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[Photo: Francesca Borgonovi] Dr Francesca BORGONOVI
Analyst, PISA Programme, Indicators and Analysis Division, Education Directorate, OECD and Visiting Fellow, CASE

Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6951
Email: Francesca.Borgonovi@oecd.org
STICERD ,  External

Research Interests:
  • The social outcomes of educaton
  • Educational indicators
  • Causes and consequences of social capital
  • Well-being and altruism
  • Charitable giving behaviour and volunteering
  • Social inequalities
Current Research Projects:
  • Education and civic outcomes in Europe
  • Social capital and health
  • The evolution of inequalities in child well-being
  • The role of nonprofit fragmentation in explaining giving and volunteering efforts in the United States
Selected Publications:
  • Education, alcohol use and abuse among young adults in Britain. Social Science and Medicine, forthcoming

  • Adversity in childhood and mental health in adulthood: the role of social capital. (with Carmen Huerta). Social Policy and Society,8(1):99-113 (2009)

  • Lower prices improve diversity in the performing arts. Is this true and does it matter? Journal of Social Policy,37(1):63-79 (2008)

  • Divided we stand, united we fall: religious heterogeneity, giving and volunteering. American Sociological Review,73:105-128 (2008)

  • Doing well by doing good. The relationship between formal volunteering and self-reported health and happiness. Social Science and Medicine,66(11):2321-2334 (2008)

  • Do public grants to American theatres crowd-out private donations? Public Choice,126(3-4):429-451 (2006)







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