Mobilità sociale e mobilità territoriale dei laureati meridionali

This paper aims at providing an analysis of the relationship between social mobility and the regional migration of graduates in Italy. We first discuss the recent theoretical debate on the brain drain trying to highlight the losses and the potential gains for the region of origin related to an increase in the migration flows. The point is to assess the impact of migration on the level of both human and social capital. We then consider the relationship between the quality of education and social mobility in Italy. Last we bring together our findings and we draw some hypotheses to explain the causes and the implications of the migration of young skilled workers from the Mezzogiorno of Italy to the advanced regions of the country.