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.
THE BRAIN DRAIN OF ITALIANS: ARE THE SOUTHERN REGIONS DOOMED? / Basile, Roberto; Licari, Francesca; Centofanti, Francesca; Castagnaro, Cinzia; Ambrosetti, Elena. - (2025), pp. 1-35. - PUBLIC FINANCE RESEARCH PAPERS.
THE BRAIN DRAIN OF ITALIANS: ARE THE SOUTHERN REGIONS DOOMED?
ROBERTO BASILE;FRANCESCA LICARI;ELENA AMBROSETTI
2025
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
