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Drop-out decisions in a cohort of Italian university students

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  • M. Delogu
  • D. Paolini
  • Gianfranco E. Atzeni
  • LG Deidda

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We study the determinants of student drop-out decisions using data on a cohort of over 230000 students enrolled in the Italian university system. We find that students who leave their homes to enrol at university (off-site students) drop out significantly less than those who study in their home town. We provide significant evidence that off-site students are a self-selected sample of the total population. Accordingly, we use an instrumental variable (IV) approach to identify the causal relationship. The IV estimation finds that studying off-site negatively affects drop-out decisions and more so for students growing up in the south of Italy who typically study off-site in the centre-north of Italy.

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  • M. Delogu & D. Paolini & Gianfranco E. Atzeni & LG Deidda, 2020. "Drop-out decisions in a cohort of Italian university students," Working Paper CRENoS 202005, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    • Handle: RePEc:cns:cnscwp:202005
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    location choice; Instrumental Variable; Higher Education; DropOut;
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