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The Bologna Process and College Enrolment Decisions
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IZA Seminar |
Place: Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 9, 53113 Bonn |
Date: 13.03.2008, 12:00 - 13:30 |
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Abstract: |
We use survey data on cohorts of high school graduates observed before and after the
Italian reform of tertiary education implementing the ‘Bologna process’ to estimate the
impact of the reform on the decision to go to college. We find that individuals leaving high
school after the reform have a probability of going to college that is 10 percent higher
compared to individuals making the choice under the old system. We show that this
increase is concentrated among individuals with good high-school performance and low
parental (educational) background. We interpret this result as an indication of the existence
of constraints (pre-reform) -- for good students from less affluent household -- on the
optimal schooling decision. For the students who would not have enrolled under the old
system we also find a small negative impact of the reform on the likelihood to drop-out
from university. |
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