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A distribution curves comparison approach to analyze the university moving students performance
Giovanni Boscaino, Giada Adelfio, Gianluca Sottile

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Abstract


Nowadays in Italy we observe a one-directional migration flow ofuniversity students, typically from the South to the North. It represents thenew millennium migration flow: people migrate looking for better job opportunitiesalready during their educational path, believing that northernuniversities may provide more opportunities for being more successful. Thispaper aims to study the performance of those Sicilian students that moveto the northern universities, to take the second level degree, in comparisonwith those remain in Sicily. We want to test the empirical evidence thatshows a similar performance between the two groups of students. We usedifferent measures of performance and follow a new methodology based onthe comparison among the distribution curves. Results seems to confirm ouridea, highlighting some difference.

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