COMPETITION FOR N.1 RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT, GROUP 13/ECON-04 APPLIED ECONOMICS AT “INSPIRE” RESEARCH CENTER AT UNIVERSITÀ COMMERCIALE “LUIGI BOCCONI” DI MILANO

The project will focus on investigating the formation of stereotypes and developing policies designed to mitigate educational disparities. Leveraging insights from behavioural economics and causal machine learning techniques, the work will focus on evidence from Italy, Finland, and Chile. This project directly addresses the critical policy debate surrounding the effective reduction of discrimination to promote educational attainment among disadvantaged or underrepresented groups.The holder of the Research Assignment will be in charge of the following activities:• Literature review.• Writing of the first draft of scientific publication on the topics covered.• Field work and data collection in schools.• Data cleaning and analysis on education data in Chile, Finland, and Italy.• Support to the SOFIA research team on the various tasks of the project.