This paperanalyzesthemigrationtrajectoriesofyoungindividualsborninSouthernItaly who movedtotheNorthbetween2011and2014.Usinglongitudinalmicrodataanddiscrete- time competingrisksmodels,weexaminewhethertheseinternalmigrantsaremorelikelyto return totheSouthoremigrateabroad.Resultsrevealastrongeducationalgradient:highly educated individualsaresignificantlymorelikelytousetheNorthasaspringboardforin- ternational migration,whileless-educatedindividualstendtoreturnhome.Thesefindings shed lightonthedynamicinterplaybetweeninternalandinternationalmobility,andthe enduring challengesofbraindrainintheMezzogiorno.

From South to North... and Beyond: Educational Selectivity and Migration Trajectories in Italy / Basile, Roberto; Centofanti, Francesca; Licari, Francesca. - (2025), pp. 1-28. - PUBLIC FINANCE RESEARCH PAPERS.

From South to North... and Beyond: Educational Selectivity and Migration Trajectories in Italy

Roberto Basile
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Francesca Licari
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2025

Abstract

This paperanalyzesthemigrationtrajectoriesofyoungindividualsborninSouthernItaly who movedtotheNorthbetween2011and2014.Usinglongitudinalmicrodataanddiscrete- time competingrisksmodels,weexaminewhethertheseinternalmigrantsaremorelikelyto return totheSouthoremigrateabroad.Resultsrevealastrongeducationalgradient:highly educated individualsaresignificantlymorelikelytousetheNorthasaspringboardforin- ternational migration,whileless-educatedindividualstendtoreturnhome.Thesefindings shed lightonthedynamicinterplaybetweeninternalandinternationalmobility,andthe enduring challengesofbraindrainintheMezzogiorno.
2025
Public Finance Research Papers
migration trajectories, mezzogiorno of Italy, competing risk models
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From South to North... and Beyond: Educational Selectivity and Migration Trajectories in Italy / Basile, Roberto; Centofanti, Francesca; Licari, Francesca. - (2025), pp. 1-28. - PUBLIC FINANCE RESEARCH PAPERS.
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