Giorgio Di Pietro
Biographic Data
| ID | 699544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giorgio Di Pietro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giorgio |
| FAMILY NAME | Di Pietro |
| SIGNATURE | DI PIETRO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Westminster |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2963-2143 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The effect of stricter migration policies on mature international students’ intention to study in the UK
Does International Education Mobility Increase Environmental Concerns
This paper applies propensity score matching to data from a recent Flash Eurobarometer survey (covering 27 European Union countries) in order to estimate the effect of participation in international education mobility programmes on young people's environmental attitudes. The empirical results consistently show that an education experience abroad has a modest but statistically significant positive effect on environmental concerns. This finding she…
A meta-analysis on the effect of technology on the achievement of less advantaged students
This paper presents a meta-analysis that investigates the impact that the educational use of digital technologies has on less advantaged students’ achievement. We use a comprehensive definition for this group of students that includes all students in less developed countries as well as more disadvantaged students in more developed countries. 740 estimates from 72 studies employing experimental and quasi-experimental research designs are collected…
Student Characteristics and Barriers to International Mobility
We use Eurobarometer data to examine barriers to international student mobility.Multivariate analysis is employed to study how individual characteristics are related to the obstacles preventing higher education students from participating in activities in another EU country.The results suggest that several demographic factors including area of residence, gender and age are associated with attitudinal, informational and financial barriers.These fi…
Does an International Academic Environment Promote Study Abroad
Although many studies on international student mobility have examined the impact of individual factors (e.g., gender, age, family background) on students’ decisions to study abroad, much less attention has been devoted to the role played by the institutional climate and characteristics of their home university. Using data from an Italian survey containing information on a large number of university students, this research investigated the extent …
Changes in the study abroad gender gap
Although it is well‐established that female participation in study abroad programmes is higher than the male participation, less is known about how this gap has changed over time. Using student‐level data from the nationally representative surveys of three European countries (France, Germany and Italy), this paper begins by examining changes in the relationship between gender and participation in study abroad programmes between the beginning of t…
Verjeten vpliv epidemije Covid‐19 na izobraževanje
Changes in socioeconomic inequality in access to study abroad programs
The growing evidence about the benefits of studying abroad calls for increased public efforts to equalize study abroad opportunities among university students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Using student-level data from the nationally representative surveys of three European countries (Italy, France and Germany) between the 2000s and mid-2010s, this paper investigates how the social gap in access to study abroad programs changed over t…
Do citizens hold mayors accountable for local conditions? Evidence from Italian municipalities
Using data on 75 big Italian municipalities between 2010 and 2015, this paper looks at the extent to which citizens’ evaluations of mayors are responsive to changes in local performance indicators. While local economic and crime measures are found not be associated with mayoral approval ratings, there is a correlation between mayors’ popularity and indicators for local public transportation and air quality. Mayors of municipalities where more ind…
Do media play a role in promoting vocational education and training? The case of MasterChef
It is often suggested that vocational education and training (VET) could be key to cut youth unemployment. VET programmes may provide young people with specific professional qualifications that enable them to successfully compete in the labour market. However, despite the great emphasis placed by governments and other institutions on these programmes, VET appears to be far from reaching its full potential in many countries. One barrier preventing…
Revisiting the impact of macroeconomic conditions on health behaviours
Military conscription and university enrolment
Measuring the Returns to Networking and the Accumulation of Social Capital
This article presents analyses of individual investment in social capital using both the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the UK Time Use Survey (2000) (UKTUS). We suggest a general theoretical framework that could possibly explain individual investment in various forms of social networking. Measures of social capital are then constructed in an attempt to capture the extent of individual investment in bonding, bridging, and linking netwo…
Regional labour market conditions and university dropout rates
Di Pietro G. (2006) Regional labour market conditions and university dropout rates: evidence from Italy, Regional Studies 40, 617-630. The paper assesses the impact of regional labour market conditions on university dropout rates in Italy using panel data and cross-sectional estimation techniques. The empirical results obtained from both these methods support the hypothesis of a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and univer…
Equality of opportunity in Italian university education
Changes in socioeconomic inequality in access to study abroad programs
The growing evidence about the benefits of studying abroad calls for increased public efforts to equalize study abroad opportunities among university students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Using student-level data from the nationally representative surveys of three European countries (Italy, France and Germany) between the 2000s and mid-2010s, this paper investigates how the social gap in access to study abroad programs changed over t…
Regional labour market conditions and university dropout rates
Di Pietro G. (2006) Regional labour market conditions and university dropout rates: evidence from Italy, Regional Studies 40, 617-630. The paper assesses the impact of regional labour market conditions on university dropout rates in Italy using panel data and cross-sectional estimation techniques. The empirical results obtained from both these methods support the hypothesis of a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and univer…
Military conscription and university enrolment
Measuring the Returns to Networking and the Accumulation of Social Capital
