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CannistrĂ , Marta; Agasisti, Tommaso; Amagir, Aisa; Poder, Kaire; Holz, Oliver; Vartiak, Lukas; De Witte, Kristof – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
Given the expected advantages for individuals and societies, financial literacy is high on the policy agenda in many countries. This paper reports the results from a unique survey conducted on a sample of 13-16-year-old students in five European countries, aimed at measuring and comparing their level of financial literacy skills. The results…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Money Management, Cross Cultural Studies, Secondary School Students
Agasisti, Tommaso; Avvisati, Francesco; Borgonovi, Francesca; Longobardi, Sergio – OECD Publishing, 2018
Resilience refers to the capacity of individuals to prosper despite encountering adverse circumstances. This paper defines academic resilience as the ability of 15-year-old students from disadvantaged backgrounds to perform at a certain level in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in reading, mathematics and science that…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Resilience (Psychology), Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
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Agasisti, Tommaso; Haelermans, Carla – Higher Education Quarterly, 2016
This paper analyses the relationship between the public funding systems of higher education in Italy and the Netherlands and their universities' performances. Empirically, an efficiency analysis on 13 Dutch and 58 Italian public universities is conducted. The findings show that the relative efficiency of Italian and Dutch universities is strongly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Comparative Education, Academic Achievement