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...

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...