Work in progress
Working papers
2023 ( with Gabriele Marconi and Loris Vergolin) The demand for language skills in the European labour market. Evidence from online vacancies. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 294, OECD Publishing.
2023 (with Justine Hervé and Helke Seitz) Not lost in translation. The implications of machine translation technologies for language professionals. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 291, OECD Publishing.
2022 (with Helke Seitz and Irina Vogel) Swimming skills around the world. Evidence on inequalities in life skills across and within countries. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 281, OECD Publishing.
2022 (with Kentaro Asai & Sarah Wildi) Understanding adults’ environmental attitudes and their implications for policy making. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 280, OECD Publishing.
2022 (with Ottavia Brussino, Helke Seitz, Alice Bertoletti, Federico Biagi, Abdelfeteh Bitat, Zbigniew Karpinski and Marco Montanari) The environmental sustainability competence toolbox. From leaving a better planet for our children to leaving better children for our planet. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 275, OECD Publishing.
2022 (with Ottavia Brussino, Helke Seitz, Alice Bertoletti, Federico Biagi, Abdelfeteh Bitat, Zbigniew Karpinski and Marco Montanari) Young people’s environmental sustainability competence. Emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and attitudinal dimensions in EU and OECD countries. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 274, OECD Publishing.
2022 (with Diana Horvath) Global warming, pollution and cognitive developments: The effects of high pollution and temperature levels on cognitive ability throughout the life course. OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 269, OECD Publishing.
2022 (with Alessandro Ferrara) A longitudinal perspective on the effects of Covid-19 on students' resilience. The Effect of the pandemic on the reading and mathematics achievement of 8th and 5th graders in Italy.
2021 (with Lucie Cerna, Cecilia Mezzanotte, Ottavia Brussino, Paulo Santiago and Caitlyn Guthrie) Promoting inclusive education for diverse societies: A conceptual framework. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 260, OECD Publishing, Paris.
2021 (with Magdalena Pokropek) The evolution of the association between ICT use and reading achievement in 28 countries. DoQSS Working Papers. 21-14.
2021 (with Francesco Avvisati) Young videogamers and their approach to science inquiry. DoQSS Working Papers. 21-05.
2020 (with Alessandro Ferrara and Mario Piacentini) From asking to observing. Behavioural measures of socio-emotional and motivational skills in large-scale assessments. DoQSS Working Papers. 20-19.
2020 (with Elodie Andrieu) Bowling together by bowling alone: Social capital and Covid-19. Covid Economics 17: 73–96
2020 (with Elodie Andrieu and S V Subramanian) Community level social capital and COVID-19 infections and fatality in the United States. Covid Economics 32: 110–126.
2019 (with Qiwei He and Marco Paccagnella) Using process data to understand adults’ problem-solving behaviour in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). OECD Education Working Paper N. 205. OECD Publishing, Paris.
2018 (with Artur Pokropek) The role of education in promoting positive attitudes towards migration at times of stress. OECD Education Working Paper N. 185. OECD Publishing, Paris.
2018 (with Alvaro Choi and Marco Paccagnella) The evolution of gender gaps in numeracy and literacy between childhood and adulthood. OECD Education Working Papers N. 184, OECD Publishing, Paris.
2018 (with Alessandro Ferrara and Soumaya Maghnouj) The gender gap in educational outcomes in Norway. OECD Education Working Papers, N. 183, OECD Publishing, Paris.
2018 (with Tommaso Agasisti, Francesco Avvisati, Sergio Longobardi) Academic resilience: What schools and countries do to help disadvantaged students succeed in PISA. OECD Working paper N. 167. OECD Publishing, Paris.
2018 (with Sujay Kakarmath, Vanessa Denis, Marta Encinas-Martin, S. V. Subramanian) Association between literacy and self-rated poor health in 33 high-and upper-middle income countries. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 165. OECD Publishing, Paris
2017 (with Artur Pokropek) Birthplace diversity, income inequality and education gradients in generalised trust: The relevance of cognitive skills in 29 countries. OECD Education Working Paper, No. 164, OECD Publishing, Paris.
2017 (with Samuel Greiff, Jean-François Rouet, Muneo Kitajima, Ann Britt, Art Graesser, Ronny Scherer, Katharina Scheiter) Adaptive Problem Solving: Proposals for a new assessment domain in the second cycle of PIAAC. OECD Education Working paper, No.155, OECD Publishing, Paris.
2017 (with Artur Pokropek, Francois Keslair, Britta Gauly and Marco Paccagnella) Youth in transition: How do some the cohorts participating in PISA fare in PIAAC? OECD Education Working paper, No. 154, OECD Publishing, Paris.
2016 (with Judit Pal). A Framework for the Analysis of Student Well-Being in the PISA 2015 Study. OECD Education Working Paper, No. 140, OECD Publishing, Paris.
2015 (with Tracey Burns). The educational roots of trust. OECD Education Working Paper, No. 119. OECD Publishing, Paris.
2012 (with Guillermo Montt) Parental involvement in selected PISA countries and economies. OECD Education Working Paper, No. 73. OECD Publishing, Paris.
2010 (with Maria C. Huerta) Education, alcohol use and abuse among young adults in Britain. OECD Education Working Paper, No. 50. OECD Publishing, Paris.
2009 (with Franco Sassi, Jody Church, and Michele Cecchini) Education and obesity in four OECD countries. OECD Health Working Papers, 46. OECD Publishing, Paris.
2002 Private Funding and Public Funding: the Interaction of NEA grants and Foundation Support. Working Paper #243. Goldman School of Public Policy. University of California, Berkeley.