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
Primo
Conceptualization
;Francesca LicariUltimo
Data Curation
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


