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Working Papers

2020

1. Autonomy, Performance And Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis Of Russian Universities 2014-2018
   HSE Working papers, National Research University Higher School of Economics
2. Do Merger Policies Increase University Efficiency? Evidence From A Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design
   HSE Working papers, National Research University Higher School of Economics View citations (1)
3. How Do The Characteristics Of The Environment Influence University Efficiency? Evidence From A Conditional Efficiency Approach
   HSE Working papers, National Research University Higher School of Economics
4. Local governments’ efficiency and educational results: empirical evidence from Italian primary schools
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   Also in Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (2020)
5. Public Finance, Government Spending and Economic Growth: The Case of Local Governments in Italy
   Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin View citations (2)
   Also in Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (2020) View citations (2)

2019

6. Local governments’ efficiency and its heterogeneity – empirical evidence from a Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Italian municipalities 2010-2015
   Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (2)
7. THE CAUSAL IMPACT OF PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING ON UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM A POLICY IN RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION
   HSE Working papers, National Research University Higher School of Economics View citations (1)
8. The added value of more accurate predictions for school rankings
   Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The added value of more accurate predictions for school rankings, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2018

9. Academic resilience: What schools and countries do to help disadvantaged students succeed in PISA
   OECD Education Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (12)
10. Evaluating the Stability of School Performance Estimates for School Choice: Evidence for Italian Primary Schools
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica
11. Multidimensional poverty measures for analysing educational poverty in European countries
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (2)
12. The Russian Excellence Initiative For Higher Education: An Econometric Evaluation Of Short-Term Results
    HSE Working papers, National Research University Higher School of Economics View citations (7)

2017

13. Efficiency of investment in compulsory education: An Overview of Methodological Approaches
    JRC Research Reports, Joint Research Centre View citations (2)
14. Efficiency of investment in compulsory education: empirical analyses in Europe
    JRC Research Reports, Joint Research Centre View citations (2)
15. ICT use at home for school-related tasks: what is the effect on a student’s achievement? Empirical evidence from OECD PISA data
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article ICT Use at home for school-related tasks: what is the effect on a student’s achievement? Empirical evidence from OECD PISA data, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (7) (2020)
16. Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (32) (2019)
17. The transient and persistent efficiency of Italian and German universities: A stochastic frontier analysis
    CEPIE Working Papers, Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The transient and persistent efficiency of Italian and German universities: a stochastic frontier analysis, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (21) (2019)
18. Using Machine Learning To Model Interaction Effects In Education: A Graphical Approach
    Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies View citations (2)

2016

19. Italian school principals’ managerial behaviors and students’ test scores: an empirical analysis
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (2)

2015

20. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier (2016) View citations (19) (2016)
21. The Efficiency of Secondary Schools in an International Perspective: Preliminary Results from PISA 2012
    OECD Education Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (11)

2014

22. Does public spending improve educational resilience? A longitudinal analysis of OECD-PISA data
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica View citations (1)
23. Exploring universities’ efficiency differentials between countries in a multi-year perspective: an application of bootstrap DEA and Malmquist index to Italy and Poland, 2001-2011
    Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley View citations (4)
24. How does schools’ efficiency look like across Europe? An empirical analysis of Germany, Spain, France, Italy and UK using OECD PISA2012 data
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica

2013

25. Are we wasting public money? No! The effects of grants on Italian university students’ performances
    Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB)

2012

26. Inequality in education: can Italian disadvantaged students close the gap? A focus on resilience in the Italian school system
    Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) View citations (2)

2009

27. Cost Structure, Efficiency and Heterogeneity in US Higher Education: An Empirical Analysis
    Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Digital Innovation in Times of Emergency: Reactions from a School of Management in Italy
   Sustainability, 2020, 12, (24), 1-17 View citations (3)
2. ICT Use at home for school-related tasks: what is the effect on a student’s achievement? Empirical evidence from OECD PISA data
   Education Economics, 2020, 28, (6), 601-620 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper ICT use at home for school-related tasks: what is the effect on a student’s achievement? Empirical evidence from OECD PISA data, MPRA Paper (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2019

