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The Impact of the Bologna Process on Graduation: New Evidence from Italy
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Chies, Laura; Graziosi, Grazia; Pauli, Francesco – Research in Higher Education, 2019
Between 2001 and 2005, higher education in Italy went through a considerable process of reform according to the "Bologna Process." This paper evaluates the effects of this process on the academic performance of students. We estimate the difference in graduation probability between students who switched from pre-reform university courses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Educational Change
Grants in Italian University: A Look at the Heterogeneity of Their Impact on Students' Performances
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Murtinu, Samuele – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
In this paper, we estimate the effect of receiving financial aid for a cohort of students who enrolled at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) in the year 2007/2008, through a propensity score matching approach. Using administrative data about these students for four years, the impact of the financial aid on several dimensions of academic performance was…
Descriptors: Grants, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
The Academic Impact of Natural Disasters: Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake
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Di Pietro, Giorgio – Education Economics, 2018
This paper uses a standard difference-in-differences approach to examine the effect of the L'Aquila earthquake on the academic performance of the students of the local university. The empirical results indicate that this natural disaster reduced students' probability of graduating on-time and slightly increased students' probability of dropping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters, College Students, Academic Achievement