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Oxford University Press eBooks, Aug 1, 2004

Analyses changes in the Italian social mobility regime over the period 1985 to 1997. First, it is... more Analyses changes in the Italian social mobility regime over the period 1985 to 1997. First, it is shown that both men’s and women’s absolute rates of mobility have remained substantially stable during the period under analysis. Some changes did occur in relative mobility changes: on the one hand, the strength of the barriers separating the urban manual and non-manual classes has increased somewhat; on the other hand, the degree of viscosity of agricultural classes has considerably decreased. Overall, these two changes have brought about a slight increase in the degree of fluidity of the Italian society.

PLOS ONE, 2021

This study used a subsample of a household panel study in Italy to track changes in mental health... more This study used a subsample of a household panel study in Italy to track changes in mental health before the onset of COVID-19 and into the first lockdown period, from late April to early September 2020. The results of the random-effects regression analyses fitted on a sample of respondents aged 16 years and older (N = 897) proved that there was a substantial and statistically significant short-term deterioration in mental health (from 78,5 to 67,9; β = -10.5, p < .001; Cohen’s d -.445), as measured by a composite index derived from the mental component of the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). The findings also showed heterogeneity in the COVID-related effects. On the one hand, evidence has emerged that the pandemic acted as a great leveller of pre-existing differences in mental health across people of different ages: the decrease was most pronounced among those aged 16–34 (from 84,2 to 66,5; β = -17.7, p < .001; Cohen’s d -.744); however, the magnitude of change reduc...

The purpose of the article is to investigate how prospective clients assess the professional trus... more The purpose of the article is to investigate how prospective clients assess the professional trustworthiness of experts in the pre-relational stage of their relationship, i.e., before the two parties establish a personal contact. To this aim, we carried out a full factorial experiment where sixty-four participants were asked first to picture themselves needing legal assistance, and then to rate their willingness to hire each of eight lawyers based on the information reported on the professionals' online personal profiles. Our analyses show that the level of professional trustworthiness attributed to lawyers by the experimental subjects mainly depends on three characteristics of the lawyers: the possession of specialized educational qualifications, the reputation held among colleagues, and the pursuit of philanthropic activities in leisure time. We conclude by highlighting some limitations of the study and suggesting possible venues for further research.

Espone la struttura logico procedurale della ricerca Stranieri, condotta tra gli adolescenti. Def... more Espone la struttura logico procedurale della ricerca Stranieri, condotta tra gli adolescenti. Definizione del problema, concettualizzazione, ipotesi, progettazione strumenti analisi empirica, campionamento

Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 2010

In this article it is argued that many quantitative sociologists routinely misunderstand and, the... more In this article it is argued that many quantitative sociologists routinely misunderstand and, therefore, misuse regression analysis. To illustrate the main sources of such a bad habit and contribute to its amendment, in the first place the main features and applications of ...

The tmap package is a suite of Stata programs designed to carry out simple thematic mapping. The ... more The tmap package is a suite of Stata programs designed to carry out simple thematic mapping. The first public release of tmap (1.2) was described in the latest issue of The Stata Journal (Pisati 2004). The purpose of this document is to offer a hands-on introduction to the

A Comparative Analysis o f Ital y and t he United States MauriZio Pisati The purpose of this pape... more A Comparative Analysis o f Ital y and t he United States MauriZio Pisati The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comparative analysis of the intergenerational mobility regimes observed in Italy and the United Statin the ed t middle of the 1980s. First, I propose a theoretical model that accounts for mobility propensities in terms of underlying generative mechanisms. This model is then operationalized, translated into a hybrid log-linear model for frequencies, and fitted to the pertinent mobility tables to verify whether (a) the observed data offer evidence in favour of the existence of the hypothesized mechanisms; and (b) cross-sex and/or cross-national dissimilarities in the action of such mechanisms do exist. The analysis shows that (a) all the hypothesized mechanisms contribute to generating the observed mobility regimes; (b) general resources and the objective desirability of classes account for most of the variation in mobility propensities observed in the two countries under study; (c) in both countries, men and women are characterized by the same mobility regime, except that women are less likely to inherit their father's business; (d) compared with the United States, Italy is characterized by a substantially higher degree of class inequality in terms of mobility chances.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Aug 1, 2004

Analyses changes in the Italian social mobility regime over the period 1985 to 1997. First, it is... more Analyses changes in the Italian social mobility regime over the period 1985 to 1997. First, it is shown that both men’s and women’s absolute rates of mobility have remained substantially stable during the period under analysis. Some changes did occur in relative mobility changes: on the one hand, the strength of the barriers separating the urban manual and non-manual classes has increased somewhat; on the other hand, the degree of viscosity of agricultural classes has considerably decreased. Overall, these two changes have brought about a slight increase in the degree of fluidity of the Italian society.

