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This work explores the determinants behind university enrolment decisions, by modelling the choice of young Italians to attend university or to drop out and enter the labour market, by making use of an agent-based model. Determinants behind this choice include expectations on income gathered through interaction with network, as well as peers’ influence and perceived effort of education.
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See [6] for an overview of the tertiary education attainment in the EU countries, as well as of national targets.
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Scholarships to fund tertiary educational studies are provided by regional bodies devoted to study rights and they can include up to total exemption from tuition fees, daily meals at the university restaurant, free accommodation in a student dorm or a contribution for rent payment. At the entrance at university the scholarship awarding is generally only income-based and requirements are usually related to the level of ISEE, an indicator for the economic situation of households. Reductions or total exemption from tuition fees could also be offered by the university itself depending on the level of ISEE as well as on the final grade obtained with secondary school diploma.
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Leoni, S. (2020). A Toy Model for Tertiary Educational Choices in Italy. In: Verhagen, H., Borit, M., Bravo, G., Wijermans, N. (eds) Advances in Social Simulation. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_25
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