CURRICULUM VITAE. Matilde Bini. Email: bini@ds.unifi.it

CURRICULUM VITAE Matilde Bini Email: bini@ds.unifi.it PLACE OF BIRTH Pisa DATE OF BIRTH 23rd March 1964 ADDRESSES OFFICE HOME Department of Statistics G. Parenti University of Florence Viale Morgagni, 59 50134 Florence - Italy TELEPHONES Tel. +39 055 4237251 Fax +39 055 4223560 Via Savona, 14 56123 Pisa - Italy Tel/Fax +39 050 554007 Cell phone +39-3292609898 MOTHER TONGUE Italian OTHER LANGUAGES Reading Writing Verbal Engligh Very good Very good Fluent French Good Good Very good MEMBERSHIPS Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS) International Statistical Institute (ISI) American Statistical Association (ASA) International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS) CLAssification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG) EDUCATION 06.20.1991 University of Pisa, B. A. in Economics and Business Administration; 110/110 cum laude Jan 2003- May 1994 Visiting Ph. D. student at the Department of Statistics - University of Florida U.S.A. 10.24.1995 Ph.D. in Applied Statistics, Department of Statistics G. Parenti, University of Florence with maximum grade

CAREER 01.01.1996-12.31.1997 12.15.1997-11.14.1998 02.15.1999-10.31.1999 11.01.1999-10.31.2001 11.01.2001-06.21.2006 Post Doctorate Grant in Applied Statistics, Department of Statistics and Mathematics Applied to Economics, University of Pisa Research Consultant, Committee for the Evaluation of the Italian University System Ministry of University and Research Rome Research Fellow, Department of Statistics G. Parenti University of Florence Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics G. Parenti University of Florence Associate Professor in Economic Statistics, Department of Statistics G. Parenti University of Florence 06.21.2006 Winner of a competition for Full Professor in Economic Statistics CURRENT JOB POSITION Full Professor in Economic Statistics, European University of Rome TEACHING ACTIVITIES 11.01.1999-10.31.2001 Since 11.01.2001 - today Teaching Assistant for several Statistics courses Associate Professor teaching courses in: Economic Statistics for business and administration Economic Statistics for management Economic Statistics for finance Statistical Methods for policy evaluation Applied Statistics for Economics Statistical Methods for business decisions making Rome, 14-25 Jan 2002 Sassari, academic years 2002-2004 Parma, 20-24 Sept 2004 Instructor of Statistical Modeling for the Evaluation of Job Opportunities, at the course on Survey and Analyses of Teaching Quality and University Services organized by the Italian Statistical Society in collaboration and the Ministry of University and Research Instructor of Statistical Methods for Policy Evaluation and coordinator of other Statistics courses given at the Department of Political Sciences of the University of Sassari for the Master degree in Applied Statistics Instructor of Robust Evaluation of the Efficacy and Efficiency of the University Italian System, for the course on Modern Approaches to Robust Analyses of Multidimensional Data jointly organized by the Italian Statistical Society and the Department of Economics of the University of Parma 2

Florence, 10-14 Oct 2005 Florence, 16-20 Oct 2006 Florence, 28 Jan 1 Feb 2008 Instructor of Statistical modelling for measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of educational processes for the course on Statistical Methods for evaluating and monitoring university education activities, organized by the Italian Statistical Society and the Department of Statistics G. Parenti of the University of Florence Instructor of Statistical modelling for measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of educational processes and coordinator of the course Statistical modelling for measuring the educational processes: theory and applications, organized by the Italian Statistical Society and the Department of Statistics G. Parenti of the University of Florence Instructor of Measuring indicators for the evaluation of educational processes and coordinator of the course Statistical modelling for measuring the educational processes: theory and applications, organized by the Italian Statistical Society and the Department of Statistics G. Parenti of the University of Florence 11.01.2001 - today Supervisor of several degree dissertations RESEARCH INTERESTS Applied business and economics: 1) Analysis of firm productivity and competitiveness and analysis of the factors affecting the entrepreneurship. 