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Gender Discrimination and Evaluators' Gender: Evidence from Italian Academia

by Maria De Paola Vincenzo Scoppa Published in Economica (London) (01.01.2015)

“...Relying on a natural experiment consisting in 130 competitions for promotion to associate and full professor in Italian universities, we analyse whether gender...”

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Procrastination, academic success and the effectiveness of a remedial program

by De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.07.2015)

“...•We measure students’ procrastination with the delay in finalizing their university enrolment.•We show that procrastination is a strong predictor of students’...”

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Absenteeism in the Italian public sector: The effects of changes in sick leave policy

by De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo Pupo, Valeria Published in Journal of labor economics (01.04.2014)

“...We analyze how the absence behavior of Italian public sector employees has been affected by a law, passed in June 2008, reducing sick leave compensation and...”

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The Effects of Managerial Turnover: Evidence from Coach Dismissals in Italian Soccer Teams

by Paola, Maria De Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Journal of Sports Economics (01.04.2012)

“...The authors use sports data to study the effects of manager replacement on firm performance. Using match results of the major Italian soccer league (“Serie...”

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Overconfidence, omens and gender heterogeneity: Results from a field experiment

by De Paola, Maria Gioia, Francesca Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Journal of economic psychology (01.12.2014)

“...•We run an experiment to investigate whether overconfidence is affected by superstition.•We find heterogeneous effects according to gender.•Females are...”

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Leadership at school: Does the gender of siblings matter?

by Brunello, Giorgio De Paola, Maria Published in Economics letters (01.07.2013)

“...We use survey data from the USA and Japan to investigate whether having leader positions at middle and high school as well as participating in sports and clubs...”

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Media exposure and individual choices: Evidence from lottery players

by De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Economic modelling (01.02.2014)

“...To what extent individual choices are influenced by media exposure? We try to provide evidence on this aspect considering how the sales of lotto tickets are...”

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Peer group effects on the academic performance of Italian students

by De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Applied economics (2010)

“...We analyse peer effects among students of a middle-sized Italian public university. We explain students' average grade in exams passed during their Second...”

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Class size effects on student achievement: Heterogeneity across abilities and fields

by De Paola, Maria Ponzo, Michela Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Education economics (2013)

“...In this paper, we analyze class size effects on college students exploiting data from a project offering special remedial courses in mathematics and language...”

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RISK AVERSION AND FIELD OF STUDY CHOICE: THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL ABILITY

by De Paola, Maria Gioia, Francesca Published in Bulletin of economic research (01.12.2012)

“...ABSTRACT Does the choice of field of study depend on individual risk aversion? The direction of the relationship between individual risk attitudes and type of...”

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Consumers' Reactions to Negative Information on Product Quality: Evidence from Scanner Data

by Maria De Paola Vincenzo Scoppa Published in Review of industrial organization (01.05.2013)

“...Using daily scanner data we analyze consumers' reactions to negative information with regard to product quality with reference to a fraud that involved a...”

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THE EFFECTS OF CLASS SIZE ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

by DE PAOLA, MARIA SCOPPA, VINCENZO Published in The Manchester school (01.12.2011)

“...We investigate the effects of class size on the achievements of a sample of college students enrolled at a middle‐sized Italian public university. To estimate...”

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Does teacher quality affect student performance?: Evidence from an Italian university

by De Paola, Maria Published in Bulletin of economic research (01.10.2009)

“...In this paper, we analyse whether the characteristics of university teaching staff matter with regard to students' performance and interest in the discipline...”

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Who performs better under time pressure? Results from a field experiment

by De Paola, Maria Gioia, Francesca Published in Journal of economic psychology (01.04.2016)

“...•We run an experiment to investigate how time pressure affects performance.•Time pressure exerts a negative impact on female performance.•Males are not...”

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Effort Observability, Incentive Systems, and Organizational Forms

by De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Labour (Rome, Italy) (01.09.2010)

“...This paper analyses the choice between a centralized and a decentralized organizational structure focusing on the relationship existing between the allocation...”

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Gender differences in reaction to psychological pressure: evidence from tennis players

by De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in European journal of work and organizational psychology (04.05.2017)

“...Using data on about 35,000 professional tennis matches, we test whether men and women react differently to psychological pressure arising from the outcomes of...”

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