"Get back to where you once belonged"? : effects of skilled internal migration on Italian regional green growth

Adriana Pinate, Luca Cattani, Martina Dal Molin, Alessandra Faggian

The paper investigates the effects of internal migration on green growth in Italian regions. We use employment in "sustainable" sectors to measure green growth, resorting to a novel measure based on the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities. Using data from 103 Italian regions (NUTS3) from 2008 to 2018, we find that highly skilled interregional migrants are positively related to green employment in their destinations. The effect is possibly due to return migrants to the Southern regions. Overall, the evidence emphasizes the importance of human capital migration in sustainable development.

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Year of publication:	2024
Authors:	Pinate, Adriana ; Cattani, Luca ; Dal Molin, Martina ; Faggian, Alessandra
Published in:	Papers in regional science : the journal of the Regional Science Association International. - [Amsterdam] : Elsevier B.V., ISSN 1435-5957, ZDB-ID 1472494-7. - Vol. 103.2024, 4, Art.-No. 100036, p. 1-19
Subject:	EU taxonomy of sustainable activities \| green growth \| regional migration \| Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Sustainable development \| Italien \| Italy \| Binnenwanderung \| Internal migration \| Regionales Wachstum \| Regional growth \| Räumliche Verteilung \| Spatial distribution

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/j.pirs.2024.100036 [DOI]
Classification:	J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Q56 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounting ; R1 - General Regional Economics
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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