Internal Migration in Italy: The Pattern of New Italian Citizens

Oliviero Casacchia, Università di Roma
Cecilia Reynaud , Università Roma Tre
Salvatore Strozza, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Enrico Tucci, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Internal migration has a strong impact on population redistribution in Italy and is the main driver of demographic dynamics due to a negative natural increase. The pattern of internal migration is very different between Italians and foreigners. These have a greater propensity to migrate than Italians and are driven by different factors. Due to restrictive policies and the uncertainty of the permanence of foreigners, it is only in recent years that the number of foreign citizens who have acquired Italian citizenship has drastically increased. However, we do not know whether foreigners who acquire Italian citizenship behave more like Italians or foreigners, especially with regard to internal migration. The aim of this work is to investigate whether the migration behaviour of new citizens is more similar to that of Italians or to that of foreigners. Using the application of the gravity model, the push and pull factors of internal migration flows are studied by distinguishing between Italian citizens, new Italian citizens and foreigners. The study of the factors that push and pull of the internal migration of new citizens provides another step in understanding their integration process. So, we consider the internal migration flows from 2012 to 2021 year to highlight the evolution of this process.

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 Presented in Session 56. Flash session Internal Migration of Immigrant Origin Populations