The determinants and consequences of delayed time to degree (Le determinanti e le conseguenze del ritardo alla laurea)

Post date: 27-Mar-2015 08:29:48

Giovedì 30 APRILE 2015, ore 14.00, Sala Riunioni Primo Piano

Relatore: Dott.ssa Giorgia Casalone, UPO, DiSEI

Titolo: The determinants and consequences of delayed time to degree (Le determinanti e le conseguenze del ritardo alla laurea)

Abstract: Delay in college completion represents a waste of resources both at individual and at collective level, affecting the returns to investment in higher education. From an individual viewpoint later completion alters the opportunity costs of graduation, by increasing direct and indirect costs of studying and, potentially, by lowering expected wages. Furthermore, from a collective point of view, in countries where tertiary education is publicly subsidized, students who postpone graduation contribute to the misallocation of such resources. Extended time to degree represents a great concern in several countries, such as Denmark (Joensen, 2011), Finland (Hakkinen and Uusitalo, 2003), Germany (Glocker, 2011), Italy (Aina, Baici and Casalone 2011; Aina et al. 2013; Garibaldi et al. 2012), Norway (Gunnes, Kirkebøen and Rønning 2013), Spain (Lassibille and Gomez 2010), United States (Bound and Turner, 2007; Bound, 2010) and Sweden (Löfgren and Ohlsson 1999). Quite interestingly such countries have heterogeneous tertiary education systems in terms of financing, governance, length of the study programs, etc. In this seminar we will briefly present the main results of the international theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants and consequences of delayed graduation, and two studies carried out by our research group on Italian graduates.

Coautori: C. Aina e E. Baici