2) Evaluation of higher education processes. Applied research in economics and social services : primarily focusing on the analysis of firms and of public services (i.e. universities) with emphasis on educational processes, in reference to: a) the evaluation of aspects such as efficiency, effectiveness, quality and productivity; b) the definition and use of appropriate indicators; c) the validation of ad hoc surveys, as well as the quality of the information (data bases) acquired by surveys, in particular those conducted on job opportunities and occupational status of graduates. Statistical methodology: generalized linear models, structural equation models, multivariate methods, multilevel and robust approaches. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES RESEARCH PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITY EVALUATION SYSTEM - MINISTRY OF UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH 12.15.1997-11.14.1998 2000-2001 2003-2004 Responsible of a research project on Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Italian University System on the Job Market Opportunities Member of a research group on The use of Computer Assisted Interview Systems for Surveys on Students Evaluations of Teaching Activities, and Job Opportunities for Graduates Responsible of a research group on Efficiency and efficacy analyses of the Italian University System using Robust Multivariate Methods 3

2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 June 2009 - June 2010 2009-2011 Member of a research group on Sensitivity and Interchangeability Analysis of Relevant Indicators for the Evaluation of the University System Responsible of a research group on Impact Evaluation of the New University Teaching System Member of a research group on The New Teaching of the University System and the Demand of the Job Market. A first Evaluation and Analysis Visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies Institutions Markets and Technologies (IMT) of Lucca, working, also as responsible, on the research project Analysis on the evolution of the careers of the academic staff in Italy Member of a research group on Analysis on job opportunities of PhD graduates NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE MINISTRY OF UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH (PRIN) PRIN 1999 PRIN 2000 PRIN 2001 PRIN 2002 PRIN 2003 PRIN 2006 Member of Florence research group on Quality and effectiveness of the university education and of the job training: methods and models for their evaluation, responsible of the unit prof. Luigi Biggeri Member of Florence research group on Tools and methods for the dissemination and the management of statistical information, responsible of the unit prof. Andrea Giommi Member of Florence research group on Statistical methods for linking data of different sources, responsible of the unit prof. Antonio Giusti Member of Florence research group on Models and methods for the evaluation of the university educational process: course planning and job opportunities, responsible of the unit prof. Bruno Chiandotto Member of Florence research group on Methodological tools and statistical information systems for the analysis of economical complex systems. The case of local production systems, responsible of the unit prof. Laura Grassini Responsible of Florence research group on Measuring effectiveness and satisfaction in the educational processes through statistical models RESEARCH PROJECTS FINANCED BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS 02.15.1999-31.10.1999 2001-2004 Responsible of a research project on Statistical Modeling for the Quality of Public Services, financed by the Department of Statistics G. Parenti University of Florence Member of a research group on Evaluation of the Statistical Information System of the District of Florence connected with the National Statistical System, financed by the Municipality of Florence in collaboration with the Department of Statistics G. Parenti of the University of Florence 4

