Carlo BARONE

Bio :

Research: 

-Social inequalities in education: the role of family background, gender and ethnicity 
-Labor market returns to education and the role of education for social mobility in dynamic and comparative perspective
-Experiments in educational research, educational policies and policy impact evaluation
-The validation of educational and occupational classifications for comparative social stratification research  

Latest Publications: 

• 2021 (with Clément Pin), "L'apport des méthodes mixtes à l'évaluation : une expérimentation randomisée dans le champ des politiques éducatives", Revue française de science politique, vol. 71, p. 391-412. 
• 2021 (with Giovanni Abbiati, Giulia Assirelli, Davide Azzolini), "L'università conviene? Un'analisi dei rischi dell'investimento in instruzione universitaria nel sistema del 3+2", The Lab's Quartely, vol. 23 n°3, p. 207-245. 
• 2021 (with Moris Triventi and Marta Facchini), Upper secondary tracks and student competencies: A selection or a casual effect? Evidence from the Italian case, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, juillet 2021. 
• 2021 (with Moris Triventi), "Is vocational education a safety net? The occupational attainment of upper secondary graduates from vocational academic tracks in Italy", Quaderni di sociologia, 84-LXIV, p. 55-89. 
• 2021 (with Estelle Herbaut, Mathieu Ichou & Louis-André Vallet) Social origins, track choices and labour-market outcomes: evidence from the French case, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, avril 2021
• 2021 (with Marta Facchini and Moris Triventi) "Social origins, tracking and occupational attainment in Italy", Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, avril 2021
• 2021 (with Estelle Herbaut), "Explaining gender segregation in higher education: longitudinal evidence on the French case", British Journal of Sociology of Education, Published online 11 March. Paper online on Taylor & Francis
• 2021 (with Katherin Barg & Mathieu Ichou), "Relative risk aversion models: How plausible are their assumptions?", Rationality & Society, First Published February 20. Paper available on Sage Journals

• 2021 (with Denis Fougère, Clément Pin), "Social Origins, Shared Book Reading, and Language Skills in Early Childhood: Evidence from an Information Experiment", European sociological review, vol. 37, n°1, p.18-31. Paper available on Oxford Academic.
• 2020 (with Emilio Chambuleyron, Reka Vonnak & Guilia Assirelli), "Home-based shared book reading interventions and children’s language skills: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials", Educational Research and Evaluation, vol. 25, n° 5-6, 2019, p. 270-298. Paper available on Taylor & Francis Online
• 2020 (with Denis Fougère and Karine Martel), " Reading Aloud to Children, Social Inequalities, and Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial ", IZA Discussion Papers Series , n° 13458, 28 p.

• 2020 (avec Laudine Carbuccia, Grégoire Borst, Angela Greulich, Lidia Panico et Maxime Tô), Revue de littérature sur les politiques d'acccompagnement au développement des capacités des jeunes enfants , Rapport du LIEPP pour la Caisse Nationale d'Allocations Familiales, Sciences Po - LIEPP, juillet, 192 p.

• 2020 (with Giulia Assirelli), "Gender segregation in higher education: an empirical test and seven explanations", Higher Education, vol. 79, n° 1, p. 55-78, first online 3 september 2019. Paper online on Springer
• 2019, " Towards an Education-based Meritocracy? : Why Modernisation and Social Reproduction theories cannot explain trends in educational inequalities: outline of an alternative explanation", ISA eSymposium, vol. 9, n° 1, march.
• 2019 (with Antonio Schizzerotto, Giulia Assirelli & Giovanni Abbiati), "Nudging gender desegregation: a field experiment on the causal effect of information barriers on gender inequalities in higher education", European Societies, vol. 21, n° 3, p. 356-377, first published 4 march 2018. Paper online on Taylor & Francis
• 2018 (with Moris Triventi and Giulia Assirelli), Explaining Social Inequalities in Access to University: A Test of Rational Choice Mechanisms in Italy , European Sociological Review, vol. 34, n° 5, p. 554-569.

• 2018 (with Lucia Ruggera), "Educational equalization stalled? Trends in inequality of educational opportunity between 1930 and 1980 across 26 European nations", European Societies, vol. 20, n° 1, p. 1-25, published online 31 March 2017. Paper online on Taylor & Francis
• 2018 (with Giovanni Abbiati, Gianluca Argentin and Antonio Schizzerotto), "Information barriers and social stratification in higher education: evidence from a field experiment", The British Journal of Sociology, vol. 69, n° 4, p. 1248-1270, first published, 29 november 2017. Paper available on Wiley Online Library
• 2018 (with Giulia Assirelli, Giovanni Abbiati, Gianluca Argentin, Deborah De Luca), "Social origins, relative risk aversion and track choice", Acta Sociologica, vol. 61, n° 4, p. 441-459, first published 8 October 2017. Paper online on SAGE Journals
• 2017, « École et mobilité sociale : un rapport ambigu », Diversité, n° 187, p. 70-75.
• 2017 (with Lucia Ruggera), "Social closure, micro-class immobility and the intergenerational reproduction of the upper class: a comparative study", British Journal of Sociology, vol. 68, n° 2, p. 194-214. Paper available on Wiley Online Library
• 2017 (with Antonio Schizzerotto, Giovanni Abbiati and Gianluca Argentin), "Information Barriers, Social Inequality, and Plans for Higher Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment", European Sociological Review, vol. 33, n° 1, p. 84-96. Paper online on Oxford Academic
• 2017 (with Giovanni Abbiati), "Is university education worth the investment? The expectations of upper secondary school seniors and the role of family background", Rationality and Society, vol. 29, n° 2, p. 113-159, early view, 15 december 2016. Paper online on SAGE Journals. 

Scientific Responsabilities: 

- Since June 2014, member of the scientific board of the Research Committee 28 in Social Stratification and Mobility. International Sociological Association. 

Editorial Boards: 

Regular reviewer for : European Sociological Review, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Sociology of Education, Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia.