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The effect of internal migration on regional growth in Italy: a dynamic spatial panel data analysis

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  • Francesca Centofanti

    (Tor Vergata University of Rome)

  • Roberto Basile

    (University of L’Aquila)

  • Francesca Licari

    (National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) - La Sapienza University of Rome)

  • Jacopo Pitari

    (Tor Vergata University of Rome)

Abstract

This study assesses the effect of internal migration on regional growth in Italy at the NUTS-3 level over the period 2002-2019. The composition of the internal migration flows of the working-age population in Italy during the sample period appears substantially heterogeneous in nationality and labor skills. The analysis considers this heterogeneity, estimating various specifications of the dynamic spatial model and controlling for the endogeneity of migration variables through a control function approach. The evidence suggests that the internal migration of Italian citizens has a positive direct and spillover impact on regional growth, slowing down the convergence process. On the contrary, there is no evidence of a significant effect of internal migration of foreign citizens. Taking the skill composition of internal movements of Italian citizens into account, the adverse impact on convergence is magnified, thus corroborating the skill-selective hypothesis. Finally, the diverging impact of internal migration increases with the distance of migration flows.

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  • Francesca Centofanti & Roberto Basile & Francesca Licari & Jacopo Pitari, 2026. "The effect of internal migration on regional growth in Italy: a dynamic spatial panel data analysis," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, vol. 65(65), pages 39-65, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:022920
    DOI: 10.38191/iirr-jorr.24.035
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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