PLOS ONE, 2021

This study used a subsample of a household panel study in Italy to track changes in mental health... more This study used a subsample of a household panel study in Italy to track changes in mental health before the onset of COVID-19 and into the first lockdown period, from late April to early September 2020. The results of the random-effects regression analyses fitted on a sample of respondents aged 16 years and older (N = 897) proved that there was a substantial and statistically significant short-term deterioration in mental health (from 78,5 to 67,9; β = -10.5, p < .001; Cohen’s d -.445), as measured by a composite index derived from the mental component of the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). The findings also showed heterogeneity in the COVID-related effects. On the one hand, evidence has emerged that the pandemic acted as a great leveller of pre-existing differences in mental health across people of different ages: the decrease was most pronounced among those aged 16–34 (from 84,2 to 66,5; β = -17.7, p < .001; Cohen’s d -.744); however, the magnitude of change reduc...

The purpose of the article is to investigate how prospective clients assess the professional trus... more The purpose of the article is to investigate how prospective clients assess the professional trustworthiness of experts in the pre-relational stage of their relationship, i.e., before the two parties establish a personal contact. To this aim, we carried out a full factorial experiment where sixty-four participants were asked first to picture themselves needing legal assistance, and then to rate their willingness to hire each of eight lawyers based on the information reported on the professionals' online personal profiles. Our analyses show that the level of professional trustworthiness attributed to lawyers by the experimental subjects mainly depends on three characteristics of the lawyers: the possession of specialized educational qualifications, the reputation held among colleagues, and the pursuit of philanthropic activities in leisure time. We conclude by highlighting some limitations of the study and suggesting possible venues for further research.

Espone la struttura logico procedurale della ricerca Stranieri, condotta tra gli adolescenti. Def... more Espone la struttura logico procedurale della ricerca Stranieri, condotta tra gli adolescenti. Definizione del problema, concettualizzazione, ipotesi, progettazione strumenti analisi empirica, campionamento

Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 2010

In this article it is argued that many quantitative sociologists routinely misunderstand and, the... more In this article it is argued that many quantitative sociologists routinely misunderstand and, therefore, misuse regression analysis. To illustrate the main sources of such a bad habit and contribute to its amendment, in the first place the main features and applications of ...

The tmap package is a suite of Stata programs designed to carry out simple thematic mapping. The ... more The tmap package is a suite of Stata programs designed to carry out simple thematic mapping. The first public release of tmap (1.2) was described in the latest issue of The Stata Journal (Pisati 2004). The purpose of this document is to offer a hands-on introduction to the

A Comparative Analysis o f Ital y and t he United States MauriZio Pisati The purpose of this pape... more A Comparative Analysis o f Ital y and t he United States MauriZio Pisati The purpose of this paper is to carry out a comparative analysis of the intergenerational mobility regimes observed in Italy and the United Statin the ed t middle of the 1980s. First, I propose a theoretical model that accounts for mobility propensities in terms of underlying generative mechanisms. This model is then operationalized, translated into a hybrid log-linear model for frequencies, and fitted to the pertinent mobility tables to verify whether (a) the observed data offer evidence in favour of the existence of the hypothesized mechanisms; and (b) cross-sex and/or cross-national dissimilarities in the action of such mechanisms do exist. The analysis shows that (a) all the hypothesized mechanisms contribute to generating the observed mobility regimes; (b) general resources and the objective desirability of classes account for most of the variation in mobility propensities observed in the two countries under study; (c) in both countries, men and women are characterized by the same mobility regime, except that women are less likely to inherit their father's business; (d) compared with the United States, Italy is characterized by a substantially higher degree of class inequality in terms of mobility chances.