International mobility of students in Italy and the UK: does it pay off and for whom?
International mobility of students in Italy and the UK: does it pay off and for whom?
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10.1007/s10734-020-00631-1
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2021-01-05
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Schnepf, Sylke, V
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d'Hombres, Beatrice;Schnepf, Sylke, V
越来越多的欧洲高等教育学生决定参加国际学生流动（ISM）。然而，人们对出国留学的实际好处知之甚少。本文评估了英国和意大利学生从ISM的回报。解决了三个研究问题。第一，国际学生流动是否增加了毕业生的就业概率和研究生入学率？其次，ISM的回报是否因毕业生的社会经济背景而异？第三，在两个劳动力市场和教育体系截然不同的国家，ISM的回报率是否会有所不同？基于倾向得分匹配的结果表明，流动性与较高的就业概率呈正相关。出国流动也与在意大利攻读研究生课程的可能性较高有关。在就业方面，流动性的好处在不同社会经济群体之间差别不大。然而，流动性在促进低社会经济背景的流动意大利毕业生接受研究生学习方面特别有效。在意大利，ISM的回报率远高于英国，这可能反映出，在意大利，通过ISM积累的技能和向潜在雇主发出的信号更大。
More and more European higher education students decide to take part in international student mobility (ISM). However, not much is known about the actual benefits of studying abroad. This paper assesses UK and Italian students' returns from ISM. Three research questions are addressed. First, does international student mobility increase graduates' employment probability and postgraduate study uptake? Second, do the returns to ISM differ according to the socio-economic background of graduates? Third, do the returns to ISM vary between two countries with contrasting labour market and education systems? Results, based on propensity score matching, indicate that mobility is positively associated with a higher employment probability. Mobility abroad is likewise linked with a higher likelihood of enrolling in postgraduate studies in Italy. The benefits of mobility in terms of employment do not differ significantly across socio-economic groups. However, mobility is particularly effective in boosting the uptake of postgraduate studies among mobile Italian graduates with a low socio-economic background. In Italy, ISM returns are substantially higher than in the UK, which could reflect that the skills accumulated and the signals sent to potential employers through ISM are greater in Italy.