L'autonomia dei giovani italiani fra buone intenzioni e difficili realizzazioni : uno studio longitudinale

This paper aims to explore the determinant factors for young adults' achievement of residential independence (in 2016) from the family of origin for Italian young adults, conditionally on having expressed positive intentions of moving out twelve months prior (in 2015). Using data from the longitudinal survey Rapporto Giovani, carried out by the Toniolo Institute of Advanced Studies, the authors provide empirical evidence that the inability to find a stable job reduces young adults' perspectives of autonomy. Net of employment status and of macroeconomics context, individuals with higher education are more likely to realize their intentions of leaving moving out. [Publisher's text].