2000-2004 Member of a research group on CAMPUSONE Project: University activities devoted to: teaching activities training and job search teaching quality evaluation, financed by the Italian University Rectors Conference in collaboration with the Department of Statistics G. Parenti of the University of Florence 2006 - today Member of a research group Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship of the Italian firms, sponsored by the Italian National Statistical Institute (ISTAT) REFEREE AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES Member of referee committees in several conferences, Member of scientific committees in several conferences, Referee of national research projects (PRIN), Member of evaluation committees of two competitions for Associate Professor in Economic Statistics PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS ETC. Contributed papers Meetings of the Italian Statistical Society, since 1992 International Workshops on Statistical Modeling, since 1995 Joint Statistical Meetings, of the American Statistical Association, since 1999 OUTCOMES: Models and Multidimensional Methods for the Analyses of Factors Affecting the Transitions from University to Work and Relevant for the Improvement of the Professional Skills of Graduates, years 2003-2005 As invited speaker International Seminar on University Governance and Management, 4-6 June 2000, Barcelona XLI Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, 5-7 June 2002, Milan Conference on Classification, Data Analysis Group (CLADAG), 22-24 Sept 2003, Bologna Conference on Classification, Data Analysis Group (CLADAG), 6-8 June 2005, Parma Conference on XI survey on Job opportunities of graduates conducted by the Consorzio AlmaLaurea - University of Bologna, 12 March 2009, Bari Conference on Classification, Data Analysis Group (CLADAG), 9-11 September 2009, Catania As chair of sessions Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association Conferences of the Italian Statistical Society 5

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Relevant skills and capabilities to operate with following statistical software: SPLUS, SAS, STATA, MLWIN, MATLAB, SPSS, R for WINDOWS, as well as MICROSOFT OFFICE TOOLS. Development of WEB pages (HTML) ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES IN TEACHING RELATED ACTIVITIES Experience in coordination and administration of people and funds 11.01.2001-today Florence, 12-14 May 2003 Florence, 25-28 Jan 2006 Organization of many seminars of foreign professors (S. Kotz, A. Agresti, A.C. Atkinson, A. Mayer, O. Ajayi, I. Steinbuka, etc..) Organization of the advanced course on Analysis of Repeated Categorical Measurement Data, instructor Prof. Alan Agresti of the University of Florida U.S.A., held at the Department of Statistics G. Parenti University of Florence Member of the scientific and local organization committees of the International Conference on Robust Classification and Discrimination with High Dimensional Data, held at Villa Agape conference centre Arcetri, Florence. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF), the University of Florence and the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) Foggia, 5-6 Sept 2008 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Member of the scientific and local organization committees of the International Conference on Statistical modelling for University Evaluation: an International Overview. Baia delle Zagare Hotel (Foggia), Puglia, Italy. Sponsored by the University of Foggia and the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) 1. Bini M. (1995). "Modelli Statistici per l Analisi della Concordanza per Dati Qualitativi di Natura Medica". PhD tesi. National libraries of Rome and Florence, pp 1-100. 2. Agresti A., Ghosh A., Bini M. (1995). "Raking Kappa: Describing Potential Impact of Marginal Distributions on Measures of Agreement". Biometrical Journal, vol. 37, n. 7, Akademie Verlag ed., pp 811-820. 3. Biggeri A., Bini M. (1995). "A Case-Study on Accuracy of Cytological Diagnosis". Proceedings of the 10 th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling - Innsbruck, Austria, 10-14 July, 1995, G.H.U. Seeber, B. J. Francis, R. Hatzinger, G. Steckel-Berger editors, Springer-Verlag, pp 27-34. 4. Bini M., Conti G. (1996). "Metodi e Problemi di Identificazione tra Modelli Bancari nel Caso della Banca Mista Italiana e della Banca Universale Tedesca all Inizio del XX Secolo". Quaderni di Statistica e Matematica Applicata alle Scienze Economico-Sociali, Vol. XVIII n.1-4 December 1996. Istituto di Statistica e Ricerca Operativa dell'università di Trento - Facoltà di Economia e Commercio - Università degli Studi di Trento editor. Printed by Ind. Grafica Failli F. Roma, pp 309-319, 5. Bini M., Marchi M., Biggeri A. (1996). "The Analysis of Agreement on Nominal- Ordinal Contingency Tables". Proceedings of the 11 th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling - Orvieto, Italia, 15-19 July 1996, A. Forcina, G. M. Marchetti, R. Hatzinger, G. Galmacci editors, Graphos Città di Castello, pp 380-384. 6. Bini M. (1998). "Raked (Adjusted) Kappa". Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences - Update vol.2, S. Kotz, C. B. Read, D. L. Banks editors - Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp 568-570. 6

