Internal migration and educational outcomes in Italy: Evidence from a cohort of youths |
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Authors: | Carmen Aina Giorgia Casalone Paolo Ghinetti |
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Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Studi per l'Economia e l'Impresa, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale ‘A. Avogadro’, Novara, Italy |
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Abstract: | This paper analyses the educational outcomes and the human capital accumulation of a cohort of youths, focusing on their family origin. Using a unique survey of a Northern Italian province traditionally interested by large internal migration inflows especially from the South, we find that migrants' children have a higher probability of early dropout, especially in the case of males. This evidence calls into question the integration of internal migrants, for whom education plays a crucial role, even in a period in which foreign immigration seems to be of major concern. |
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Keywords: | J24 R23 Internal migration education survival analysis unobserved heterogeneity |
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