Migration process from the southern to the central and northern regions still are a crucial aspect of the Italian society. Differences in the mode of entry in the labour market between South and North of Italy identify contexts which enhance differently the level of education achieved. In such a context, emigration may provide opportunities to use education as a means of access for more prestigious jobs. However, migration for tertiary education has an additional cost and the family background may play a key role in this sense. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, looking at the effect of parental resources on the decision to move to center-northern regions we want to test if the territorial mobility may be seen as part of a strategy of social mobility among children of lower classes. Secondly, we evaluate the relevance of the recent changes in the tertiary system in Italy (decentralization, increased autonomy, 3+2 reform) in the propensity to move in general and in the scheme of relation between territorial mobility and family background. The research strategy consists in the application of logistic regression models to the ISTAT surveys on educational and professional routes of upper secondary graduates (years 1998-2007). Our main results highlight an increased mobility for tertiary education between southern and center-north regions and an increasing effect of parental background and a decreasing effect of individual resources (in terms of higher school grade). Thus, on the one hand, mobility for study is an additional tool for an upward social mobility only among more educated parents, i.e. those with an higher trust in education and with more economic resources, on the other hand, changes in the university system in the last years emphasized the relevance of social background
Internal migration as a means of social mobility. Family resources and the decision to study in the Center-Northern regions among young Italian Southerners / R. Impicciatore. ((Intervento presentato al 7. convegno International conference on population geographies tenutosi a Groningen nel 2013.
Internal migration as a means of social mobility. Family resources and the decision to study in the Center-Northern regions among young Italian Southerners
R. Impicciatore
2013
Abstract
Migration process from the southern to the central and northern regions still are a crucial aspect of the Italian society. Differences in the mode of entry in the labour market between South and North of Italy identify contexts which enhance differently the level of education achieved. In such a context, emigration may provide opportunities to use education as a means of access for more prestigious jobs. However, migration for tertiary education has an additional cost and the family background may play a key role in this sense. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, looking at the effect of parental resources on the decision to move to center-northern regions we want to test if the territorial mobility may be seen as part of a strategy of social mobility among children of lower classes. Secondly, we evaluate the relevance of the recent changes in the tertiary system in Italy (decentralization, increased autonomy, 3+2 reform) in the propensity to move in general and in the scheme of relation between territorial mobility and family background. The research strategy consists in the application of logistic regression models to the ISTAT surveys on educational and professional routes of upper secondary graduates (years 1998-2007). Our main results highlight an increased mobility for tertiary education between southern and center-north regions and an increasing effect of parental background and a decreasing effect of individual resources (in terms of higher school grade). Thus, on the one hand, mobility for study is an additional tool for an upward social mobility only among more educated parents, i.e. those with an higher trust in education and with more economic resources, on the other hand, changes in the university system in the last years emphasized the relevance of social backgroundPubblicazioni consigliate
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