This article presents analyses of individual investment in social capital using both the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the UK Time Use Survey (2000) (UKTUS). We suggest a general theoretical framework that could possibly explain individual investment in various forms of social networking. Measures of social capital are then constructed in an attempt to capture the extent of individual investment in bonding, bridging, and linking netwo…
Student Characteristics and Barriers to International Mobility
We use Eurobarometer data to examine barriers to international student mobility.Multivariate analysis is employed to study how individual characteristics are related to the obstacles preventing higher education students from participating in activities in another EU country.The results suggest that several demographic factors including area of residence, gender and age are associated with attitudinal, informational and financial barriers.These fi…
Do citizens hold mayors accountable for local conditions? Evidence from Italian municipalities
Using data on 75 big Italian municipalities between 2010 and 2015, this paper looks at the extent to which citizens’ evaluations of mayors are responsive to changes in local performance indicators. While local economic and crime measures are found not be associated with mayoral approval ratings, there is a correlation between mayors’ popularity and indicators for local public transportation and air quality. Mayors of municipalities where more ind…
Equality of opportunity in Italian university education
Regional labour market conditions and university dropout rates
Di Pietro G. (2006) Regional labour market conditions and university dropout rates: evidence from Italy, Regional Studies 40, 617-630. The paper assesses the impact of regional labour market conditions on university dropout rates in Italy using panel data and cross-sectional estimation techniques. The empirical results obtained from both these methods support the hypothesis of a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and univer…
Measuring the Returns to Networking and the Accumulation of Social Capital
This article presents analyses of individual investment in social capital using both the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the UK Time Use Survey (2000) (UKTUS). We suggest a general theoretical framework that could possibly explain individual investment in various forms of social networking. Measures of social capital are then constructed in an attempt to capture the extent of individual investment in bonding, bridging, and linking netwo…
Military conscription and university enrolment
Revisiting the impact of macroeconomic conditions on health behaviours
Do media play a role in promoting vocational education and training? The case of MasterChef
It is often suggested that vocational education and training (VET) could be key to cut youth unemployment. VET programmes may provide young people with specific professional qualifications that enable them to successfully compete in the labour market. However, despite the great emphasis placed by governments and other institutions on these programmes, VET appears to be far from reaching its full potential in many countries. One barrier preventing…
Changes in socioeconomic inequality in access to study abroad programs
The growing evidence about the benefits of studying abroad calls for increased public efforts to equalize study abroad opportunities among university students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Using student-level data from the nationally representative surveys of three European countries (Italy, France and Germany) between the 2000s and mid-2010s, this paper investigates how the social gap in access to study abroad programs changed over t…
Do citizens hold mayors accountable for local conditions? Evidence from Italian municipalities
Using data on 75 big Italian municipalities between 2010 and 2015, this paper looks at the extent to which citizens’ evaluations of mayors are responsive to changes in local performance indicators. While local economic and crime measures are found not be associated with mayoral approval ratings, there is a correlation between mayors’ popularity and indicators for local public transportation and air quality. Mayors of municipalities where more ind…
Verjeten vpliv epidemije Covid‐19 na izobraževanje
Does an International Academic Environment Promote Study Abroad
Although many studies on international student mobility have examined the impact of individual factors (e.g., gender, age, family background) on students’ decisions to study abroad, much less attention has been devoted to the role played by the institutional climate and characteristics of their home university. Using data from an Italian survey containing information on a large number of university students, this research investigated the extent …
Changes in the study abroad gender gap
Although it is well‐established that female participation in study abroad programmes is higher than the male participation, less is known about how this gap has changed over time. Using student‐level data from the nationally representative surveys of three European countries (France, Germany and Italy), this paper begins by examining changes in the relationship between gender and participation in study abroad programmes between the beginning of t…
Student Characteristics and Barriers to International Mobility
We use Eurobarometer data to examine barriers to international student mobility.Multivariate analysis is employed to study how individual characteristics are related to the obstacles preventing higher education students from participating in activities in another EU country.The results suggest that several demographic factors including area of residence, gender and age are associated with attitudinal, informational and financial barriers.These fi…
Does International Education Mobility Increase Environmental Concerns
This paper applies propensity score matching to data from a recent Flash Eurobarometer survey (covering 27 European Union countries) in order to estimate the effect of participation in international education mobility programmes on young people's environmental attitudes. The empirical results consistently show that an education experience abroad has a modest but statistically significant positive effect on environmental concerns. This finding she…
A meta-analysis on the effect of technology on the achievement of less advantaged students
This paper presents a meta-analysis that investigates the impact that the educational use of digital technologies has on less advantaged students’ achievement. We use a comprehensive definition for this group of students that includes all students in less developed countries as well as more disadvantaged students in more developed countries. 740 estimates from 72 studies employing experimental and quasi-experimental research designs are collected…
The effect of stricter migration policies on mature international students’ intention to study in the UK
Economics (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (4 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (4 works) · International trade (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)