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Human capital dynamics: the geographical mobility of high-school graduates towards university in Italy

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  • Gabriele Ballarino
  • Sabrina Colombo
  • Nazareno Panichella
  • Matteo Piolatto

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The paper studies the geographical mobility of high-school graduates who change their residence to enrol in university in Italy, a country with deep geographical socioeconomic cleavages. While the previous literature has mostly focused on interregional mobility, we define mobility at the provincial level in order to observe both long- and short-distance movements. Our descriptive results show that students’ geographical mobility follows the distribution of universities, while only long-distance mobility follows the socioeconomic cleavages of the country. Our micro-level model shows a positive effect of students’ social class of origin, gender and previous school performance. These effects are stronger in the south, while the effect of social class is the same over geographical areas.

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  • Gabriele Ballarino & Sabrina Colombo & Nazareno Panichella & Matteo Piolatto, 2022. "Human capital dynamics: the geographical mobility of high-school graduates towards university in Italy," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(6), pages 921-939, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:56:y:2022:i:6:p:921-939
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.1912723
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    1. Qiang Wang & Can Cui & Chengyuan Yu & Yifan Wang, 2023. "From Domicile to University to Work: The Sequential Migration of Young Educated People in the Context of the “Battle for Talent” in China," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(6), pages 1-26, December.
    2. R. Paci & C. Usala & I. Etzo, 2024. "Brain gain vs. brain drain. The effects of universities' mobile students on territorial inequalities," Working Paper CRENoS 202411, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    3. Cristian Usala & Mariano Porcu & Isabella Sulis, 2023. "The high school effect on students’ mobility choices," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 32(4), pages 1259-1293, October.
    4. Felix Ehrenfried & Thomas A. Fackler & Valentin Lindlacher & Thomas Fackler, 2022. "New Region, New Chances: Does Moving Regionally for University Shape Later Job Mobility?," CESifo Working Paper Series 9922, CESifo.

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