Regional labour market conditions and university dropout rates: Evidence from Italy

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-630

  Di Pietro, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dropout; Fixed effects approach; Labour market conditions

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747293136     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600868770     Document Type: Article

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