Socio-Economic Determinants of Student Mobility and Inequality of Access to Higher Education in Italy

This paper introduces a modified version of the Hansen-gravity model as a framework to estimate the accessibility of higher education (HE) institutions in Italy from equal opportunities perspective. The fundamental assumption underlying gravity models is that accessibility decreases with spatial dis...

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Published in:Networks and spatial economics 2019-03, Vol.19 (1), p.125-148
Main Author: Türk, Umut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accessibility
Civil Engineering
Economic activity
Economic factors
Economics
Economics and Finance
Education
Gravitation
Gravity
Higher education
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Regional/Spatial Science
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Summary:This paper introduces a modified version of the Hansen-gravity model as a framework to estimate the accessibility of higher education (HE) institutions in Italy from equal opportunities perspective. The fundamental assumption underlying gravity models is that accessibility decreases with spatial distance from opportunities. The paper extends the gravity equation to include socio-economic factors influencing the access to HE. The findings reveal differences in response to quality and other institutional characteristics by parental background and gender. Finally, decomposition of overall inequality into spatial and aspatial components reveals both the physical and social distance between groups of students seeking higher education opportunities in the country.
ISSN:1566-113X
1572-9427
DOI:10.1007/s11067-019-09445-w