They are more and more the young people who decide to leave Italy and almost nine out of ten expats believe that the future is the result of their own commitment and seven out of ten that will be fhelice and full of opportunities; finally, two out of three believe that it will be better. The percentages plummet if the same questions are answered by young people who remained to live in the North: less than six in ten believe that their future depends on their efforts and in any case less than five in ten think that they will be happy and only three in ten that it will be full of opportunities.
If uncertainty is the common trait of all young people, fears are more widespread among those who live in Northern Italy than among young expats: three out of ten see tomorrow as scary, against two out of ten among expats; and two out of ten that it will be poor and without a job, against not even one out of ten among expats. Opinions on the future also change significantly future of Italy, seen worse by those who left (59% believe it will evolve negatively, against 48%), and of Europe, which expats think will be better (37%, against 24% among residents in the North of the country).
Those who leave want the merit award, for those who stay it counts less
Those who leave do so to get back into the game and because they think that elsewhere there are higher possibilities to demonstrate their value and receive deserved recognition in return. In fact, the opinions of expats and those who "stayed" are very different. consideration of merit. Among those who have expatriated, 85% think that meritocracy is lower in Italy than in other advanced countries where they have gone, compared to just 54% among residents in Northern Italy. So for the former, the lack of meritocracy was a strong reason to leave.
Why do young people leave and why do they come back?
Almost seven out of ten young expats (68,3%) have decided to emigrate for work or study related reasons (looking for better job opportunities, training, a higher salary, for a new job or complaining about the lack of work in Italy), while one in four (25,8%) did it to find a better quality of life or a context more in line with their values. Only 5,9% for family reasons.
The main reason for leaving is mirrored by the strong priority reasons motivation to return: 74,3% do it for personal or family reasons or out of nostalgia for the Belpaese. Only 7,1% responded by citing a job opportunity in Italy – understood therefore in an improvement sense compared to their current situation abroad.
“Not many” because only 16% of respondents imagine themselves in Italy in three years, while one in two is not geographically but professionally located (wherever the best opportunities will take me) and one in three is convinced of remaining abroad.
