Carmen Aina

707 total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 419 citations indexed

About

Carmen Aina is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Carmen Aina has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 419 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in Education and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Carmen Aina's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (14 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers) and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (4 papers). Carmen Aina is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (14 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (10 papers) and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (4 papers). Carmen Aina collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United Kingdom. Carmen Aina's co-authors include Francesco Pastore, Cheti Nicoletti, Chiara Mussida, Sergio Scicchitano, Massimiliano Bratti, Michele Raitano, Marco Francesconi, Lorenzo Cappellari, Gabriele Lombardi and Francesco Pastore and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Indicators Research, Studies in Higher Education and Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Carmen Aina

23 papers receiving 405 citations

Hit Papers

The determinants of university dropout: A review of the s... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 25 50 75
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The determinants of university dropout: A review of the socio-economic literature
    2021 88 citations Carmen Aina, Francesco Pastore et al. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carmen Aina Italy 10 212 144 94 49 46 24 419
Uros Petronijevic Canada 9 281 1.3× 131 0.9× 113 1.2× 45 0.9× 14 0.3× 13 466
Elisa Birch Australia 10 225 1.1× 73 0.5× 91 1.0× 52 1.1× 29 0.6× 40 389
Ben Ost United States 11 320 1.5× 90 0.6× 65 0.7× 34 0.7× 22 0.5× 23 471
Gill Wyness United Kingdom 10 246 1.2× 88 0.6× 131 1.4× 34 0.7× 10 0.2× 34 410
Lauren Schudde United States 13 386 1.8× 39 0.3× 90 1.0× 58 1.2× 19 0.4× 42 483
Angela Boatman United States 10 384 1.8× 76 0.5× 44 0.5× 63 1.3× 16 0.3× 22 477
Shaun M. Dougherty United States 14 470 2.2× 64 0.4× 87 0.9× 35 0.7× 16 0.3× 52 656
Sergio Longobardi Italy 11 146 0.7× 66 0.5× 63 0.7× 25 0.5× 13 0.3× 23 311
Afet Dundar United States 12 323 1.5× 65 0.5× 39 0.4× 33 0.7× 26 0.6× 22 395
Peter Bergman United States 13 289 1.4× 47 0.3× 79 0.8× 20 0.4× 17 0.4× 38 463

Countries citing papers authored by Carmen Aina

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carmen Aina

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carmen Aina

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2024). Even more discouraged? The NEET generation at the age of COVID-19. Applied Economics. 57(25). 3455–3472. 3 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2023). Distributional effects of COVID-19. Eurasian Economic Review. 13(1). 221–256. 7 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2022). Sooner or later? The impact of child education on household consumption. Empirical Economics. 63(4). 2071–2099. 4 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2021). Even more discouraged? The NEET generation at the age of Covid-19. 12 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2021). The determinants of university dropout: A review of the socio-economic literature. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 79. 101102–101102. 88 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aina, Carmen & Francesco Pastore. (2020). Delayed Graduation and Overeducation in Italy: A Test of the Human Capital Model Versus the Screening Hypothesis. Social Indicators Research. 152(2). 533–553. 24 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2020). Early labor market outcomes of university graduates: Does time to degree matter?. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 71. 100822–100822. 21 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2019). Delayed Graduation and University Dropout: A Review of Theoretical Approaches. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2018). The Economics of University Dropouts and Delayed Graduation: A Survey. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2018). L'abbandono degli studi universitari. 52(2). 131–148. 2 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2018). The Economics of University Dropouts and Delayed Graduation: A Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 32 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen & Cheti Nicoletti. (2017). The intergenerational transmission of liberal professions. Labour Economics. 51. 108–120. 30 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2015). Delayed Graduation. Causes, Consequences and Remedies. 273–294. 1 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2015). Internal migration and educational outcomes in Italy: Evidence from a cohort of youths. Papers of the Regional Science Association. 94(2). 295–317. 1 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2013). Il fuoricorsismo tra falsi miti e realtà. 47(1). 147–154. 2 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen & Francesco Pastore. (2012). Delayed Graduation and Overeducation: A Test of the Human Capital Model versus the Screening Hypothesis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen. (2012). Parental background and university dropout in Italy. Higher Education. 65(4). 437–456. 90 indexed citations
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Francesconi, Marco, Carmen Aina, & Lorenzo Cappellari. (2011). Student performance may not improve when universities are choosier. Evaluation & Research in Education. 24(4). 231–242. 6 indexed citations
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Aina, Carmen, et al.. (2011). Time to degree: students' abilities, university characteristics or something else? Evidence from Italy. Education Economics. 19(3). 311–325. 45 indexed citations

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