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13 December 2018 Italian graduates who move abroad are on the increase, in 2017 they are almost 28 thousand (+ 4% on 2016).
The number of emigrants with high school diplomas (+ 32.9%) and graduates (41.8%) increased sharply between 2013 and 2017.
This is what emerges from the Istat report 'Internal mobility and international migration of the resident population - Year 2017', in which it is emphasized that "in five years Italy has lost over 156 thousand graduates and high school graduates".
In 2017, more than half of Italian citizens who move abroad (52.6%) have a medium-high qualification: about 33,000 graduates and 28,000 graduates. Compared to the previous year, the number of emigrant graduates is substantially stable while that of graduates shows a slight increase (+ 3.9%). However, the increase is much more substantial if the time spectrum is widened: compared to 2013, graduated emigrants increased by 32.9% and graduates by 41.8%.
Looking at age, expatriates aged 25 and over are 82,000 and 31,000 repatriated in the same age group: their migratory balance with foreign countries is negative for over 51,000 units, of which 13,000 graduates (26, 2%) and 19,000 graduates (36.7%). The cumulative migratory balances from 2013 to 2017, calculated for immigrants over 24, show a net loss of the Italian population of that age group of about 244 thousand units, of which 64% have a medium-high qualification.
The reasons that push young migrants to leave Italy are to be attributed in part to the negative trend of the Italian labor market and, in part, to the new perspective of globalization, which induces the most qualified young people to invest their talent in countries abroad where career and salary opportunities are greater.