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Household Income, Family Composition, And Human Capital In Southern Italy

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Emanuela Ghignoni

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In this paper I analyse the reasons for the low rate of growth of average level of education in the South of Italy from the labour supply side point of view. In particular I try to develop a theoretical and empirical model based on the hypothesis that the lower income of southern families (compared to those of the Centre and the North), along with the different fertility levels and composition of the families at regional level, have a strong effect on the choice on whether or not to continue studying at university level for the individuals living in different areas of the country.

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Paper provided by Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Public Economics in its series Working Papers with number 78.

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Date of creation: May 2005
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Keywords: family structure; fertility; tertiary education;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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  1. Massimiliano BRATTI, 2001. "Oltre la scuola dell'obbligo. Un'analisi empirica della decisione di proseguire nell'istruzione post-obbligatoria in Italia," Working Papers 151, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Economia.
  2. Checchi, Daniele & Ichino, Andrea & Rustichini, Aldo, 1999. "More equal but less mobile?: Education financing and intergenerational mobility in Italy and in the US," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(3), pages 351-393, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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