7. Aristelli G., Bartolozzi M., Bini M. et al. (1998). "Stima del costo di mantenimento agli studi universitari degli studenti iscritti negli atenei toscani". Rapporto di Ricerca. Regione Toscana, Università di Firenze, Università di Pisa e Università di Siena (ed.). Printed by Azienda Regionale Diritto allo Studio Universitario (D.S.U.). Pisa, June 1998, pp 3-102 8. Bini M. (1999). "Valutazione della Efficacia dell'istruzione Universitaria rispetto al Mercato del Lavoro". Research Report n.3/99, Osservatorio per la Valutazione del Sistema Universitario Ministry of University and Research Roma, March 1999, pp 1-100. 9. Biggeri L., Bini M., Grilli L. (1999a). "The Transition from University to Work: A multilevel Approach to the Analysis of the Time to Get the first Job". Working Papers n.79, March 1999, Dipartimento di Statistica "G. Parenti" pp 1-15 10. Biggeri L., Bini M., Grilli L. (1999b). "A Multilevel discrete-time survival model for the time to get job for a sample of Italian graduates", Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling - 19-23 July, 1999, Graz, Austria pp 102-109. 11. Biggeri A., Bini M., Marchi M., Braga M. (1999). "GEE models for the analysis of agreement", Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling -19-23 July, 1999, Graz, Austria pp 448-451. 12. Biggeri L., Bini M. (1999) A multilevel logistic model for the analysis of the italian universities effectiveness, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, August 8-12 1999, Baltimore, Maryland, USA pp 158-163. 13. Bini M. (2000) Il modello di regressione logistica per la stima delle chance occupazionali dei laureati, in ALMALAUREA e Università degli Studi di Bologna (2000) Condizione occupazionale dei laureati 1997 ad un anno dalla laurea, Casa editrice Edizioni Asterisco, January 2000, Bologna pp 128-137. 14. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2000). Evaluation at University State Level in Italy: Need for a System of Evaluation and Indicators, Proceedings of the International Seminar on University Governance and Management, 4-6 June 2000, Barcelona, pp 39-51. 15. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2000). The variability of the Italian university cost per student: a multilevel cost function model, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 12-17 August 2000, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, pp 158-163. 16. Biggeri L., Bini M., Grilli L. (2001). The transition from university to work: A multilevel approach to the analysis of the time to obtain the first job, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, series A, 164, part2, pp 293-305. 17. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2001). Evaluation at University State Level in Italy: Need for a System of Evaluation and Indicators, Tertiary Education and Management, 7, pp 149-162. 18. Bini M., Pratesi M. (2001). Un modello multi-livello per stimare l efficacia esterna della formazione universitaria con un disegno di campionamento complesso, Atti del Convegno Processi e Metodi Statistici di Valutazione, Roma, 4-6 June 2001, Ed: Società Italiana di Statistica, pp 293-296. 19. Petrucci A., Bini M. (2001). Analisi di regressione per la validazione del questionario sull orientamento alla scelta universitaria, Atti del Convegno Processi e Metodi Statistici di Valutazione, Roma, 4-6 June 2001, Ed: Società Italiana di Statistica, pp 321-324. 20. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2001). University performance indicators in Italy: the efficiency evaluation using DEA approach, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, American Statistical Association, August 2001, Atlanta, U.S.A.. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 1-6. 7

