The Brain Drain of Italians: Are the Southern Regions Doomed?

Roberto Basile (), Francesca Licari (), Francesca Centofanti (), Cinzia Castagnaro () and Elena Ambrosetti ()
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Roberto Basile: Sapienza Università di Roma – Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici ed Economici
Francesca Licari: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
Francesca Centofanti: Università di Roma “Tor Vergataâ€
Cinzia Castagnaro: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
Elena Ambrosetti: Sapienza Università di Roma – DIEM

No 76, Public Finance Research Papers from Istituto di Economia e Finanza, DSGE, Sapienza University of Rome

Abstract: This paperprovidesnewevidenceonthebraindraininItaly.Buildingontheframeworkproposed by Becker,Ichino,andPeri (2004), wemeasurebraindrainthroughacomprehensivesetofindica- tors. Unlikepreviousstudies,weaccountforreturnmigration—notjustemigration—ofItalians and assessbraindrainasthenetlossofhumancapital.Wealsoexploretheinterplaybetweenin- ternational andinternalmigration,withparticularattentiontotheoutflowofhigh-skilledworkers from SoutherntoNorthernItaly.Thefindingsshowthat,overtheperiod2013–2023,themigra- tion ofhighlyqualifiedyouthfromtheSouthtotheNorthmorethanoffsettheinternationalbrain drain affectingtheNorth,whilesignificantlydeepeningthehumancapitaldepletionintheSouth. Finally,weexploitnewdataontheeducationalattainmentofforeignimmigrants,assessingtheir contributiontothedynamicsofhumancapitalatbothnationalandregionallevel.

Keywords: Braindrain; Italianmigration; MezzogiornoofItaly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J24 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
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