the political conflict between left and right and the permanence of the informal sector, notwithstanding past populist experiences. A brief historical outline of Alán García's government in Peru (1985-90) shows that the existence of a wide informal sector in the economy was one of the key features for his electoral platform, for his election and for the theoretical justification of the 'heterodox' policies he implemented
Percorsi scolastici e origini sociali nella scuola italiana
Full text linkUsing a representative sample of the Italian population, we study the association between drop-out and social origins. We also investigate the correlations with the secondary school track chosen by those who are able to proceed further on. Given the interplay between individual school assessment and the financial situation of the family of origin, we advance proposals for the design of possible scholarship schemes capable of contrasting dropout outcomes
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