L’inserimento scolastico e lavorativo degli immigrati

This paper analyses non-compulsory secondary school enrolment of immigrant students in Italy, through the seemingly unrelated regressions model, containing ten equations. Moreover, it presents also an analysis of the school participation by areas obtained through an aggregation of provinces, considering their homogeneity with respect to the value added in the three standard sectors: agriculture, industry, and services. The enrolment in secondary schools implies a voluntary decision and can influence future career paths in the labour market. The results show that the enrolment rates of immigrants are lower than those of Italians. Immigrant students prefer vocational schools and shorter-term education. The pattern of these preferences remains constant across the throughout Italy, even if Italy presents strong differences in the economic development of its regions, with rich Northern and poor Southern regions. The enrolment rates of second-generation immigrant students differ from those of first-generation students, but the size of this component is still too small to indicate a clear trend.