TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bratti, Massimiliano
AU  - Verzillo, Stefano
        TI  - The 'Gravity' of Quality: Research Quality and Universities' Attractiveness in Italy
        PY  - 2017/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11026
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11026
        AB  - This paper investigates whether or not research quality is significantly associated with a university's ability to attract students from other provinces in Italy. First university enrolments of students over the period 2003–2011 are regressed on several universities' research quality indicators computed from different bibliometric databases (ISI-Thompson, Scopus-Elsevier and Google Scholar) using fixed effects-gravity models. Our estimates suggest that improving research quality may be an effective way of reducing 'brain drain' from southern Italy.
        KW  - university
KW  - student mobility
KW  - research quality
KW  - brain drain
KW  - Italy
        ER  -