3. Changing the Accounting System to Foster Universities’ Financial Sustainability: First Evidence from Italy
   Sustainability, 2019, 11, (21), 1-18 View citations (5)
4. Evaluating the Stability of School Performance Estimates over Time
   Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40, (3), 401-425 View citations (1)
5. Measuring the efficiency of European education systems by combining Data Envelopment Analysis and Multiple-Criteria Evaluation
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2019, 51, (2), 105-124 View citations (15)
6. Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012
   Journal of Regional Science, 2019, 59, (5), 819-849 View citations (32)
   See also Working Paper Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012, Working papers (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
7. The efficiency of schools in developing countries, analysed through PISA 2012 data
   Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2019, 68, (C) View citations (13)
8. The transient and persistent efficiency of Italian and German universities: a stochastic frontier analysis
   Applied Economics, 2019, 51, (46), 5012-5030 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper The transient and persistent efficiency of Italian and German universities: A stochastic frontier analysis, CEPIE Working Papers (2017) View citations (7) (2017)

2018

9. Business models in the search for efficiency: the case of public financial intermediaries
   Public Money & Management, 2018, 38, (3), 234-243
10. Student and school performance across countries: A machine learning approach
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, 269, (3), 1072-1085 View citations (10)
11. The added value of more accurate predictions for school rankings
    Economics of Education Review, 2018, 67, (C), 207-215 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The added value of more accurate predictions for school rankings, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) (2019) View citations (2) (2019)
12. The influence of school size, principal characteristics and school management practices on educational performance: An efficiency analysis of Italian students attending middle schools
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2018, 61, (C), 52-69 View citations (10)
13. Using regression tree ensembles to model interaction effects: a graphical approach
    Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (58), 6341-6354 View citations (4)

2017

14. A cross-country panel approach to exploring the determinants of educational equity through PISA data
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2017, 51, (3), 1243-1260 View citations (4)
15. Between-classes sorting within schools and test scores: an empirical analysis of Italian junior secondary schools
    International Review of Economics, 2017, 64, (1), 1-45 View citations (1)
16. Bivariate multilevel models for the analysis of mathematics and reading pupils' achievements
    Journal of Applied Statistics, 2017, 44, (7), 1296-1317 View citations (5)
17. Equality of Educational Opportunities, Schools’ Characteristics and Resilient Students: An Empirical Study of EU-15 Countries Using OECD-PISA 2009 Data
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, 134, (3), 917-953 View citations (7)
18. Exploring the efficiency of Mexican universities: Integrating Data Envelopment Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling
    Omega, 2017, 67, (C), 123-133 View citations (32)
19. Heterogeneity, school-effects and the North/South achievement gap in Italian secondary education: evidence from a three-level mixed model
    Statistical Methods & Applications, 2017, 26, (1), 157-180 View citations (7)
20. The determinants of repetition rates in Europe: Early skills or subsequent parents’ help?
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2017, 39, (1), 129-146 View citations (9)
21. The relevance of knowledge transfer for universities’ efficiency scores: an empirical approximation on the Spanish public higher education system
    Research Evaluation, 2017, 26, (3), 211-229 View citations (14)

2016

22. Cost structure, productivity and efficiency of the Italian public higher education industry 2001--2011
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2016, 30, (1), 48-68 View citations (8)
23. Does class matter more than school? Evidence from a multilevel statistical analysis on Italian junior secondary school students
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2016, 54, (C), 47-57 View citations (10)
24. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2016, 55, (C), 47-58 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity, Working papers (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
25. Exploring efficiency differentials between Italian and Polish universities, 2001–11
    Science and Public Policy, 2016, 43, (1), 128-142 View citations (9)
26. The Heterogeneity of the ‘Private School Effect’ in Italian Primary Education
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2016, 62, (1), 126-147 View citations (1)
27. The public sector efficiency in Italy: The case of Lombardy municipalities in the provision of the essential public services
    ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, 2016, 2016/1, (1), 59-84 View citations (8)

