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The 'Gravity' of Quality: Research Quality and Universities' Attractiveness in Italy

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  • Bratti, Massimiliano

    (Università degli Studi di Milano)

  • Verzillo, Stefano

    (European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC))

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This paper investigates whether or not research quality is significantly associated with a university's ability to attract students from other provinces in Italy. First university enrolments of students over the period 2003–2011 are regressed on several universities' research quality indicators computed from different bibliometric databases (ISI-Thompson, Scopus-Elsevier and Google Scholar) using fixed effects-gravity models. Our estimates suggest that improving research quality may be an effective way of reducing 'brain drain' from southern Italy.

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  • Bratti, Massimiliano & Verzillo, Stefano, 2017. "The 'Gravity' of Quality: Research Quality and Universities' Attractiveness in Italy," IZA Discussion Papers 11026, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    4. Falk, Martin & Hagsten, Eva, 2019. "Attractiveness and efficiency of European universities as hosts for Marie Curie grant holders," VfS Annual Conference 2019 (Leipzig): 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Democracy and Market Economy 203664, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    5. Gabriele Lombardi & Giulio Ghellini, 2019. "Linking University Harshness and Students’ Choices: Sociodemographic Differences based on Italian Universities’ Characteristics," Department of Economics University of Siena 805, Department of Economics, University of Siena.

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    Keywords

    university; student mobility; research quality; brain drain; Italy;
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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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