January-December 2013

Source of funding: Molise Region, Campobasso Province

The labor mobility of young graduates and graduates, also due to the increasing flexibility of the labor market, is increasingly characterized by temporary and periodic migrations. It is a phenomenon that is still largely submerged and little studied, as its transience and intermittence makes it impossible to grasp through the usual administrative sources, but it is important that it be highlighted due to the strong impact on the economy and cohesion. in the areas of departure, as well as for the impact on the quality of life of migrants and their families.
In Molise, the discrepancy between the expectations of young high school graduates and the type of jobs offered by the local market is particularly intense and produces multiple forms of "long-range commuting" to the regions of the Center-North and abroad, which alongside traditional migrations.
The project, funded by the Molise Region, is carried out by the IRPPS-CNR, on behalf of the Province of Campobasso, by a research group formed by Massimiliano Crisci, Frank Heins, Mattia Vitiello and Maria G. Caruso of the IRPPS-CNR and by Oliviero Casacchia of the Department of Statistical Sciences of the Sapienza University of Rome.
The general objective of the project is to analyze the temporary migrations for work of graduates from Molise, placing them in the context of the different forms of mobility that cross the region: from "definitive" long-range migrations to daily commuting.

Specifically, temporary migrations will be studied paying particular attention to the following aspects:
• Quantitative estimate and recent trends of the phenomenon
• Socio-demographic characteristics of migrants
• Duration and frequency of the transfer
• Choice of destination and role of social networks
• Scope of work placement and level of training of migrants
• Socio-economic impact of migration
• Future perceptions and intentions of migrants

From a methodological point of view, two different approaches will be used: a quantitative one, by reviewing and analyzing the statistical sources already available; the other of a qualitative nature, through the conduct of interviews with privileged witnesses, in-depth biographical interviews with migrants and a survey with a self-completed online questionnaire (CAWI method) published on the IRPPS-CNR website

Frank Heins, Mattia Vitiello and Maria G. Caruso of the IRPPS-CNR

Oliviero Casacchia from the Department of Statistical Sciences of the Sapienza University of Rome.