Il Tasso di Passaggio all’Università: un Confronto tra Centro-Nord e Mezzogiorno Italiano

"\"\\\"Recent studies have shown that a more effective and efficient use of education and training . resources together with the economic returns to education does not seem sufficient enough to . motivate high-school graduates to enroll at university. The aim of this study is to examine the . socio-economic and cultural issues which affect the decisions made by young high-school . graduates invest in a university education. Using panel data regression techniques (re. the 20 . Italian regions from 1999 to 2009), the impact made by two groups of variables (i.e. . expenditure and context) has been analyzed on the rate of transition to university at regional . level. The empirical results show that the variables with a significantly positive impact on this . transition firmly depend on the prevailing economic situation of the country. Public . intervention in support of further education (now almost entirely borne by households) is . therefore necessary to avoid triggering a vicious circle of inevitably negative consequences. . \\\"\""