2015

28. Defining spending reviews: a proposal for a taxonomy, with applications to Italy and the UK
    Public Money & Management, 2015, 35, (6), 423-430 View citations (1)
29. The impact of institutional student support on graduation rates in US Ph.D. programmes
    Education Economics, 2015, 23, (4), 396-418

2014

30. Educational institutions, resources, and students' resiliency: an empirical study about OECD countries
    Economics Bulletin, 2014, 34, (2), 1055-1067 View citations (9)
31. Inequality in education: Can Italian disadvantaged students close the gap?
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2014, 52, (C), 8-20 View citations (19)

2013

32. Competition Among Italian Junior-Secondary Schools: A Variance-Decomposition Empirical Analysis
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2013, 84, (1), 17-42 View citations (3)
33. Debate: Innovation in the Italian public higher education system: introducing accrual accounting
    Public Money & Management, 2013, 33, (2), 92-94 View citations (11)
34. Educational disparities across regions: A multilevel analysis for Italy and Spain
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2013, 35, (6), 1079-1102 View citations (22)
35. The efficiency of Italian secondary schools and the potential role of competition: a data envelopment analysis using OECD-PISA2006 data
    Education Economics, 2013, 21, (5), 520-544 View citations (24)

2012

36. Comparing German and Italian Public Universities: Convergence or Divergence in the Higher Education Landscape?
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2012, 33, 71-85 View citations (47)
37. Evaluating the performance of academic departments: an analysis of research-related output efficiency
    Research Evaluation, 2012, 21, (1), 2-14 View citations (32)
38. Relational arenas in a regional Higher Education system: Insights from an empirical analysis
    Research Evaluation, 2012, 21, (4), 291-305 View citations (2)

2011

39. Debate: Public sector productivity: lessons from the Italian financial crisis
    Public Money & Management, 2011, 31, (6), 383-384
40. Efficiency and quality of care in nursing homes: an Italian case study
    Health Care Management Science, 2011, 14, (1), 22-35 View citations (22)
41. How competition affects schools' performances: Does specification matter?
    Economics Letters, 2011, 110, (3), 259-261 View citations (14)
42. Performances and spending efficiency in higher education: a European comparison through non-parametric approaches
    Education Economics, 2011, 19, (2), 199-224 View citations (34)

2010

43. European universities in transition: issues, models and cases
    Education Economics, 2010, 18, (1), 127-130
44. Heterogeneity and the evaluation of efficiency: the case of Italian universities
    Applied Economics, 2010, 42, (11), 1365-1375 View citations (43)
45. Stratification in higher education: a comparative study
    Education Economics, 2010, 18, (2), 249-251

2009

46. Beyond frontiers: comparing the efficiency of higher education decision-making units across more than one country
    Education Economics, 2009, 17, (1), 59-79 View citations (69)
47. Book reviews
    Education Economics, 2009, 17, (1), 139-145
48. Market forces and competition in university systems: theoretical reflections and empirical evidence from Italy
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2009, 23, (4), 463-483 View citations (22)
49. Measuring efficiency of Higher Education institutions
    International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2009, 10, (5/6), 443-465 View citations (4)
50. Microfinance and public policy. Outreach, performance and efficiency
    Education Economics, 2009, 17, (2), 282-284
51. Universities and strategic knowledge creation
    Education Economics, 2009, 17, (3), 415-417

2008

52. Book reviews
    Education Economics, 2008, 16, (3), 307-311

2007

53. Assessing the Cost Efficiency of Italian Universities
    Education Economics, 2007, 15, (4), 455-471 View citations (32)

2006

54. Data envelopment analysis to the Italian university system: theoretical issues and policy implications
    International Journal of Business Performance Management, 2006, 8, (4), 344-367 View citations (37)

Edited books

2017

1. Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (7)

Chapters

2017

1. Data analytics and decision making in education: towards the educational data scientist as a key actor in schools and higher education institutions
   Chapter 9 in Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics, 2017, pp 184-210 View citations (3)

2011

2. Efficiency of public spending in education: A challenge among Italian regions
   Chapter 31 in Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación 6, 2011, vol. 6, pp 503-516 View citations (7)