Barbara Belfi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1264922 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Belfi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Belfi |
| SIGNATURE | BELFI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maastricht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2145-4311 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Grade Retention Across Borders
Grade retention – although widely used – remains controversial because of its implications for equity and long-term outcomes. While student-level predictors are well documented, less is known about how school and system characteristics shape grade retention practices across countries. Adopting a multilevel perspective, this study examines (1) which school-level characteristics are related to grade retention in lower-secondary education and (2) wh…
Chinese university students’ intention to study abroad in times of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected higher education students in many ways, and it seems to also have influences students’ willingness to study abroad. To date, much is still unclear about the exact effects of COVID-19 on Chinese students’ intentions to study abroad and whether that differs for different types of students. This is problematic, as for students, international study experience is of great importance for their further careers, while f…
Creative idea forecasting
History is replete with cases in which people have failed to recognize creative ideas generated by others. In various settings, people are responsible for evaluating ideas generated by others while not being involved in the idea generation process, and thus not exposed to the task. However, little is known on how this lack of task exposure affects creative forecasting. This study therefore examines the effect of task exposure on creative idea eva…
Early career trajectories of first- and second-generation migrant graduates of professional university
This study explores how the careers of professional university graduates with a first- or second-generation non-Western migrant background evolve within the first four to eight years after graduation, as compared to their Dutch native peers. We find that in the first year after graduation, while holding constant background characteristics, both first- and second-generation migrants experienced lower employment chances, more skill mismatches and l…
Educational expansion in the Netherlands
Higher education in the Netherlands has expanded rapidly in the last two decades, giving rise to concerns about possible negative effects on educational quality and the labour market value of a higher education degree. In this paper, we use data from national graduate surveys and adult literacy surveys to explore this. While no evidence was found for a negative effect of the HE expansion on graduate skill levels or unemployment risk, real graduat…
The long-term differential achievement effects of school socioeconomic composition in primary education
BackgroundThe effects of school socio-economic composition on student achievement growth trajectories have been a hot topic of discussion among politicians around the world for many years. However, the bulk of research investigating school socio-economic composition effects has been limited in important ways.AimsIn an attempt to overcome the flaws in earlier research on school socio-economic composition effects, this study used data from a large …
School-based social capital
Inequality in language achievement growth? An investigation into the impact of pupil socio‐ethnic background and school socio‐ethnic composition
This paper investigates how pupils' growth trajectories in three language domains (reading fluency, spelling, and reading comprehension) are related to their own socioeconomic and ethnic background and to the socioeconomic and ethnic composition of their primary school. Using multilevel piecewise growth curve analysis, the growth trajectories of approximately 5000 pupils from 170 primary schools were estimated. The results indicate that a pupil's…
Early career trajectories of first- and second-generation migrant graduates of professional university
This study explores how the careers of professional university graduates with a first- or second-generation non-Western migrant background evolve within the first four to eight years after graduation, as compared to their Dutch native peers. We find that in the first year after graduation, while holding constant background characteristics, both first- and second-generation migrants experienced lower employment chances, more skill mismatches and l…
The long-term differential achievement effects of school socioeconomic composition in primary education
BackgroundThe effects of school socio-economic composition on student achievement growth trajectories have been a hot topic of discussion among politicians around the world for many years. However, the bulk of research investigating school socio-economic composition effects has been limited in important ways.AimsIn an attempt to overcome the flaws in earlier research on school socio-economic composition effects, this study used data from a large …
School-based social capital
Inequality in language achievement growth? An investigation into the impact of pupil socio‐ethnic background and school socio‐ethnic composition
This paper investigates how pupils' growth trajectories in three language domains (reading fluency, spelling, and reading comprehension) are related to their own socioeconomic and ethnic background and to the socioeconomic and ethnic composition of their primary school. Using multilevel piecewise growth curve analysis, the growth trajectories of approximately 5000 pupils from 170 primary schools were estimated. The results indicate that a pupil's…
School-based social capital
Inequality in language achievement growth? An investigation into the impact of pupil socio‐ethnic background and school socio‐ethnic composition
This paper investigates how pupils' growth trajectories in three language domains (reading fluency, spelling, and reading comprehension) are related to their own socioeconomic and ethnic background and to the socioeconomic and ethnic composition of their primary school. Using multilevel piecewise growth curve analysis, the growth trajectories of approximately 5000 pupils from 170 primary schools were estimated. The results indicate that a pupil's…
The long-term differential achievement effects of school socioeconomic composition in primary education
BackgroundThe effects of school socio-economic composition on student achievement growth trajectories have been a hot topic of discussion among politicians around the world for many years. However, the bulk of research investigating school socio-economic composition effects has been limited in important ways.AimsIn an attempt to overcome the flaws in earlier research on school socio-economic composition effects, this study used data from a large …
Educational expansion in the Netherlands
Higher education in the Netherlands has expanded rapidly in the last two decades, giving rise to concerns about possible negative effects on educational quality and the labour market value of a higher education degree. In this paper, we use data from national graduate surveys and adult literacy surveys to explore this. While no evidence was found for a negative effect of the HE expansion on graduate skill levels or unemployment risk, real graduat…
Creative idea forecasting
History is replete with cases in which people have failed to recognize creative ideas generated by others. In various settings, people are responsible for evaluating ideas generated by others while not being involved in the idea generation process, and thus not exposed to the task. However, little is known on how this lack of task exposure affects creative forecasting. This study therefore examines the effect of task exposure on creative idea eva…
Early career trajectories of first- and second-generation migrant graduates of professional university
This study explores how the careers of professional university graduates with a first- or second-generation non-Western migrant background evolve within the first four to eight years after graduation, as compared to their Dutch native peers. We find that in the first year after graduation, while holding constant background characteristics, both first- and second-generation migrants experienced lower employment chances, more skill mismatches and l…
Chinese university students’ intention to study abroad in times of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected higher education students in many ways, and it seems to also have influences students’ willingness to study abroad. To date, much is still unclear about the exact effects of COVID-19 on Chinese students’ intentions to study abroad and whether that differs for different types of students. This is problematic, as for students, international study experience is of great importance for their further careers, while f…
Grade Retention Across Borders
Grade retention – although widely used – remains controversial because of its implications for equity and long-term outcomes. While student-level predictors are well documented, less is known about how school and system characteristics shape grade retention practices across countries. Adopting a multilevel perspective, this study examines (1) which school-level characteristics are related to grade retention in lower-secondary education and (2) wh…
Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · School Choice and Performance (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Academic achievement (3 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Socioeconomic status (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)