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Academic enrolment, careers and student mobility in Italy

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  • Ilaria De Angelis

    (Banca d'Italia)

  • Vincenzo Mariani

    (Banca d'Italia)

  • Francesca Modena

    (Banca d'Italia)

  • Pasqualino Montanaro

    (Banca d'Italia)

Abstract

Italy has fewer graduates than most OECD countries, because of both a lower university enrolment rate and a modest completion rate. During the last decade, enrolment in tertiary education in Italy has fallen, despite a slight recovery over the last two years. The decline is partly due to the fading of the effects of the Bologna Process, which had led to a temporary increase in the number of students with prior work experience. The reduction in enrolment has also involved younger students, mainly as a consequence of weak demographic dynamics, only partly offset by an increase in immigrants, whose enrolment rates are however very low. Regardless of demographic trends, many students have decided not to enroll in tertiary education for reasons also related to the economic recession, including the sharp drop in household income, the increase in the tuition fees-to-income ratio and the reduction in grants. Enrolment has fallen more noticeably in Southern universities, also reflecting a greater propensity to migrate to the North. Nevertheless, on-time graduations have increased throughout the country and time-to-degree has decreased.

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  • Ilaria De Angelis & Vincenzo Mariani & Francesca Modena & Pasqualino Montanaro, 2016. "Academic enrolment, careers and student mobility in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 354, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_354_16
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    1. Ilaria De Angelis & Vincenzo Mariani & Roberto Torrini, 2017. "New Evidence on Interregional Mobility of Students in Tertiary Education: The Case of Italy," Politica economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 73-96.
    2. Francesca Modena & Giulia Martina Tanzi & Enrico Rettore, 2018. "The effect of grants on university drop-out rates: evidence on the Italian case," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 1193, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    3. Martina Vittorietti & Ornella Giambalvo & Vincenzo Giuseppe Genova & Fabio Aiello, 2023. "A new measure for the attitude to mobility of Italian students and graduates: a topological data analysis approach," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 32(2), pages 509-543, June.
    4. Francesco Pastore & Claudio Quintano & Antonella Rocca, 2022. "The duration of the school-to-work transition in Italy and in other European countries: a flexible baseline hazard interpretation," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 43(7), pages 1579-1600, January.
    5. Biancardi, Daniele & Bratti, Massimiliano, 2018. "The Effect of the First Italian Research Evaluation Exercise on Student Enrolment Choices," IZA Discussion Papers 11302, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    university; enrolment; mobility; academic performance JEL Classification: I20; I21;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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