21. Riani M., Bini M. (2002). Robust and Efficient Dimension Reduction, Relazione invitata alla XLI Riunione Scientifica della Società Italiana di Statistica, 5-7 June 2002 Milano, pp 295-306. 22. Bini M., Bertaccini B., Petrucci A. (2002). Robust diagnostics in regression models for the evaluation of the university teaching effectiveness: the case of graduates of Florence, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 10-16 August 2002, New York. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 260-265. 23. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2002). The Students perceived quality of the university teaching courses in Italy: a review of surveys, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 10-16 August 2002, New York. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 248-253. 24. Bini M., Bertaccini B., Polverini F. (2003). The use of outliers for the evaluation of public policy activities: the first year college drop out rate in Florence, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 3-7 August 2003, San Francisco. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 1-8. 25. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2003). Performance evaluation of the university system in Italy: A robust clustering approach to validate homogeneous groups of units, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 3-7 August 2003, San Francisco. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 1-7. 26. Bini M., Chiandotto B. (2003). La Valutazione del Sistema Universitario Italiano alla Luce della Riforma dei Cicli e degli Ordinamenti Didattici. Studi e Note di Economia, 3, Ed: Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Banca Toscana, Gruppo MPS, pp 29-61. 27. Bini M. (2004). Robust multivariate methods for the analysis of the university performance, New Developments in Classification and Data Analysis. Series: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Vichi, M.; Monari, P.; Mignani, S.; Montanari, A. (Eds.). Springer- Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-23809-3, pp 285-292. 28. Bini M. (2004). Valutazione del processo di formazione universitaria: Un analisi robusta degli abbandoni, Strategie metodologiche per lo studio della transizione Università-lavoro. E. Aureli Cutillo editor, printed by CLEUP, ISBN: 88-7178-752-8, pp 57-72. 29. Bini M., Bertaccini B. (2004). Forward search nell analisi di regressione, Strategie metodologiche per lo studio della transizione Università-lavoro, E. Aureli Cutillo editor, printed by CLEUP, ISBN: 88-7178-752-8, pp 19-36. 30. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2004). Different types of students in the Italian universities: is there a need for different policies and governance interventions?, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 8-12 August, Toronto, Canada. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 1-8. 31. Bini M., Riani M., Atkinson A.C., Cerioli A. (2004). Analisi di efficienza ed efficacia del sistema universitario italiano attraverso nuove metodologie statistiche multivariate robuste, Research Report n. 3/04 Ministry of University and Research Roma, 1-2901. 32. Chiandotto B., Bini M., Bertaccini B. (2005). Valutazione della qualità della formazione universitaria percepita dai laureati e diplomati dell Ateneo fiorentino: un applicazione del modello ECSI, Modelli di analisi della transizione Università lavoro, C.Crocetta editor, printed by CLEUP, ISBN: 88-7178-825-7, pp 87-106. 33. Bini M. (2005). Efficiency evaluation of the Italian universities using DEA approach, MIMEO, pp 1-17. 8

34. Aureli E., Bini M., Delvecchio F., d Ovidio F., Iezzi D.F., Martini M.C. (2006). Analisi di sensibilità e sostituibilità di indicatori rilevanti per la valutazione del sistema universitario. Research Report n. /2006, Ministry of University and Research Roma, pp 1-165. 35. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2006). Competitiveness Analysis of the Italian Manufacturing firms: A Multilevel Longitudinal Approach, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 6-10 August, Seattle, U.S.A.. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 1-8. 36. Bini M., Bertaccini B. (2006). Robust transformation of proportions using the Forward Search, Data Analysis, Classification and the Forward Search. Series: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Zani, S.; Cerioli, A.; Riani, M.; Vichi, M. (Eds.). Springer- Verlag, ISBN-10: 3-540-35977-X, pp 173-180. 37. Bini M., Bondonio D., Crocetta C. (2006). Gli effetti della nuova riforma dei cicli e degli ordinamenti didattici. Research Report n. /2006, Ministry of University and Research Roma, pp 1-146 38. Bini M., Bertaccini B. (2007). Evaluating the university educational process. A robust approach to the drop-out. Effectiveness of University Education in Italy: Employability, Competences, Human Capital, L. Fabbris, editor. Physica-Verlag Springer, ISBN- 10: 3-7908-1749-X, pp 55-69. 