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Cristian Usala
Post-doc fellow
cristian.usala@unica.it
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, CRENoS
University of Cagliari
Viale S. Ignazio, 78
09123 CAGLIARI (Italy)
3492835180
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Publications
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Research interests
Social statistics
Education
Microeconometrics
Migration
Public Economics
Publications
Cristian Usala, Rinaldo Brau
Dormitories or grants? Need-based aid and university students’ mobility in Italy
REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS
2026
Cristian Usala, Gabriele Lombardi, Andrea Priulla
Who benefits from online education? Exploring student outcomes in Italian higher education
GENUS
2026
82
Cristian Usala, Isabella Sulis, Mariano Porcu, C. Usala, I. Sulis, M. Porcu
Exploring the impact of high schools, socioeconomic factors, and degree programs on higher education success in Italy
BIG DATA RESEARCH
2025
41
Isabella Sulis, Silvia Columbu, Mariano Porcu, Cristian Usala
Fostering resilience of students at the university: assessing the influence of peers socioeconomic and cultural status
2025
381-385
Cristian Usala, Isabella Sulis, Mariano Porcu, C. Usala, I. Sulis, M. Porcu
Exploring the impact of high schools, socioeconomic factors, and degree programs on higher education success in Italy
BIG DATA RESEARCH
2025
41
Cristian Usala, Gabriele Lombardi, Andrea Priulla
Dropout rates in Italian universities: a comparison of online and traditional universities
2025
1106-1113
Ivan Etzo, Raffaele Paci, Cristian Usala, I. Etzo, C. Usala
Brain gain versus brain drain: the effects of universities’ mobile students on territorial inequalities
REGIONAL STUDIES
2025
59
Ivan Etzo, Raffaele Paci, Cristian Usala, I. Etzo, C. Usala
Brain gain versus brain drain: the effects of universities’ mobile students on territorial inequalities
REGIONAL STUDIES
2025
59
Cristian Usala, Isabella Sulis, Luisa Salaris, Nicola Tedesco, Mariano Porcu, Barbara Barbieri
Disentangling the secondary school effects in the assessment of university inefficiencies
STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
2024
1–21
Cristian Usala, Ilaria Primerano, Francesco Santelli, Giancarlo Ragozini
The more the better? How degree programs’ variety affects university students’ churn risk
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
2024
94
Ivan Etzo, Raffaele Paci, Cristian Usala
BRAIN GAIN VS. BRAIN DRAIN. THE EFFECTS OF UNIVERSITIES’ MOBILE STUDENTS ON TERRITORIAL INEQUALITIES
2024
1-33
Barbara Dettori, William Addessi, Pasqualina Arca, Gianfranco Atzeni, Rinaldo Brau, Andrea Caria, Claudio Deiana, Federico Sallusti, Cristian Usala
Il Sistema economico
2024
11-54
Cristian Usala, Rinaldo Brau, Andrea Caria
Focus: Regimi fiscali speciali, comportamento imprenditoriale e gettito per macroregioni
2024
45-50
I. Etzo, Raffaele Paci, C. Usala
Brain gain vs. brain drain. The effects of universities’ mobile students on territorial inequalities
2024
Mariano Porcu, I. Sulis, Cristian Usala, Francesca Giambona
Will the gap ever be bridged? A cross-national comparison of non-native students’ educational achievements
GENUS
2023
79
1–26
Mariano Porcu, Cristian Usala, Isabella Sulis, Rossella Atzori, Elisa Melis
I sentieri dell università: I percorsi nell’istruzione terziaria in Sardegna
2023
1-84
C. Usala, M. Porcu, I. Sulis
The high school effect on students’ mobility choices
STATISTICAL METHODS & APPLICATIONS
2023
Cristian Usala, I. Sulis, Mariano Porcu
The influence of labor market conditions on students’ career disruption: first insights from Italy
IES 2023 - Statistical Methods for Evaluation and Quality: Techniques, Technologies and Trends (T3 )
2023
48–52
Cristian Usala, I. Sulis, Mariano Porcu
Inequalities at entrance, labour market conditions and university dropout: first evidence from Italy
CLADAG 2023 - Book of abstracts and short papers
2023
652–655
Cristian Usala, Fabio Angei, S. Balia, Rinaldo Brau, Alessio Garau, V. Statzu
I Servizi Pubblici
ECONOMIA DELLA SARDEGNA 30° Rapporto 2023
2023
85–128
Mariano Porcu, Cristian Usala, I. Sulis, Rossella Atzori, Elisa Melis
I sentieri dell'università: I percorsi nell’istruzione terziaria in Sardegna
2023
1–84
Ilaria Primerano, Francesco Santelli, Cristian Usala, Giancarlo Ragozini
Exploiting students inter-degree relocations to assess Italian universities attractiveness
2022
60-62
Mariano Porcu, Isabella Sulis, Cristian Usala
Estimating the peers effect on students university choices
2022
134-139
Cristian Usala, Andrea Caria, Fabio Angei, Rinaldo Brau, Michela Cordeddu, Erica Delugas, Anna Pireddu
I servizi Pubblici - Economia della Sardegna
2022
69-109
Ilaria Primerano, Francesco Santelli, Cristian Usala, Giancarlo Ragozini
Exploiting students' inter-degree relocations to assess Italian universities' attractiveness
Book of Abstract 9th International Conference on Risk Analysis
2022
60–62
I. Primerano, F. Santelli, C. Usala
A multiplex network approach for analyzing university students’ mobility flows
Studies in theoretical and applied statistics. SIS 2021
2022
75–89
Barbara Barbieri, Mariano Porcu, Luisa Salaris, I. Sulis, Nicola Tedesco, Cristian Usala
University dropout and churn in italy: an analysis over time
SIS 2022-51th Scientific Meeting of th Italian Statistical Society - Book of the short papers
2022
1734–1739
Ilaria Primerano, Francesco Santelli, Cristian Usala
Discovering archetypal universities in higher education mobility flows in Italy
Book of short papers. IES 2022 Innovation & society 5.0: statistical and economic methodologies for quality assessment
2022
121–126
Barbara Dettori, Cristian Usala, Vania Licio, Anna Pinna, Rinaldo Brau, Raffaele Paci, B. Dettori
Il sistema economico
2021
28
13-28
Ilaria Primerano, Francesco Santelli, Cristian Usala
A multiplex network approach to study Italian Students Mobility
2021
473-478
Rinaldo Brau, Cristian Usala, Vania Statzu, Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Italo Meloni, Eleonora Sottile
I servizi pubblici
2021
75-118
Mariano Porcu, Isabella Sulis, Cristian Usala
Detecting the effect of secondary school in higher education university choices
CLADAG 2021 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND SHORT PAPERS
2021
128
404–407
Ilaria Primerano, Francesco Santelli, Cristian Usala
A multiplex network approach to study Italian Students' Mobility
Book of Short papers SIS 2021
2021
473–478
Mariano Porcu, Isabella Sulis, Aurelio Carta, Cristian Usala
La mobilità degli studenti e gli strumenti per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario
Verso nord. Le nuove e vecchie rotte delle migrazioni universitarie
2020
103–119
Rinaldo Brau, Cristian Usala, V. Statzu, A. Di Liberto, Sara Pau
I servizi pubblici
Economia della Sardegna. 27° Rapporto 2020
2020
67–104
Rinaldo Brau, Cristian Usala
How sensitive are the migration choices of top-income workers to the tax burden?
2020
Rinaldo Brau, Erica Delugas, V. Statzu, Cristian Usala
I servizi pubblici
Economia della Sardegna: 26° Rapporto 2019
2019
78–111

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