QLS guest seminar - Wednesday, 23 October 2019

[Quantitative Life Sciences]

	QLS Guest Seminar - Wednesday, 23 October 11h00am

ICTP, Central Area, 2nd floor, SISSA Building, via Beirut 2

Speaker: Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna - Department of Statistical Sciences, 
Padua University, Italy

Title: Migration Italian Style, 1977-2018

Abstract:

Today, in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta and Greece, the incidence of 
foreigners on the population is entirely comparable to that of the more 
traditional European immigration countries.

Only forty years ago, however, in these five Southern European countries 
the size of the foreign presence was decidedly modest. Inverting a 
secular trend, the migration balance with foreign countries has become 
positive since the 1970s.

But after the migration boom of the beginning of the 21st century, a 
sudden and sharp decline was observed in the following years of economic 
crisis.

This talk has a dual purpose. First it describes forty years of Italian 
migrations (1977-2018), systematically distinguishing Center-North from 
Southern Italy and connecting it with the migratory history of previous 
decades.

We show how the "stop and go" of migrations can be interpreted in the 
light of the pull factors determined by structural changes in demography 
and in the labor market.

Secondly, it identifies the persistent and structural peculiarities that 
have shaped the foreign presence in Italy, building a model very 
different from that of Central and Northern Europe.

Indico: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9170/

Everyone interested is most welcome to attend!

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