Highlights We investigate the long-distance mobility of Italian university students between 2003 and 2012. Air transport affects the attractiveness of long-distance students to universities. LCCs play an important role in increasing long-distance accessibility to universities. Air transport facilitates the spillover of students from Southern Italian regions.

    Abstract This study investigates the role of air transport service in the attractiveness of universities to national students, examining how it might stimulate local economic development by attracting highly skilled labor. Examining the flow of Italian university students at the provincial level in 2003–2012, we find that the air transport service affects university attractiveness for long-distance students living at least 300km from their university. Specifically, accessibility increases with the proximity of universities to airports, when low-cost carriers serve university routes and more alternative airports exist at the origin. Further, our results suggest that, over the last decade, air transport service has facilitated mobility of long-distance students from southern areas to universities in the north of Italy, where students generally move to increase their future prospects.


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    Title :

    The role of the air transport service in interregional long-distance students’ mobility in Italy


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    Publication date :

    2016-08-18


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English