The ERC project of Guido Alfani will analyse social mobility from 1300 to 1800, trying to explain why trends in northern and southern Europe are so different

The ERC project of Arnstein Aassve wants to show that not only global changes but also certain local traits determine fertility levels in countries

The originality of knowledge: this makes the difference in the education market. The rest is only a commodity. And if you don't adapt you remain at Star Wars. Explains the Rector of Bocconi, Gianmario Verona

This month is the 10year celebration of the European Research Council, the most important financing project of European basic research. Nineteen professors, for 25 projects that have involved 200 researchers and a total of 26 million euros: thus Bocconi is the Italian leader for number of grants

Marco Percoco, studying the disparities between North and South Italy, has observed that the differences in the schooling rate after the Unification of Italy had a greater impact than differences in income

The time spent with young children has longterm effects on their performance at school and in the job market, observes Alessandra Casarico in a research on twenty countries