Alice Civera
Biographic Data
| ID | 1499669 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Civera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | Civera |
| SIGNATURE | CIVERA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergamo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1611-7073 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
By choice or by necessity? Spatial disparities of student mobility in the Italian higher education system
This paper presents a spatial interaction model of aggregate student flows to 78 public and private Italian universities in the 2011–22 period, providing evidence of distinct determinants for two categories of mobility: mobility by choice and mobility by necessity. Mobility by necessity is strongly associated with the cost of education and economic prosperity in the destination area, while mobility by choice is tied to the perceived quality of ed…
How to Protect the Taste for Science? Working Conditions in European Higher Education Systems
When a pronounced taste for science leads researchers to self‐select themselves in academia, higher education systems must be able to protect it. By relying on the economic theory of higher education, the international mobility and the sociology of science literature, we compare the working condition in the four major European higher education systems: the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy. Remuneration level especially its variable compo…
Sustainability orientation of academic spinoffs
Academically inbred presidents and university performance
The presidents of universities are increasingly perceived as key contributors to university performance, but their contribution has been analysed mainly from the perspective of research performance. Our study assesses the impact of university presidents on university performance considering a wider range of university performance indicators that include research performance, student growth and spin-off creation. In particular, the study assesses …
Exit strategy or springboard for career development? The case of university executives' remuneration
The steady increase of chief executives' compensation in both public and private universities has long been at the centre of public debate and has received a lot of criticism in the UK. As higher education is considered as an industry, a pay for performance relationship is expected. This paper differs by demonstrating that UK Vice Chancellors consider incentives other than remuneration in their career progression. By constructing a comprehensive …
Political power of Italian rectors
We examine the political power exerted by Italian rectors by investigating the preferential treatment received by the organisational subunits they belong to in terms of personnel resource allocation. During the rectors’ mandate, their organisational subunits tend to grow significantly more (by ∼9%) than the others. The effect persists even after the implementation of the New public management-inspired policy – the Gelmini reform
Empowering female entrepreneurs through university affiliation
Female entrepreneurship, despite increasing attention, is still largely understudied, especially in the academic context. By adopting the lenses of entrepreneurial ecosystems and feminist theories, the paper investigates the firm performance of female entrepreneurs. We provide empirical evidence of the underperformance of women-led firms, being academic spinoffs or not, compared to men-led firms in terms of growth and their overperformance in ter…
Universities’ responses to crises
International student mobility
International student mobility (ISM) has emerged as an important field of study that various nations and organizations have been attaching great importance to. This paper studies the drivers of international student mobility, using a competing destinations model for the international student flows among 35 OECD countries in the period 2004–2018, by integrating the motivations for ISM. We find that OECD students are motivated by both career orient…
When austerity means inequality
The Gelmini reform implemented in Italy in 2010 was designed to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness within the higher education (HE) sector. The reform was implemented in a climate of general austerity, which caused severe cuts in public funds for the university system. This paper documents the unintended consequences of the reform in terms of a dramatic reduction in the number of job positions, career speed, and remunerations for academi…
Political power of Italian rectors
We examine the political power exerted by Italian rectors by investigating the preferential treatment received by the organisational subunits they belong to in terms of personnel resource allocation. During the rectors’ mandate, their organisational subunits tend to grow significantly more (by ∼9%) than the others. The effect persists even after the implementation of the New public management-inspired policy – the Gelmini reform
International student mobility
International student mobility (ISM) has emerged as an important field of study that various nations and organizations have been attaching great importance to. This paper studies the drivers of international student mobility, using a competing destinations model for the international student flows among 35 OECD countries in the period 2004–2018, by integrating the motivations for ISM. We find that OECD students are motivated by both career orient…
When austerity means inequality
The Gelmini reform implemented in Italy in 2010 was designed to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness within the higher education (HE) sector. The reform was implemented in a climate of general austerity, which caused severe cuts in public funds for the university system. This paper documents the unintended consequences of the reform in terms of a dramatic reduction in the number of job positions, career speed, and remunerations for academi…
Universities’ responses to crises
International student mobility
International student mobility (ISM) has emerged as an important field of study that various nations and organizations have been attaching great importance to. This paper studies the drivers of international student mobility, using a competing destinations model for the international student flows among 35 OECD countries in the period 2004–2018, by integrating the motivations for ISM. We find that OECD students are motivated by both career orient…
When austerity means inequality
The Gelmini reform implemented in Italy in 2010 was designed to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness within the higher education (HE) sector. The reform was implemented in a climate of general austerity, which caused severe cuts in public funds for the university system. This paper documents the unintended consequences of the reform in terms of a dramatic reduction in the number of job positions, career speed, and remunerations for academi…
Empowering female entrepreneurs through university affiliation
Female entrepreneurship, despite increasing attention, is still largely understudied, especially in the academic context. By adopting the lenses of entrepreneurial ecosystems and feminist theories, the paper investigates the firm performance of female entrepreneurs. We provide empirical evidence of the underperformance of women-led firms, being academic spinoffs or not, compared to men-led firms in terms of growth and their overperformance in ter…
Exit strategy or springboard for career development? The case of university executives' remuneration
The steady increase of chief executives' compensation in both public and private universities has long been at the centre of public debate and has received a lot of criticism in the UK. As higher education is considered as an industry, a pay for performance relationship is expected. This paper differs by demonstrating that UK Vice Chancellors consider incentives other than remuneration in their career progression. By constructing a comprehensive …
Political power of Italian rectors
We examine the political power exerted by Italian rectors by investigating the preferential treatment received by the organisational subunits they belong to in terms of personnel resource allocation. During the rectors’ mandate, their organisational subunits tend to grow significantly more (by ∼9%) than the others. The effect persists even after the implementation of the New public management-inspired policy – the Gelmini reform
How to Protect the Taste for Science? Working Conditions in European Higher Education Systems
When a pronounced taste for science leads researchers to self‐select themselves in academia, higher education systems must be able to protect it. By relying on the economic theory of higher education, the international mobility and the sociology of science literature, we compare the working condition in the four major European higher education systems: the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy. Remuneration level especially its variable compo…
Sustainability orientation of academic spinoffs
Academically inbred presidents and university performance
The presidents of universities are increasingly perceived as key contributors to university performance, but their contribution has been analysed mainly from the perspective of research performance. Our study assesses the impact of university presidents on university performance considering a wider range of university performance indicators that include research performance, student growth and spin-off creation. In particular, the study assesses …
By choice or by necessity? Spatial disparities of student mobility in the Italian higher education system
This paper presents a spatial interaction model of aggregate student flows to 78 public and private Italian universities in the 2011–22 period, providing evidence of distinct determinants for two categories of mobility: mobility by choice and mobility by necessity. Mobility by necessity is strongly associated with the cost of education and economic prosperity in the destination area, while mobility by choice is tied to the perceived quality of ed…
Economics (7 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works)