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Perceived Benefits and Individual Characteristics of Internationally Mobile Students: A Discrete Latent Variable Analysis

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In this paper, the potential benefits of studying abroad during higher education are analysed on the basis of an online survey administered to about 1600 students of a medium-sized university located in the North of Italy (the University of Bergamo) who spent a credit mobility experience abroad during the academic years from 2008/09 to 2014/15. Two dimensions are specifically investigated: the impact of the international experience on the students’ skills, and the fulfilment of expectations concerning the international experience. A two-dimensional latent class Item Response Theory model under a concomitant variable approach is used to assess the item responses. The results show that international mobility positively affects students’ perception of personality development and improves their language and soft skills. Mobile students report gains in terms of personal growth and enhanced employability at home and abroad. However, individual characteristics influence the latent class membership probability.

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  1. Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications G. Parenti, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 59, 50134, Florence, Italy

    Silvia Bacci

  2. Department of Economics, University of Bergamo, Via dei Caniana 2, 24127, Bergamo, Italy

    Valeria Caviezel & Anna Maria Falzoni

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  1. Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Eugenio Brentari

  2. Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Marcello Chiodi

  3. Statistical Computing Laboratory, Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

    Ernst-Jan Camiel Wit

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Bacci, S., Caviezel, V., Falzoni, A.M. (2023). Perceived Benefits and Individual Characteristics of Internationally Mobile Students: A Discrete Latent Variable Analysis. In: Brentari, E., Chiodi, M., Wit, EJ.C. (eds) Models for Data Analysis. SIS 2018. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 402. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15885-8_3

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