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Quintano, Claudio; Castellano, Rosalia; D'Agostino, Antonella – Journal of Education and Work, 2008
The quality of jobs of economics graduates was studied in terms of educational mismatch. The returns of over-education on earnings and on the job-search were also investigated. The discussion regards the second wave of a longitudinal survey of a random sample of economics graduates from the University of Naples "Parthenope", a major…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics Education, Education Work Relationship, Income
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Grilli, Leonardo; Mealli, Fabrizia – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2008
The authors propose a methodology based on the principal strata approach to causal inference for assessing the relative effectiveness of two degree programs with respect to the employment status of their graduates. An innovative use of nonparametric bounds in the principal strata framework is shown, examining the role of some assumptions in…
Descriptors: Political Science, Employment Level, Outcomes of Education, Nonparametric Statistics
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Ajello, Anna Maria; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1987
Investigates the teaching of concepts of work and profit to third graders in Rome. Students were interviewed before and after teaching of instructional units to ascertain their ideas on prices, profit, and product distribution. (PCB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Economics Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Berti, Anna Emilia – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Presents findings of an analysis of Italian seventh grade students' understanding of capitalism and socialism. Reports that knowledge of the topics was rather poor. Concludes that students who had studied the topics more thoroughly had somewhat, but not substantially, greater understanding of capitalism and socialism. Calls for more research. (SG)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Concept Formation, Economics Education, Foreign Countries
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Berti, Anna Emilia – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1993
Reports on a study of 43 Italian fifth-graders about their understanding of the functions of banks and the role of monetary interest in banking before and after a lesson on banking. Finds that most children could speak correctly about both deposit and loan interest and their relative amounts after the lesson. (CFR)
Descriptors: Banking, Banking Vocabulary, Business Education, Class Activities
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Berti, Anna Emilia; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Examines how an economic concept changed when 68 third-grade Italian children underwent different kinds of experiences simulated by means of tutorial and critical training. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Economics Education
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Berti, Anna Emilia – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
Conceptions of 50 third graders (aged 8-9 years) in Italy about shopkeepers' profit were examined using the Piagetian clinical procedure, with an interview followed by a comparison task that checked comprehension. Teaching children about profit had a higher impact at posttest on children who could compare correctly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Economics Education
Ryba, Raymond, Ed.; Robinson, Brian, Ed. – 1977
This publication contains a sampling of conference papers delivered at the first European Economic Community (E.E.C.) Working Conference on Economics Education held at St. Ignatius University, Antwerp in September, 1976. Invited representative participants from the nine E.E.C. countries met to discuss common problems relating to economics in upper…
Descriptors: Business Education, Comparative Education, Conference Papers, Deduction
Lombardo, Linda – 1988
A survey of students in the school of economics in an Italian university investigated the following: (1) students' attitudes toward and interest in learning English as a second language; (2) their perceived need for using the language personally, academically, and professionally; (3) their assessment of their own second language proficiency; and…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Needs, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language)
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