Household income, family composition and human capital in Southern Italy

Emanuela Ghignoni

No 78, Working Papers in Public Economics from Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Roma

Abstract: In this paper I analyse the reasons for the low rate of growth of averagelevel of education in the South of Italy from the labour supply side point of view. In particular I try to develop a theoretical and empirical model based on the hypothesis that the lower income of southern families (compared to those of the Centre and the North), along with the different fertility levels and composition of the families at regional level, have a strong effect on the choice on whether or not to continue studying at university level for the individuals living in different areas of the country.

Keywords: family structure; fertility; tertiary education. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2005-05
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