Does the expansion of higher education increase the equality of educational opportunities? : evidence from Italy
Massimiliano Bratti; Daniele Checchi; Guido de Blasio
This paper studies the role of the expansion of higher education (HE) in increasing the equality of tertiary education opportunities. It examines Italy's experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range of degrees and to open new sites in neighbouring provinces. Our analysis focuses on non-mature full-time students and the results suggest that the expansion might have had only limited effects in terms of reducing existing individual inequality in HE achievement as the greater availability of courses had a significantly positive impact only on the probability of university enrolment but not on that of obtaining a university degree. -- Family background ; higher education ; Italy
Year of publication: |
2008
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Other Persons: | Bratti, Massimiliano (contributor) ; Checchi, Daniele (contributor) ; De Blasio, Guido (contributor) |
Publisher: |
Bonn : IZA |
Subject: | Hochschulpolitik | Higher education policy | Bildungschancen | Equality of opportunity in education | Familiensoziologie | Sociology of the family | Wirkungsanalyse | Impact assessment | Bildungsniveau | Educational achievement | Italien | Italy | 1990-2000 |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 36 S.) Kt. |
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Series: | Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 3361 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/35029 [Handle] |
Classification: | I2 - Education |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003672778