Contemporaneous Location Choice of University Scholars in Italy.

Details

Supervisors

de la Croix, David

Faculty

Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication

Degree label

Master [120] en sciences économiques, orientation générale, à finalité approfondie

Abstract

This thesis investigates the contemporaneous academic market in Italy, mapping current scholars' location choice. A unique dataset of contemporaneous professors is built, associating each academic with a composite indicator of their quality. Moreover, the analysis involves universities' quality and the features of the city in which the institution is located. Locations of universities are taken as given in this research. Different patterns are studied: distance, agglomeration (scholars are attracted by universities with higher quality), selection (better scholars travel longer distances), and sorting (the better the scholar, the more the quality of universities is weighted). The findings are confirming literature results and disclosing a new possible tendency for the future academic market in Italy.