We use a representative sample of Italian graduates drawn from the Consorzio AlmaLaurea to assess the impact of individual and family characteristics, university inputs and the labour market on the time taken to attain a degree. Our estimates highlight that all these dimensions drive the outcome...

<em>Capitale umano, capitale sociale e crescita: una prospettiva regionale</em> (by Eliana Baici, Giorgia Casalone) - ABSTRACT: Questo lavoro propone una stima panel dell’effetto del capitale umano e del capitale sociale sulla dinamica della produttività delle regioni italiane nel periodo 1980- 2001....

We use unique administrative data from a large private Italian university to estimate whether individual characteristics, academic performance, geographical mobility and family size may affect completion of a degree course or not. Several outcomes are taken into account, namely the probability...

The paper analyses the effects of the number of university degree courses available in the province of residence on the probability of studying in that province rather than moving to a different one. The supply of degree courses outside the province of residence is weighted by a spatial matrix...