Return migration in Italy: what do we know?

Alessio E. Biondo () and Simona Monteleone
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Alessio E. Biondo: University of Catania, Postal: Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods,, Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania, Italy
Simona Monteleone: University of Naples “Parthenope”, Postal: Dipartimento di Studi Economici “Salvatore Vinci”,, Napoli, Italy

No 2010/1, DEMQ Working Paper Series from University of Catania, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods

Abstract: Return migration is the positive counterpart of brain drain. Human capital accumulation increases in a country if skilled agents go back home after a period spent working abroad. Effects of brain drain in Italy could be negative as highly skilled migrants decide not to come back to their native country. Our simple model shows that if preference for home consumption is balanced by career opportunities and life-style conditions, agents leave Italy and prefer to remain abroad. Data support and policy implications are provided.

Keywords: Return migration; brain drain. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2010-04-01
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