Economics & Sociology
ISSN: 2071-789X eISSN: 2306-3459 DOI: 10.14254/2071-789XIndex PUBMS: f5512f57-a601-11e7-8f0e-080027f4daa0
| Title: | If there were a ‘Highly Skilled Red Octopus’? The Case of Italian Highly Skilled Mobility at Times of Crisis |
| Issue: |
Vol. 8, No 3, 2015
Published date: 20-10-2015 (print) / 20-10-2015 (online) |
| Journal: |
Economics & Sociology
ISSN: 2071-789X, eISSN: 2306-3459 |
| Authors: | Fabiana Minneci |
| Keywords: | highly skilled mobility, economic crisis, Southern European countries, Italy |
| DOI: | 10.14254/2071-789X.2015/8-3/13 |
| Index PUBMS: | 23e8f2ab-aa13-11e7-8eae-080027f4daa0 |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 170-182 (13) |
| JEL classification: | F22, I23, J60 |
| Website: | https://www.economics-sociology.eu/?356,en_if-there-were-a-%E2%80%98highly-skilled-red-octopus%E2%80%99-the-case-of-italian-highly-skilled-mobility-at-times-of-crisis |
The aim of the present paper is to provide an analysis of the recent growth in emigration of highly skilled workers from Italy and to put it in the context of the overall crisis influencing Southern European countries. In doing so, a comparison of two recent studies on the phenomenon will be presented, highlighting the fact that nowadays highly skilled flows tend to have distinctive features, both in terms of forms and trajectories. Attention will be given to under-studied determinants surrounding the decision to move to urban centres that are not traditional poles of attraction for highly skilled people. This paper aims to warn of the need to revise, or at least complement, existing studies on the phenomenon with more updated theoretical paradigms.