Shortening university career fades the signal away. Evidence from Italy.

Italian university system was reformed in 2001. This paper tests the screening role of degree scores for 2004-Italian graduates. We find support of the strong screening hypothesis for prereform type degrees, while we do not find any evidence of signalling effects for post-reform 3-years degrees. We gauge that the shutting down of the signal can be partially ascribed to the poor quality of students who obtained a 3-years degree without taking any further education.

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Year of publication:	2011-05
Authors:	Castagnetti, Carolina ; Dal Bianco, Silvia ; Rosti, Luisa
Institutions:	Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali, Università degli Studi di Pavia
Subject:	Screening \| Italy \| Higher Education

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Quaderni di Dipartimento.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 146 9 pages
Classification:	I23 - Higher Education Research Institutions ; J08 - Labor Economics Policies
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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