39. Chiandotto B., Bini M., Bertaccini B. (2007). Quality assessment of the University Educational Process: an application of the ECSI model. Effectiveness of University Education in Italy: Employability, Competences, Human Capital. L. Fabbris editor. Physica-Verlag Springer, 2007, ISBN- 10: 3-7908-1749-X, pp 43-54. 40. Bini M., Bertaccini B. (2007). Una valutazione degli effetti della nuova riforma dei cicli e degli ordinamenti didattici: un approccio robusto multivariato. Convegno su Valutazione e Costumer Satisfaction per la Qualità dei Servizi, Roma Tor Vergata 12-13 April 2007. Provisional draft. 41. Biggeri L., Bini M., Calza M.G., Oropallo F. (2007). Factors affecting the success of new entrepreneurs in Italy: a multivariate statistical model approach. Conference on Enterpreneurship «New Stakes, New Behaviours» ISC Paris, 11 June 2007, pp 1-30. Submitted to Small Business Economics Journal. 42. Bini M., Bertaccini B. (2007). Robust fuzzy classification. Data Analysis, Machine Learning and Applications. Series: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Arabie, P., Baier, D., Critchley, F., Decker, R., Diday, E., Greenacre, M., Lauro, C.N., Meulman, J., Monari, P., Nishisato, S., Ohsumi, N., Opitz, O., Ritter, G., Schader, M., Weihs, C. (Eds.). Springer- Verlag, ISBN- 1431-8814 pp 1-8. 43. Chiandotto B., Bini M., Bertaccini B. and Riani M. (2007). Offerta formativa di terzo livello e domanda di lavoro qualificato. Research Report n. /2007, Ministry of University and Research Roma, pp 1-497. 44. Agresti A, Bini M., Bertaccini B., Ryu E. (2008). Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Comparing Binomial Parameters. Biometrics, vol.64, pp 1270-1275. 45. Bini M., Velucchi M. (2008). Italian Firms Geographical Location in High-tech Industries: A Robust Analysis. The first joint meeting of the Société Francophone de Classification and the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG), Facoltà di Studi Politici e per l'alta Formazione Europea e Mediterranea Jean Monnet SUN, 9

Caserta, June, 11th-13th, 2008, pp 1-4. 46. Bini M., Bondonio D., Crocetta C. (2008). La valutazione degli effetti della riforma del 3+2: alcune analisi empiriche sui dati dell Ufficio Statistica del MIUR, Convegno La Statistica, la valutazione e l Università, DIVAGO, Università di Palermo, Palermo, 10-12 July 2008, provisional draft. 47. Biggeri L., Bini M. (2008). Competitiveness of different groups of Italian enterprises detected using classification methods, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 3-7 August, Denver, U.S.A.. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA, pp 916-923. 48. Bini M., Giusti C. (2008). Analysis of graduates assessments on University effectiveness in presence of missing and outlier observations, Proceedings of the Statistical Modelling for University Evaluation: an International Overview, 5-6 September 2008, Foggia, pp 1-4. 49. Varriale R., Bini M., di Francia A. (2008). Students' assessments on degree courses. A comparison among foreign and Italian students using a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis, Proceedings of the Statistical Modelling for University Evaluation: an International Overview, 5-6 September 2008, Foggia, pp 1-4. 50. Bini M., Scaffai G. (2009). Statistica aziendale. Analisi svolte con Excel. Pearson-Prentice Hall, ISBN 978 88 7192 547-9; pp 1-320. 51. Bini M., Velucchi M. (2009). Italian Firms Location in Technological Industrial Districts: A Robust Analysis, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 1-6 August, Washington, U.S.A.. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA. In press.. 52. Bini M., Velucchi M. (2009). Made in Italy Firms Competitiveness: A Multilevel Longitudinal Model on Export Performance, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 1-6 August, Washington, U.S.A.. MIRA: Digital Publishing, USA. In press. 53. Bini M., Grilli L. (2009). Analysis of Italian survey data on PhD graduates: is job consistent with education?, presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, 1-6 August, Washington, U.S.A.. 54. Bini M. (2009). Multilevel modelling for evaluating the external effectiveness of the university education in Italy, Proceedings of the Classification and the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG), University of Catania, September 9th-11th 2009. 10