The irresistible growth of immigration in Italy (Articolo in rivista)

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  • The irresistible growth of immigration in Italy (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
Anno
  • 2010-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Bonifazi Corrado, Marini Cristiano (2010)
    The irresistible growth of immigration in Italy
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  • Bonifazi Corrado, Marini Cristiano (literal)
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  • 57 (literal)
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  • 77 (literal)
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  • 44(3) (literal)
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  • Paper prepared in the frame work of the Progetto Migrazioni of the Department of Identità culturale of National Research Council (CNR). (literal)
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  • Bonifazi Corrado, Marini Cristiano: IRPPS-CNR (literal)
Titolo
  • The irresistible growth of immigration in Italy (literal)
Abstract
  • The number of foreigners in Italy has more than tripled in less than ten years, rising from 1.3 million counted in 2001 census to 4.2 in early 2010. This fast growth is attributable to the action of several factors. First, one should consider the high levels of income and production achieved from the country, especially in the central and northern areas where the presence of immigrants is higher. Secondly, it is not difficult to see behind the current trends the action of a series of structural imbalances of the country. Among these should be mentioned the lofty weight of the underground economy, the continuing low fertility and a welfare system largely inadequate to cope with a relevant aging process. All these factors have been examined to try to find out what the elements are in Italian society that attract immigrants and to assess the weight they have had in determining such an intense growth in the phenomenon. The analysis covers these causal factors, from demographic to economic and social, trying to highlight the interactions among them. Empirical analysis carried out essentially confirmed the hypothesis of a close causal relationship between the size of the foreign population of working age and the attractive factors of economic, demographic and social nature. Italy has achieved, especially in the Centre-North, income levels and participation in the labour market that constitute an important potential goal for international migration. If to these elements we add the demographic factors, represented in our analysis by the share of the Italian population of working age and the growth in percentage points of the 80 years and older ages, one can explain a decisively high proportion of the total variability. This confirms that during the 90’s, and more intensely in the current decade, the growth in immigration in Italy resulted from a demand for foreign workers from industry and households due to the combined pressures of a different nature. (literal)
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